Audrey Marsh

Audrey Marsh (born in New York City on March 18, 1911) was a vocalist, jingle singer, and actress who worked in radio and the recording studio. During the late 1920’s and 1930’s she became very well known as a radio singer and personality appearing on shows such as the US Steel Show, the Prudential Hour, Maxwell House Coffee Hour, Jack and Jill and the Harvester Cigar Show in which she played Esther to Jack Arthur’s Harvester. She worked for CBS, NBC, WOR and various advertising agencies, and performed with Rudy Vallee, Fred Allen, Arthur Godfrey, Shirley Booth and many more stars of that time. In the 1940s and 1950s she also became a popular jingle singer. She sang commercials for DUZ Soap (she performed this commercial live every day on the soap opera The Road of Life); Muriel Cigars, Blue Bonnet Margarine, Royal Pudding, Schaeffer Beer, Robert Hall Clothes and Chevrolet. She appeared as a soloist on The Ford Show with the tenor James Melton. In the 1950s she began singing in groups such as The Mitch Miller Singers, The Ray Charles Singers and in Ray Bloch’s group. She also sang on the popular Sunday night show hosted by Tallulah Bankhead, A versatile singer and performer, Audrey Marsh also performed classical music recitals at Carl Fisher Hall and Steinway Hall in New York. In her later years she was very active in the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) becoming an officer (Recording Secretary) and attending 30 conventions as a delegate. She also worked for the Bedside Network, in VA hospitals in New York City, and in Loma Linda, California. Audrey Marsh Monk passed away on Dec. 13, 2009 in Palm Springs, California, at the age of 98.