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New York Zoo Assistant Becomes Opera Stage Star
Nineteen year old June Tansey rose from Bronx Zoo assistant photographer to singing star after tutelage by Allen Hinckley. She was chosen for an American Civic Opera Company production of Naughty Marietta and may soon have a screen test. She married Staff Sergeant Herbert Knoblock the week she signed her contract.
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Une Tansey
June
New York
Bronx Zoo
Miss Tansey
Rio
Brazil
States
Zoo
Allen Hinckley
Metropolitan Opera
American Civic Opera Company
Marietta
Herbert Knoblock