Composer, songwriter ("Rememb`ring") and entertainer, oneof the Duncan Sisters. She played Eva in the Broadway musical "Topsy and Eva", for which she and her sister Rosetta wrote songs. With her sister, she also appeared in "Doing Our Bit", "She`s a Good Fellow", and "Tip Top", and also in vaudeville. Joining ASCAP in 1942, her other popular-song compositions include "Do Re Mi", "I Never Had a Mammy", "The Moon Am Shinin`", "Someday Soon", "Los Angeles", "Hollywood Belongs to the World", and "United We Stand".