Leni Lynn (born Angelina Ciofani; May 3, 1923 – January 1, 2010)[1] was an American actress[2] and a contralto singer.[3] She was also known as Leni Hoffer.[1]
The daughter of a Passaic, New Jersey, dye-goods factory worker, Francesco Ciofani, and his wife, Carmelita, who worked in a dress factory, [4][5] Lynn learned to sing by listening to recordings.[6] When she was 13, friends and neighbors in Pasaic contributed 10,000 dimes to send her to Hollywood to try for success in films. On September 6, 1938, she received a contract from MGM.[3]
Lynn was married four times.[1] In 1942, she married British insurance executive Edward Thomas Hopkin; they divorced on March 23, 1949.[7] Her last husband, composer and conductor Bernard Hoffer, survived her.[1]
