Morgana King

Morgana King commands my deep respect as a genuine artist's artist. A four-octave contralto discovered in a Greenwich Village club, she went professional at sixteen and never bent her phrasing to fashion. What moves me most is her refusal to chase trends; she sang what she heard inside and let listeners come to her. That she also left a real mark in film makes her a rare double threat. She passed in 2018, but recordings preserve that smoky, singular voice perfectly. To me she embodies integrity over popularity, and that is precisely the kind of legacy worth celebrating.

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Name (English)

Morgana King

Name (Japanese)

モルガナ・キング

Reading

もるがな・きんぐ

Born

June 4, 1930 – March 22, 2018

Origin

Pleasantville, New York, United States

Occupation

singer / jazz musician / film actor / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Horse

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgana%20King
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q524930

Tags

• New York
• singer
• jazz musician
• film actor

Last updated

September 25, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.