Background
Ida Engel was born in Winnipeg, Canada to parents of Russian-Jewish descent.
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In 1907, at the age of 4, she moved to Los Angeles, California. She took up the piano at 15 and then matriculated at University of California, Los Los Angeles
In 1985, Engel appeared on The Gong Show, singing the song "Secondhand Rose". In her nineties, Engel landed herself a Hollywood agent.
She would appear at bar mitzvahs, synagogues and senior citizen centers.
In 1994, she appeared as herself in the movie Young at Hearts, a documentary about eight Los Angeles women who remain happy and young at heart. Ida Engel became best known in the commercials for Holiday Inn.
Membership
Engel was a member of a choral group, The Chansonettes.
