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Constance Towers

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Actor b. 1933 On stage 19511977

Constance Mary Towers (born May 20, 1933) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She gained prominence for her appearances in several mainstream 1950s films before transitioning to theater, starring in numerous Broadway productions through the 1970s. Her accolades include two Emmy Award nominations. Beginning in 1965, Towers embarked on a career in theater, making her Broadway debut in the musical Anya, opposite Lillian Gish, followed by a 1966 production of Show Boat at Lincoln Center. Towers starred in four other Broadway productions throughout the 1970s, most notably as Anna in The King and I in 1977 and 1978. Her later career largely has been based in television, with roles…

On stage 5 productions, 26 years

1951 The King and I St. James Theatre · Original · directed by John van Druten 1,246 perf.
1965 Anya Ziegfeld Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 16 perf.
1970 The Engagement Baby Helen Hayes Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Frankel 4 perf.
1971 Ari Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Talley Beatty 19 perf.
1977 The King and I Uris Theatre · Revival · directed by Yuriko 695 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once8 names

Michael Kermoyan 3 productions
John Michael King 3 productions
Yul Brynner 2 productions
Martin Vidnovic 2 productions
Marianne Tatum 2 productions
June Angela 2 productions
Hye-Young Choi 2 productions
Gene Profanato 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking.

In the literature8 passages

  • Original Lincoln Center revival cast (1966) : Barbara Cook, Constance Towers, Stephen Douglass, David Wayne, William Warfield, Franz Allers (conductor). RCA LSO 1126.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • The third and final NYCCLOC production opened on December 15, 1966, for twenty-two performances and starred Bruce Yarnell (Billy), Constance Towers (Julie), Nancy Dussault (Carrie), Patricia Neway (Nettie), and Michael Kermoyan (Jigger).ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Yul Brynner, Constance Towers, Michael Kermoyan, Hye-Young Choi, Martin Vidnovic, June Angela, Susan Kikuchi, John Michael King, Gene Profanato, Marianne Tatumebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • The King and I . King Yul Brynner giving a royal command to governess Constance Towers. (Ernst Haas)ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • My first time seeing a show at the Gershwin was in 1977. I was in the front row in seats 117 and 118 to see Yul Brynner and Constance Towers in The King and I . Then, Thanksgiving week of 1980, I saw Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou in Sweeney Todd . I saw so many shows here before I worked here: Singin’ in the Rain, Starlight Express … you…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
  • Yul Brynner and Constance Towers were in the show, and we sat in the last row of the theater. Yul Brynner was about two inches tall from my view. My friend’s mom took us. After that, I went to see shows fairly frequently!ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt

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