- Born
- August 3, 1907
- Died
- February 20, 1954
- Country
- United States
- Comments
- Baritone opera singer born in Ossining, New York. In 1935, he created his most famous role, Jake the fisherman, in the original 1935 production of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Here, Matthews introduced the song "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing".
- Family
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Inez Matthews Sister
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