Hollace Shaw (July 24, 1913 – March 2, 1976) was a coloratura soprano^[1] who performed on old-time radio and on the stage.

Shaw was born in Fresno, California.^[2] Her father, Rev. Shirley R. Shaw,^[3] was a minister, and her mother was a concert singer.^[1] She was the oldest of five children,^[4] one of whom was Robert Shaw, who founded the Robert Shaw Chorale and directed symphony orchestras in Atlanta, Georgia, and Cleveland, Ohio.^[1]

Shaw was a featured soloist on Blue Velvet Music,^[5] Saturday Night Serenade^[6] and the featured female soloist on Song Time^[7] and was a member of the cast of The Hour of Charm,^[8] on which she was known as "Vivian."^[4] She also had her own weekly program on CBS.^[9]

Shaw's Broadway credits include Higher and Higher (1939) and Very Warm for May (1939).^[10] The latter production included her introduction of the song All the Things You Are.^[11]

Shaw sang frequently with symphony orchestras around the United States and at Radio City Music Hall, in New York City.^[12] She also performed in night clubs. Eugene Burr wrote about Shaw in a review in Billboard's October 12, 1940, issue: "She has an outstanding voice, one of the few real voices that have been developed in recent years..."^[13]

On April 12, 1944, Shaw married Clarence Turner Foster, a major in the Air Transport Command, in New York, New York.^[14] She later married Dr. Frederick C. Schlumberger, a surgeon.^[12]

Shaw died March 2, 1976, in Los Angeles, California, at age 62. She was survived by her husband, two stepchildren, a sister and two brothers.^[12]