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Jane Connell

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Actor 1925–2013 On stage 19562001

Jane Sperry Connell (pronounced con-NELL, née Bennett; October 27, 1925 – September 22, 2013) was an American actress and singer. Connell is best known for originating the role of Agnes Gooch in the 1966 stage musical and 1974 film musical versions of Auntie Mame.

On stage 12 productions, 45 years

1956 New Faces of 1956 Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by David Tihmar 220 perf.
1965 Drat! the Cat! Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Joe Layton 8 perf.
1966 Mame Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Saks 1,508 perf.
1969 Dear World Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Glenville 132 perf.
1972 Lysistrata Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Revival 8 perf.
1983 Mame Gershwin Theatre · Revival · directed by John Bowab 41 perf.
1986 Me And My Girl Marquis Theatre · Original · directed by Mike Ockrent 1,412 perf.
1989 Lend Me a Tenor Royale Theatre · Original · directed by Jerry Zaks 476 perf.
1992 Crazy for You Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Mike Ockrent 1,622 perf.
1995 Moon Over Buffalo Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Tom Moore 309 perf.
1996 Angela Lansbury - A Celebration Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Diana Baffa-Brill 1 perf.
2001 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Minskoff Theatre · Original · directed by Scott Ellis 21 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Angela Lansbury 3 productions
Willard Waterman 2 productions
Sab Shimono 2 productions
Ruth Ramsey 2 productions
Philip Bosco 2 productions
Peggy Taphorn 2 productions
Michael Duran 2 productions
Mary Zahn 2 productions
Marian Haraldson 2 productions
Kenneth Kantor 2 productions
Karen Ziemba 2 productions
Joseph Rich 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. 7 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature8 passages

  • Composer and studio cast (1957): Marc Blitzstein Discusses His Theater Compositions . Evelyn Lear, Roddy McDowall, Jane Connell, Alvin Epstein, Marc Blitzstein (piano). Spoken Arts 717. Spoken historical introduction by Blitzstein, “Nickel under the Foot,” and Hotel Lobby Scene.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • Cast : Franca Baldwin, Suzanne Bernard, Jane Connell, Billie Hayes, Johnny Haymer, Tiger Haynes, Ann Henry, T. C. Jones, Johnny Laverty, Virginia Martin, Bill McCutcheon, John Reardon, Amru Sani, Bob Shaver, Jimmy Sisco, Maggie Smith, Dana Sosa, Rod Strong, Inga Swensonebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • The current edition offered an amusing song or two (including Jane Connell’s “April in Fairbanks”), and there were the usual sketches spoofing popular entertainment. “A Canful of Trash” kidded the current Broadway play A Hatful of Rain , but in this case the hero wasn’t addicted to heroin: he was instead (and in anticipation of reality te…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • The London production opened on September 20, 1960, at the Adelphi Theatre for thirty-one performances; Jane Connell was Fred and Milo O’Shea was Sextimus, and the cast recording was released by HMV (LP # CLP-1410) and then later by Stet (LP # DS-15026).ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Moon over Buffalo with Carol Burnett in 1995, he asked his Sell to understudy Jane Connell. Then, when Burnett begged to have each Tuesday off, Moore asked Sell to play the lead role for those performances. Trese gladly did. But she didn’t quit her day job.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • Cast: Angela Lansbury, Beatrice Arthur, Jane Connell, Willard Waterman, Frankie Michaels, Charles Braswell, Jerry Lanningebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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