Biography
Date of Birth | 21 December 1929 , Corsicana, Texas, USA |
Anita Gordon and her family moved from Texas
in 1935 to Hollywood where she became a successful
child star. As a teenager on network radio, she sang
as a regular on ventriloquist Edgar Bergen's show
(Edgar's famous dummy Charlie McCarthy allegedly was
smitten with her). She was the voice who said "I
don't talk to strangers..") on the Buddy Clark hit
"Linda" in 1946, and voiced the part of the Singing
Harp who helped Mickey Mouse escape from the
Beanstalk Giant with "...in his right vest pocket
you'll find a key..." for Disney in 1947. In the
early days of television, Anita was a regular on The
Ken Murray Show, and later a featured singer on the
Tennessee Ernie Ford Show on ABC. In 1948, she
married Dale Sheets, later an MCA/Universal
executive, and gave birth to three girls in the
early 50's. In the 60's, she appeared on various
episodic television shows, then enjoyed a
mini-career as the "ghost singer" for various female
movie stars in movie musicals. In the 80's and 90's
she wrote music for, and co-produced videos for
various international clients including Philippine
Airlines and Continental Airlines. She and her
current husband, El Chan, retired to Newhall
California in 2000, where they stay in touch with
her three daughters, 9 grandchildren, and 21
great-grandchildren.
Biography By: Michael W. Perry, son-in-law