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Phyllis M. Cameron (born 4 July 1908 San Juan, Puerto Rico) was a band vocalist, notably in the casinos of Rio de Janeiro from about 1936 to about 1943.

Life
Phyllis M. Cameron was born July 4, 1908, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Philip Cameron and Mary Zima (maiden). She was raised in San Francisco and went to school in Brooklyn, where she was a classmate of Clara Bow. Her first stage work was in ballet with the Metropolitan Opera, and, early in her career, she appeared in a feature role in The Band Wagon.

Performance venues

 * 1940–1943: Casino Atlantico, Rio de Janeiro
 * 1935, 1939, 1943: Casino Urca (Copacabana Golden Room), Rio de Janeiro

Around 1943, Cameron began working for the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs

Family

 * Cameron married Actor Si Wills (né Serenus Morgan Williams; 1896–1877) on October 23, 1929, in Wood County, Ohio. Wills later married comedic actress Joan Davis.


 * Cameron married a wealthy cinema theater executive, Lester B. Isaac (né Lester Benjamin Isaac; 1895–1973), on August 31, 1931, in Washington, D.C. Their divorce, filed in 1937 and finalized in 1940, was highly publicized in the tabloids.


 * Cameron married Alfred E. Williamson, Jr., on May 14, 1946, in Manhattan, New York.


 * Cameron married Lou Wills, Jr., on February 10, 1951.