Born April 30, 1917, in New York, Wain made her debut on "NBC Children's Hour" when she was 6, earning $2.00 per broadcast. Bea Wain married Andre Baruch and they had two children, a daughter Bonnie Baruch Barnes and a son, Wayne Baruch; and two grandchildren, Brandon and Remy Baruch. When she married announcer/actor Andre Baruch, the pair hosted a radio series called "Mr. and Mrs. Music" in New York in the late '40s and early '50s. They later hosted a talk radio show in Palm Beach, Florida, before moving to Beverly Hills. Andre Baruch died in 1991. Wain continued to sing into her 90s.