About Marjorie Finlay
Marjorie Moehlenkamp Finlay was an American opera singer and television personality. A coloratura soprano, Finlay performed concert and opera singing. After winning a talent contest in 1950, she toured on the ABC radio network show Music With the Girls. Finlay later had her own television program and served as an MC for El Show Pan-Americano in Puerto Rico. She toured South America and released an album in Mexico. She is the maternal grandmother of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, who dedicated her song "Marjorie" to her. Her vocals are also featured in the background of the song. She won a talent contest on the ABC network show Music With the Girls. This awarded her a radio spot and she toured on the network radio show for 15 months. Finlay gave birth to Alison Finlay in 1957, and then to Andrea Gardner Finlay in 1958, who later became the mother of Taylor Swift.
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