Episode one's Swell Dame is Abbe Lane
This episode's featured Swell Dame is Abbe Lane. Abbe Lane was born Abigail Francine Lassman on 14th December, 1932 into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. Early in her career, Lane was billed as "Abbe Marshall" using that name, she appeared in the Broadway shows Barefoot Boy with Cheek (1947) and As the Girls Go (1948). She was known as much as an actress as a singer owing to the extensive film career that she had. She first appeared in an Italian film Al Diavolo El Cellebrite (A Night of Fame) in 1949 and then followed with three westerns Wings of the Hawk (1953), Ride Clear of Diablo (1954) and The Americano (1955) which starred Van Heflin, Audie Murphy and Glen Ford respectively.