India Adams, who dubbed Joan Crawford and Cyd Charisse in Hollywood musicals, dies at age 93
- India Adams died Saturday at age 93 following a short illness
- She provided the singing voice for Cyd Charisse in the musical The Band Wagon as well as for Joan Crawford in Torch Song
India Adams died at the age of 93 on Saturday.
She was known as the secret singer behind Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon and Joan Crawford in Torch Song.
The star passed away at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Los Angeles following a short illness, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Rest in peace: India Adams died at the age of 93 on Saturday
India’s voice is the one singing the tune New Sun In The Sky in the 1953 film The Band Wagon; she dubbed Cyd Charisse, who was playing the main character ballerina Gabrielle Gerard.
She also sang That’s Entertainment with Fred Astaire, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray and Jack Buchanan.
That same year (1953) India provided the vocals for Joan Crawford’s character Broadway star Jenny Stewart in the film Torch Song.
India sang Tenderly and also You Won’t Forget Me for Joan.
Talented: She was known as the secret singer behind Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon and Joan Crawford in Torch Song; pictured in 1965