Monica Lewis Biography

Fast Facts

• Came from a highly creative family, with her father a symphonic composer, her mother a singer with the Chicago Opera Company, her sister a concert pianist and her brother the co-creator of "The Ed Sullivan Show․"
• Was discovered by Benny Goodman while performing at Manhattan's legendary Stork Club
• Got her start as a vocalist on the radio wake-up program "The Gloom Dodgers" at the age of 17
• Was the voice of the popular Chiquita Banana cartoons during the 1940s and 1950s
• Best known as a jazz singer and actress who appeared in "Earthquake" and "Airport '77․"