Wynne Ajello (born Winifred Alice Cutter Gellard; 9 January 1903 – 18 April 1992) was an English soprano singer who made many broadcasts on BBC radio between the 1920s and 1940s.
She was born in Fulham, London, the daughter of a piano teacher who later married into the Ajello family, originally of Italian origin. She developed a talent for singing, and won a children's singing competition. She made her first BBC broadcasts in 1925, singing a selection of coloratura arias, but diversified into also performing songs from musical revues. Search, Wynne Ajello, Radio Times, BBC Genome. Retrieved 15 March 2021"Wynne Ajello", Wills cigarette card, Pages of Ages. Retrieved 15 March 2021
Ajello made recordings for the Durium label. In 1933, she made her first television broadcasts, singing as part of the White Coons concert party, directed by Harry S. Pepper, but then took a lengthy break after a nervous breakdown. "Saved by an Ancient Relic", Morning Tribune, Singapore, 19 August 1936, p.13
By 1936, it was reported that she had made over 550 broadcasts for the BBC. In 1938, she took the role of Snow White in the radio adaptation of the Disney cartoon feature.Denis Gifford, The Golden Age of Radio, B.T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1985, , p.10 She continued to feature in BBC broadcasts through the Second World War, into the late 1940s.
She married her stepbrother, Reginald Ajello, in 1929. She died in Worthing, Sussex, in 1992, aged 89.
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