Background
She was born as Zoe Parenteau in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Joan Kramer
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Education
She attended Finch College in New York City. She studied voice under Alex Kramer, who later collaborated with her on a number of songs including "Candy" and "Far Away Places".
Career
In 1934, while playing a showgirl in The Great Waltz on Broadway, she took the stage name Joan Whitney. Joan Whitney died on July 12, 1990 in Westport, Connecticut, aged 76, from Alzheimer"s disease. With Alex Kramer
"Ain"t Nobody Here but Us Chickens" (1946)
"Behave Yourself"
"Deep as the River" (recorded by Harry Belafonte in 1949)
"Far Away Places" (1948)
"High on a Windy Hill" (1940)
"Love Somebody" (1947)
"Money Is the Root of All Evil" (1945)
"Number Manitoba Is an Island"
with Mack David and Alex Kramer
"Candy" (1944)
"lieutenant"s Love, Love, Love" (1943)
with Hy Zaret and Alex Kramer
"My Sister and I" (1941).
