Elaine Stritch

Elaine Stritch, (born on February 2, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan) is a tall, lanky American actress and singer with a rough voice known for her brash, vocal characters.

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February 2 - 1925 - Detroit - Michigan

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Stritch was born to a wealthy, devoutly Roman Catholic family, and was related to Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago. She has been very successful in Broadway musicals, such as Sail Away by Sir Noel Coward, Company by Stephen Sondheim, and the most recent musical revival of Show Boat, which also starred Lonette McKee and John McMartin. She is best known for her stage work, having been nominated for the Tony Award four times:

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Roman Catholic - Samuel Cardinal Stritch - Chicago - Sail Away - Noel Coward - Company - Stephen Sondheim - Show Boat - Lonette McKee - John McMartin - Tony Award

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• Best Featured Actress in a Play for Bus Stop, 1956
• Best Actress in a Musical for Sail Away, 1962
• Best Actress in a Musical for Company, 1971
• Best Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance, 1996

In 2002 her one woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty won the Tony for Best Special Theatrical Event. The show itself, in addition to the rehearsal process and Stritch's backstage struggles with, among other things, alcoholism and diabetes, are documented in the D.A. Pennebaker film of the same name. The film went on to win several Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Variety or Music Program for Stritch, who famously quipped, "I know that most of you who just won an award are thinking 'Hah! I'm glad I won and you didn't!'."

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2002 - Elaine Stritch at Liberty - D.A. Pennebaker - Emmy Awards - Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Variety or Music Program

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In the 1970s, she moved to London, England with her husband, a younger British actor named John Bay, who died of cancer about 10 years after they first married. For ITV she appeared in the television series Two's Company with Sir Donald Sinden.

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1970s - London, England - John Bay - Cancer - ITV - Two's Company - Donald Sinden

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She has made many cameo appearances in films, such as Woody Allen's Small Time Crooks. She was reportedly also considered to play Bea Arthur's role of Dorothy on The Golden Girls, but, by her own admission, offended the producers by improvising profanity into the script. She is good friends with gossip columnist Liz Smith (journalist), and they share the same day of birth February 2, albeit 2 years apart.

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Cameo appearances - Woody Allen - Small Time Crooks - Bea Arthur - The Golden Girls - Liz Smith (journalist) - February 2

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She is spoofed in the Forbidden Broadway songs "The Ladies Who Screech" and "Stritch", parodies of "The Ladies Who Lunch" and "Zip", songs she performed in the musicals Company and Pal Joey, respectively.

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Forbidden Broadway - Company - Pal Joey

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