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| Thanks, Marlo Manners, for your thoughtful replies | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 05:29 pm EDT 07/08/21 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 05:17 pm EDT 07/08/21 | |
| In reply to: The (hopefully correct) answers to Wayman's three questions (re: A number of questions about '1776' the movie) - Marlo*Manners 02:39 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
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| I've Googled around and haven't been able to find if Betty Buckley ever did a screen test for ''1776.'' And haven't seen her address it in interviews. How she landed the role of Martha Jefferson sounds like the stuff of movies. Buckley was the last one to be seen auditioning for it. At her agent's urging, she arrived in New York and didn't even know what she was really trying out for, and landed the part on the same day, her 1st day in NYC. By the way, Jack Warner reportedly considered Tammy Grimes to play Abigail, but after seeing Virginia Vestoff's screen test, stuck with Vestoff. I just found out that Vestoff passed away at only 42, from cancer in 1982. ''1776'' proved to be one of her few roles in feature films. |
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| Link | 1971 Tony Awards: William Daniels and Virginia Vestoff reprise 'Till Then' from '1776' |
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| re: Thanks, Marlo Manners, for your thoughtful replies | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 10:44 pm EDT 07/08/21 | |
| In reply to: Thanks, Marlo Manners, for your thoughtful replies - WaymanWong 05:17 pm EDT 07/08/21 | |
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| Virginia Vestoff had a really beautiful singing voice which was showcased in "1776". She also must have been quite a good dancer, as she was understudy for Elizabeth Seal in "Irma La Douce". She passed away very young indeed. | |
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| re: Thanks, Marlo Manners, for your thoughtful replies | |
| Posted by: StageLover 06:40 pm EDT 07/08/21 | |
| In reply to: Thanks, Marlo Manners, for your thoughtful replies - WaymanWong 05:17 pm EDT 07/08/21 | |
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| I remember her vividly in the play THE SHORTCHANGED REVIEW at the Newhouse. I also saw her in another Joe Papp production, a musical version of THE MISANTHROPE at he Public. It's the only show I ever saw at the Anspacher. I liked it but I guess Papp didn't, as it didn't seem to ever "open" after previews. | |
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