Malinda Farrington's successful career on Broadway, TV and Film is a direct result from being raised by her very talented Mother, Jeanne Ellis, a child star during the depression. Her Mother traveled and sang with Paul Whitman's Big Band and played Jeannette MacDonald as a child in the feature film Girl of the Golden West.Malinda was born Malinda Lee Shaffer in Dixon ,Illinois, but raised in Montgomery, Alabama. imdb.com