Performed with her father's Hi-De-Ho Orchestra from the 1970s until his death in 1994.
Was in Pearl Bailey's Broadway company of "Hello, Dolly!" and also performed in the musical "The Pajama Game".
Aunt of C. Calloway Brooks.
Survived by her mother, Nuffie Calloway, her sisters, Cecelia Lael Calloway, Cabella Calloway Langsea, grandchildren, Cabbie, and Becca Crosse, daughter-in-law, Julie Crosse, many nephews, and preceded by her son, Rupert Osaze DIa Crosse.