Born January 19, 1923· Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
† Died May 31, 2013
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Born in Manhattan to an opera-singer mother and a billboard-advertising salesman father, she entered the performing arts through summer-stock theater at eighteen and soon debuted Off-Broadway in a production titled American Gothic, later joining Broadway casts of hit musicals such as Funny Girl, Juno, Damn Yankees and Bells Are Ringing, the latter two of which she reprised for her film debut in th…
