Dorothy Loudon

Dorothy Loudon (September 17, 1933 – November 15, 2003) was a Tony Award-winning Broadway actress noted for her comedy and belting singing voice, which she used to deliver a wide range of musical comedy and Roaring Twenties songs. She was born in Boston, and grew up in Rochester, New York and began singing as a child. She moved to New York and landed a job as a featured nightclub performer. She became a lounge singer, mingling song with ad-libbed comedy, and was featured on television on The Perry Como Show and The Ed Sullivan Show. She made her stage debut in 1962 in The World of Jules Feiffer, a Jules Feiffer play directed by Mike Nichols, with music by Stephen Sondheim. She made her Broadway debut in Nowhere to Go But Up which ran only two weeks but earned her outstanding reviews. She appeared in a series of commercial failures; The Fig Leaves Are Falling ran for four performances, though it garnered her favorable reviews and a nomination for a Tony Award in 1969; she also... full article at wikipedia