- Crooner, who could also play the piano, clarinet, and saxophone and was an expert ballet and tap dancer.
- In 1949, she was heard by bandleader Geraldo (Gerald Bright), who persuaded her to return to Britain as a singer in his band, which was widely heard on BBC Radio. Boswell parted with Geraldo in 1951, and launched a solo career.
- Her first LP, Sugar and Spice, on which she sang 10 songs in nine different languages, followed in 1957.
- Educated in Switzerland, she studied piano before joining her parents on tour as the juggling act, Three Hugos.
- She married, and as Eve Boswell became a popular singing star in South Africa.
- She appeared in the 1953 Royal Variety Performance and toured widely with comedian Derek Roy, before getting her own radio show in 1954.
- She was born in Hungary to professional musician parents who toured worldwide.
- Her first hit record came in 1952 with "Sugar Bush", partly sung in Afrikaans.
- When the Second World War was declared, the family left Britain with the Boswell Circus.
- A continuous programme of radio work and tours followed from 1957 on, leading to more than one mental breakdown. She faded from public view as public tastes for pop music changed through the late 1950s and 1960s, eventually returning to live in Durban, South Africa, where she died.
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