Wilma W. Wyatt was born in a house near this spot on November 4, 1909. Her stage career began after she won a Chicago singing contest in 1928, and she adopted the stage name Dixie Lee after joining Fox Film Corp. in 1929. A year later, she married Harry "Bing" Crosby, and they had four sons: Gary, twins Dennis and Phillip, and Lindsay Crosby. Her most well-known film was Love in Bloom. In 1935, she retired from acting to be a devoted wife and mother. Dixie Lee died of ovarian cancer on November 1, 1952.