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Bonnie Scott

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Actor b. 1941 On stage 19601961

Bonnie Scott (born February 20, 1941) is a retired American actress and singer. She is best known for being the original female lead in the hit Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying while at the age of only 20. Later she played Judy Bessemer during the first season of the ABC sitcom That Girl.

On stage 2 productions, 1 years

1960 Vintage ’60 Mark Hellinger · Original · directed by Jonathan Lucas 8 perf.
1961 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Abe Burrows 1,417 perf.

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Worked with more than once1 names

Michele Lee 2 productions

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Also credited on2 works

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
How to Succeed... (2011 Revival)

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In the literature4 passages

  • Bonnie Scott was the original love interest, Rosemary. In the show Rosemary seemed sweet, but she, too, in her own sweet way, was quietly remorseless. She set out to nab poor Finch. She sang about how she’d remain in the background while he was out climbing the corporate ladder.ebooks/Feuer, Cy/B003L77WUK EBOK - Cy Feuer & Ken Gross.txt
  • Bonnie Scott quit the show and the part was taken over by Michele Lee, who was a perfect fit.ebooks/Feuer, Cy/B003L77WUK EBOK - Cy Feuer & Ken Gross.txt
  • Bonnie Scott, the first Rosemary in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, made her Broadway debut in it. So did Michele Lee—the second Rosemary in How to Succeed. They both appeared in the same number, each portraying a “G.O.P. Chorus Member” and “G.O.P. Dancer.”ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • As is the case with any other director of a musical, Burrows had to be ruthless. “Bonnie Scott,” said Reilly of Finch’s love interest Rosemary Pilkington, “had a second-act number called ‘I Worry about Him.’ It stopped the show, but it wasn’t good for the book, so Abe knew that he had to take it out. That’s the type of thing a good direct…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt

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