Vera Lynn Of The World newspaper, with proceeds in aid of the Gulf Trust. Vera Lynn Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (; born 20 March 1917), widely known as "the Forces' Sweetheart", is an English singer of traditional pop, songwriter and actress, whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War. During the war she toured Egypt, India, and Burma as part of ENSA, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. The songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs of Dover", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "There'll Always Be an England". She remained
Vera Zorina Vera Zorina Vera Zorina (January 2, 1917 – April 9, 2003) was a Norwegian ballerina, theatre and film actress, and choreographer. Today, she is chiefly remembered for her films choreographed by her then-husband George Balanchine. They include "The Goldwyn Follies", "I Was an Adventuress" with Erich Von Stroheim and Peter Lorre, "Louisiana Purchase" with Bob Hope, and dancing to "That Old Black Magic" in Paramount Pictures' "Star Spangled Rhythm". Vera Zorina was born Eva Brigitta Hartwig in Berlin, Germany. Her father Fritz Hartwig was a German lapsed Roman Catholic, and her mother Abigail Johanne Wimpelmann (known as Billie Hartwig) was