Nanette Workman

Nanette Joan Workman is today a singersongwriter, actress and author, who has been based in Quebec, Canada during much of her career. She holds dual citizenship in both the United States and Canada. She was raised by musician parents in Jackson, Mississippi where she began her first performances. She mainly performs in French although raised as a native English speaker. During her career she has recorded together with numerous wellknown musicians in the U.S., Canada, England, and France and been recognized in Mississippi both by being elected to that states Musicians Hall of Fame and having a Francophone house named after her at the state university.

Nanette Joan Workman was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 20, 1945, to musician parents. Her mother, Beatryce Kreisman, was in the chorus of Naughty Marietta with the New York City Opera Company, and her father, Ernest Workman, played trumpet in Tommy Dorseys orchestra. She grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. As a child she studied piano and began her career at 11, appearing in the local WLBT television series Mr. Magic until she was given her own weekly show, Teen Tempos.

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