Christina Elizabeth "Dixie" Dunbar (January 19, 1919 – August 29, 1991) was an American singer, film actress, and dancer.
Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Dunbar grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. She began studying dancing as a child and went on to sing and dance in nightclubs.
In 1934, she was Ray Bolger's dancing partner in the revue Life Begins at 8:40, which was staged in Boston. She also performed in that show on Broadway in 1934-35 and the Broadway productions of Yokel Boy (1939–40) and George White's Scandals (1934).
Dunbar's film debut also came in George White's Scandals (1934). During the 1930s she appeared in a number of Twentieth Century Fox films, including two Jones Family films.
After she left Broadway and films, she returned to nightclubs, performing for a while before she retired.
Selected filmography
George White's Scandals (1934) Educating Father (1936) Sing, Baby, Sing (1936) One in a Million (1936) King of Burlesque (1936) Girls' Dormitory (1936) Pigskin Parade (1936) Sing and Be Happy (1937) Walking Down Broadway (1938) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)