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Marilyn Cooper

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Actor 1934–2009 On stage 19561994

Marilyn Cooper (December 14, 1934 – April 22, 2009) was an American actress known primarily for her work on the Broadway stage.

On stage 17 productions, 38 years

1956 Mr. Wonderful Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Jack Donohue 383 perf.
1957 Brigadoon Theatre not recorded · Revival 47 perf.
1957 West Side Story Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Jerome Robbins 732 perf.
1959 Gypsy Broadway Theatre · Revival · directed by Jerome Robbins 702 perf.
1962 I Can Get It For You Wholesale Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Laurents 300 perf.
1966 Mame Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Saks 1,508 perf.
1967 Hallelujah, Baby! Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Burt Shevelove 293 perf.
1968 Golden Rainbow Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Storch 385 perf.
1969 A Teaspoon Every Four Hours Anta Playhouse · Original · directed by Roger Girard 1 perf.
1970 Two By Two Imperial Theatre · Revival · directed by Joe Layton 343 perf.
1971 On the Town Imperial Theatre · Revival · directed by Ron Field 73 perf.
1978 Ballroom Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Bennett 116 perf.
1981 Woman of the Year Palace Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Moore 770 perf.
1985 The Odd Couple Broadhurst Theatre · Revival · directed by Gene Saks 295 perf.
1986 Broadway Bound Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Saks 756 perf.
1989 Café Crown Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by Martin Charnin 3 perf.
1994 Grease Eugene O'Neill Theatre · Revival · directed by Jeff Calhoun 1,505 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Wilma Curley 2 productions
Tom Avera 2 productions
Steve Curry 2 productions
Sally Struthers 2 productions
Ronnie Lee 2 productions
Phyllis Newman 2 productions
Michael Vita 2 productions
Marvin Arnold 2 productions
Marilyn D Honau 2 productions
Mace Barrett 2 productions
Larry Merritt 2 productions
Larry Kert 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. 8 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

  • Act Two: “I Feel Pretty” (Carol Lawrence, Marilyn Cooper, Carmen Guiterrez, Elizabeth Taylor); “Somewhere” (danced by Company; sung by Reri Grist); “Gee, Officer Krupke” (Eddie Roll, Grover Dale, Jets); “A Boy Like That” (Chita Rivera, Carol Lawrence); “I Have a Love” (Chita Rivera, Carol Lawrence); “Taunting” (dance) (Chita Rivera, Jets)…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Madame Rose’s Toreadorables” (Sandra Church, Marilyn Cooper, Patsy Bruder, Marilyn D’Honau, Merle Letowt, Joan Petlak, Imelda de Martin); “Together, Wherever We Go” (Ethel Merman, Sandra Church, Jack Klugman) “You Gotta Get a Gimmick” (Maria Karnilova, Faith Dane, Chotzi Foley); “Small World” (reprise) (Ethel Merman); “Let Me En…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Marilyn Cooper Sometimes getting the lead doesn’t lead you in the right direction. Marilyn Cooper had been cast in the second-banana role in I Can Get It for You Wholesale , but then director Arthur Laurents decided to promote her to leading lady when he found someone else for the smaller role: Barbra Streisand. Suddenly everyone was noti…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • The same day that nineteen-year-old Harriet Marilyn Cooper was graduated as a psychology and communications major from NYU, she immediately went to audition for Mr. Wonderful and was cast. Later came minor comic roles in West Side Story and Gypsy; during the latter, she came to know dance arranger John Kander, who often accompanied her wh…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • And what a Comeback Player of the Year performance Marilyn Cooper gave as Jan Donovan, the hausfrau who finds herself meeting her husband’s first wife, the glamorous Tess Harding (Lauren Bacall).ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • Cast: Lauren Bacall, Harry Guardino, Roderick Cook, Marilyn Cooper, Eivind Harum, Grace Keagy, Rex Everhart, Jamie Rossebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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