Mary Hewitt Tippett Eastman (born July 21, 1911) was an American lyric soprano[1] and "a highly popular performer" on radio.
[3] She began taking vocal lessons at age 10, and she studied for three years at Chicago Musical College.
[3] In New York she studied music under Frank La Forge,[1] and attended the Juilliard School.
[2] Other programs on which she sang included The Ford Summer Hour,[9] Waltz Time,[10] Melody Masterpiece,[11] and Voice of America.
[12] In 1938 Eastman signed a contract with the World Broadcasting System to make a series of transcriptions of operettas.
[6] Survived by her husband and children, as well as two brothers and two sisters, her funeral was held—and her remains interred—in Greenwich, Connecticut, where the Eastmans had resided during the rest of the year.