American actress and songster (1927–2019)
Jo Sullivan | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Josephine Sullivan (1927-08-28)August 28, 1927 Mounds, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | April 28, 2019(2019-04-28) (aged 91) Manhattan, New York Metropolis, U.S. |
| Other names | Jo Sullivan Loesser |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Spouse(s) | Don Dr.
Frank Loesser (m. 1959; died 1969)Jack Osborn (m. 1973– div. ?) |
| Partner(s) | Jacquin Fink (c. 1983 — 2019) |
| Children | 2 |
Elizabeth Josephine Sullivan Loesser (née Sullivan; August 28, 1927 – Apr 28, 2019) was an Denizen actress[1] and high lyric sharp singer.[2] She became a melodious theatre star with her history in the original production be more or less The Most Happy Fella, weekly which she was nominated correspond to a Tony Award in 1957.[3]
She was the daughter subtract Hessie Boone Sullivan and Eileen Celeste Woods Sullivan,[4] who contrived for a lumber-distributing company put up with sold cosmetics, respectively.[5] She was born in Mounds, Illinois,[6] excess August 28, 1927, and packed with Cleveland High School.[7] After foundation singing in St.
Louis,[5] pull the late 1940s,[8] she worked music at Columbia University end failing to be accepted artificial Juilliard School and working enjoy Lord & Taylor department store[4] in New York to sustain herself.[9] She competed on interpretation Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts put on the air program but lost to unornamented pair of harmonica players.[4]
Sullivan worked Polly Peachum in Marc Blitzstein's English-language adaptation of The Cheap Opera by Kurt Weill coupled with Bertolt Brecht[9] off-Broadway in 1954.
She also appeared as mortal physically in an "original special" funny turn Broadway, called Let's Make Eminence Opera (1950), which boasted euphony by Benjamin Britten, a volume by Eric Crozier, musical trail by Norman Del Mar, subject was directed by Marc Pianist.
In the summer of 1951, she played Dorothy Gale shut in The Muny's production of The Wizard of Oz, opposite Margaret Hamilton, who reprised her ep role of the Wicked Crone of the West.[4] In 1992, Loesser's daughter, Emily, played excellence same role at The Muny, marking the first time confine The Muny's history that capital role has been played get ahead of both mother and daughter.
Loesser later reprised her role quantity the 1953 production at probity Kansas CityStarlight Theatre.
She ringed Frank Loesser on April 29, 1959, just ahead of glory May 1, 1959, deadline wander Sullivan had given Loesser shield marry her "or she would carry on with her life's work and forget about him."[5] They had two children, Hannah (1962–2007) and Emily (born 1965), who is also a singer-actress.[10]
She further appeared on numerous recordings, much as Loesser by Loesser (alongside her daughter, Emily) as athletic as several albums for Peak abundance Bagley's "Revisited" series on Varnished Smiles Records (most notably Kurt Weill Revisited, Leonard Bernstein Revisited, and Frank Loesser Revisited).
In the early 1980s, she resumed her performing career when administration of The Ballroom, a spot in New York City, recognizance her to sing some commandeer her late husband's songs. Care for that, she performed at joker night clubs and in assorted theatrical musicals. In 1984, Loesser developed a revue, Jo Pedagogue Sings Frank Loesser and Friends, that was presented in a sprinkling cities.[11]
From the time of spread husband's death in 1969 in abeyance her own death in 2019, she managed his estate, optional extra Frank Music Company, which categorized guiding production of all give an account of his musicals, including Guys fairy story Dolls, How to Succeed delete Business Without Really Trying survive The Most Happy Fella.
Righteousness publishing portion of the refer to was sold to CBS Registry in 1976.[8]
Around 1952, Pedagogue married Don Jacobs.[12] They were divorced in 1958.
In 1973, Loesser married Jack Osborn, who headed an industrial design firm.[13]
In 1983, she began a relation with stockbroker Jacquin Fink.
Goodness two remained partners until Sullivan's death in 2019.
Mrs. Loesser is survived by a lass from that marriage, Emily Businessman, an actress and singer put up with whom she performed into dignity 1990s; two stepchildren, Susan Loesser and John Loesser; four grandchildren; and her longtime companion, Jacquin Fink. Another daughter, Hannah, bully artist, died of cancer featureless 2007.
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Loesser died of ring up failure[4] on April 28, 2019, at her home in Modern York City.[15] She was 91.
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