Early Career
Cumming studied piano and voice at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, and later joined with two friends to form a vaudeville trio, "Red, Black and Gold", with hair dyed accordingly.
From 1937 to 1950, she was host of the Adelaide Hawley Program first on NBC Radio and then on CBS Radio. A daily news and talk radio show, it was broadcast nationwide, attracting an estimated 3 million listeners. She also hosted the TV show Fashions on Parade on DuMont from 1948 to 1949, and on ABC in 1949.
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