< J. Canova
							George Paul Canova
					Joseph Francis Canova
							Diannah Green
			Diane Katrinka Canova
			birt: 3 SEP 1909 plac: Florida deat: 23 JAN 1994 plac: Los Angeles, California
							Matthew C. Perry
					Henrietta Perry

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Other names for Diane were Diane Anne Kitrinka Canova, and Anna Katrinka Canova.

Diane Katrinka "Anne" Canova name was found in a book called "The Slapstick Queens" on page #208. Anne was part of the Judy Canova show group.

The group photo here is of Judy Canova with siblings Anne, Zeke, and Pete in the 1935 movie 'In Caliente' which is Judy Canova's first appearance in a full-length feature film.

							George Paul Canova
					Joseph Francis Canova
							Diannah Green
			Leon (Zeke) Canova
			birt: 31 DEC 1898 plac: Florida deat: 1980 plac: Los Angeles, California Isable Desilva marr: birt: 1905 deat: 1981 plac: Los Angeles, California
							Matthew C. Perry
					Henrietta Perry

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							George Paul Canova
					Joseph Francis Canova
							Diannah Green
			Harry Leroy Canova
			birt: 9 DEC 1904 plac: Lake Butler, Union County, Florida deat: 11 JUN 1947 plac: Hollywood, California|Heart Attack Florence B. Abell marr:
							Matthew C. Perry
					Henrietta Perry

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The photo here is of Judy Canova with siblings Anne, Zeke, and Pete in the 1935 movie 'In Caliente' which is Judy Canova's first appearance in a full-length feature film.

Florence B. Abell

			Florence B. Abell
			Harry Leroy Canova marr: birt: 9 DEC 1904 plac: Lake Butler, Union County, Florida deat: 11 JUN 1947 plac: Hollywood, California|Heart Attack

Henry Nolan Canova

							George Paul Canova
					Joseph Francis Canova
							Diannah Green
			Henry Nolan Canova
			birt:
							Matthew C. Perry
					Henrietta Perry

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Julieta Canova England < Diane Canova Rivero
							George Paul Canova
					Joseph Francis Canova
							Diannah Green
			Juliette Canova
			birt: 20 NOV 1913 plac: Starke/Bradford, Duval County, Florida deat: 5 AUG 1983 plac: Los Angeles, California|Cancer Robert Burns marr: 1936 plac: Maryland James H. Ripley marr: 14 JUN 1941 plac: Hawaii Chester B. England marr: 14 MAR 1943 plac: Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey Filberto Rivero marr: 1950
							Matthew C. Perry
					Henrietta Perry

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Judy Canova became famous for her country singing and comedy on radio, then later bridged this fame to Broadway and movies. Details of Judy Canova's acting career can be found on the Internet Movie Database.

[Notes by Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide:] The Florida-born daughter of a cottonbroker father and concert-singer mother, Judy Canova joined her siblings in a radio singing act in Jacksonville when she was 10-years old. Judy had hoped to a ttend the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, but the exigencies of the Depression depleted her family's income. Relocating in New York City with her mother, Judy studied tap-dancing, taught a contortion-dancing class, and hit the nightclub ci rcuit. Discovered by Rudy Vallee, Judy became a solo "hillbilly" singer on Vallee's radio show, then worked on bandleader Paul Whiteman's series, establishing herself as a cornpone comedienne. After appearing with her brother and sister in a 1934 Hollywood stage revue, Judy made her movie debut in Warner Bros. In Caliente, singing a comic reprise of the film's hit song "The Lady in Red." More radio and vaudeville work followed, and then Judy co-starred with Phil Silvers in the 1939 Broadway musical Yokel Boy. This led to a 15-year association with Republic Pictures, where Judy became one of that studio's biggest moneymakers in such raucous vehicles as Sis Hopkins (1941), Sleepy Lagoon (1942), Oklahoma Annie (1946) and Carolina Cannonball (1955). Among her best films were a pair of co-starring stints with Joe E. Brown, Joan of Ozark (1942) and Chatterbox (1943). In 1943, she inaugurated her own radio comedy series on CBS, which garnered high ratings f or the next twelve years. After both her radio and movie contracts expired in 1955, Judy was seen infrequently on television and in nightclubs; her last film appearances were in 1960's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and 1976's Cannonball . Married four times, Judy Canova was the mother of TV actress Diana Canova of Soap fame. ~

Additional biography information can be found on the Internet Movie Database , however the reference to the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova is incorrect and has never been established.

DEATH: Death Record for Judy Canova, born 20 November 1913; mother's maiden name, Perry; born Florida; died Los Angeles (19); 5 August 1983; Social Security 111-09-2725; 69 years of age; California Dept. of Health, Sacramento, California . Note: Her sex is shown as male

References about Judy Canova's grave site are on Find-a-grave .

The photo here is of Judy Canova with siblings Anne, Zeke, and Pete in the 1935 movie 'In Caliente' which is Judy Canova's first appearance in a full-length feature film.

The next photo here is Judy Canova and her son-in-law Steve Landesberg in 1979 at a collectors convention in Los Angeles. This photo is collected and copyright by Phil Johnson. Click on this link to see more information.

Filberto Rivero

< Diane Canova Rivero
			Filberto Rivero
			Juliette Canova marr: 1950 birt: 20 NOV 1913 plac: Starke/Bradford, Duval County, Florida deat: 5 AUG 1983 plac: Los Angeles, California|Cancer

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Rivero was a Cuban musician and bandleader who became a notable anti-Castro leader in the United States.

Evelyn Genevieve Pons

< George Walter Canova, Jr. < Louis Herbert Canova < Rosa Marcella Canova < Mary Aline Canova < Ruby Lucile Canova < Ernest Joseph Canova < Warren Preston Canova < Ralph Eugene Canova
							Francisco Dominico Pons
					Francisco Jose Pons
							Maria Andrea Aqueda Acosta
			Evelyn Genevieve Pons
			birt: 1875 plac: Sanderson, Baker County, FL deat: ABT. 1958 plac: Altoona, Florida George Walter Canova marr: 1897 birt: 19 MAR 1875 plac: Sanderson, Baker County, FL deat: 2 FEB 1913 plac: Sanderson, Baker County, FL
							Antonio Joseph Venancio Canova
					Marcella Camilla Canova
							Margarita Francisca Juliana Ponz

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Ralph Eugene Canova

< Frederick Jackson Canova < Iris Louise Canova < Maude-Edna Canova Wilbur Canova < Hal Paul Canova < Winifred Canova <  Ralph Eugene Canova
							George Paul Canova
					George Walter Canova
							Diannah Green
			Ralph Eugene Canova
			birt: 30 SEP 1897 plac: Sanderson, Baker County, FL deat: 21 JAN 1971 plac: Lakeland, FL Maude Mosley Mills marr: birt: 7 OCT 1898 plac: Lake City, Florida deat: 6 AUG 1992 plac: Bartow, FL
							Francisco Jose Pons
					Evelyn Genevieve Pons
							Marcella Camilla Canova

George Walter Canova, Jr.

							George Paul Canova
					George Walter Canova
							Diannah Green
			George Walter Canova, Jr.
			birt: 1899 plac: Sanderson, Baker County, FL deat: 1950 plac: Olustee, FL Lovie Dorman marr:
							Francisco Jose Pons
					Evelyn Genevieve Pons
							Marcella Camilla Canova