Winifred Ainslee

She attended Randolph-Macon Woman's College[4] and graduated from Ohio State University in 1947,[5] double-majoring in English and Music.

[6] Before she finished college, she worked for a year as a [jazz] singer at the Cotton Club and a staff announcer at a radio station in Joplin, Missouri.

[7] In 1950, Ainslee appeared in all productions of the Summer at Pitt Stadium operetta season in Pittsburgh.

[13] Off-Broadway productions in which she appeared included What's Up (1953)[14] She toured in Paint Your Wagon,[11] Bus Stop, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

[18] She married off-Broadway producer James Preston on March 5, 1959, in South Bend, Indiana.