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Margery Beddow (December 13, 1931 – January 3, 2010) was an American actress, dancer, director and choreographer.
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Early years
In her early career, Beddow was a prima ballerina of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and a dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet.
Career
Beddow appeared on Broadway in Redhead, Conquering Hero, We Take the Town, Two on the Aisle, Almanac, Take Me Along, Ulysses in Nighttown, and revivals of Fiorello! and Showboat. She appeared in seven Bob Fosse musicals. She had a small part in the Mel Brooks film The Producers and also appeared in the musical based on the film. She portrayed a dancer in Enchanted.[1] She appeared in the rotating cast of the Off-Broadway staged reading of Wit & Wisdom.[2]
As well as Broadway, she choreographed many industrial shows including Chevrolet and Westinghouse in the 1970s.
While touring the 1976 production of "El Grande de Coca-Cola" she met co-actor Stephen Sweet with whom she had a long-standing relationship who coincidentally was one of the co-stars in the cult classic film, "Last House on Dead End Street".
In 2008, Beddow appeared as Mrs. Shields in the film version of the award-winning play, Doubt, which starred Meryl Streep and Amy Adams.[3]
Death
Margery Beddow died on January 3, 2010, aged 78, at her home in New York from undisclosed causes.[4]
References
- ^ IMDb
- ^ http://www.theatermania.com/off- broadway/shows/wit-and-wisdom_20415/
- ^ Backstage coverage of Beddow's death
- ^ IMDb, ibid.
Categories:- 1937 births
- 2010 deaths
- Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo dancers
- Ballerinas
- American dancers
- American theatre directors
- American stage actors
- American musical theatre actors
- American choreographers
- People from New York City
- American theatre actor, 20th century birth stubs
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