Miliza Korjus (1909–1980), American opera singer and actress of Estonian descent
Wells is the daughter of opera singer and film actress Miliza Korjus (1909–1980).
From 1900 she was one of the most renown teachers of voice in Ukraine and schooled over 400 singers, among them Miliza Korjus, Zoia Gaidai, Ivan Kozlovsky, Larissa Rudenko, and Elena Petlyash.