Marian McPartland was born on March 20, 1918 in Slough, Berkshire, England, UK. She was married to Jimmy McPartland. She died on August 20, 2013 in Port Washington, New York, USA.
Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1999.
Jazz pianist.
She remarried Jimmy McPartland in early 1991, but he died shortly after.
She met Chicago jazz musician Jimmy McPartland during WWII when they were entertaining troops in Belgium in 1944. After the war, he introduced his British war bride to American jazz audiences.