Marcia Lewis
Marcia Lewis | |
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Born | Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S. | August 18, 1938
Died | December 21, 2010 Brentwood, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 72)
Occupation | Actress/Singer |
Years active | 1964–2006 |
Spouse | Fred D. Bryan (2001–2010; her death) |
Marcia Lewis (August 18, 1938 – December 21, 2010) was an American
Life and career
Lewis was born in Melrose, Massachusetts and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio.[1] She was a registered nurse at the University of Cincinnati Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan) and received her RN from the Jewish Hospital School of Nursing in Cincinnati in 1959.[2][3]
Stage and Television
Lewis made her Broadway debut in the original production of Hello, Dolly!, taking over the role of Ernestina. Additional theater credits include The Time of Your Life (1969), Annie, taking over the role of Miss Hannigan in April 1981, Rags (1986) (nominee, Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical), Roza (1987), Orpheus Descending with Vanessa Redgrave (1989), and the 1990 revival of Fiddler on the Roof as Golde. Lewis appeared in the 1994 revival of Grease as Miss Lynch, and was nominated for the Tony Award, Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She appeared as the Matron in the 1996 revival of Chicago. For her work, she received nominations for the Tony Award, Best Featured Actress in a Musical and Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.[4]
She appeared at the Off-Broadway Theatre of the Zanies in An Impudent Wolf (1965), the Players Theatre in Who's Who Baby? (1968), and Playwrights Horizons in Romance Language in 1984 and When She Danced in 1990.[5]
Lewis toured in
Performing and personal life
As a singer, Lewis performed in most of the leading
Lewis' solo album Nowadays (1998), a collection of showtunes and standards recorded with the Mark Hummel Quartet, is available on the Original Cast Records label.[2]
Lewis married her second husband on June 24, 2001; Fred D. Bryan was a
References
- ^ a b Official website marcialewis.com, retrieved January 25, 2010
- ^ a b c "Marcia Lewis biography", filmreference.com, retrieved January 25, 2010
- ^ a b c Interview, Spotlight on Marcia Lewis, talkinbroadway.com, retrieved January 25, 2010
- ^ Marcia Lewis Broadway credits, ibdb.com, retrieved January 25, 2010
- ^ Marcia Lewis profile at the Internet Off-Broadway Database Archived 2012-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Marcia Lewis IMDb profile
- ^ Cabaret listings, marcialewis.com, retrieved January 25, 2010
- ^ Shattuck, Kathryn. "Weddings: Vows;Marcia Lewis, Fred Bryan" The New York Times, July 8, 2001, Section 9; Society Desk; p. 9
- ^ "Two-Time Tony Award Nominee Marcia Lewis Dies at 72", broadway.com, 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
External links
- Official website
- Marcia Lewis at IMDb
- Marcia Lewis at the Internet Broadway Database
- Marcia Lewis at the Internet Off-Broadway Database