Vivienne Segal

Vivienne Sonia Segal (April 19, 1897 - December 29, 1992) was an American actress and singer.

Segal was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Beverly Hills, California. She is best remembered for creating the role of Vera Simpson in Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s "Pal Joey" and introducing the song "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered". "Pal Joey" opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre December 25, 1940, with a cast that included Gene Kelly and June Havoc. [ [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/78945.html "Playbill"] ]

Since the 1940 production went unrecorded, a studio cast was assembled in 1950 to record the musical. In addition to Segal, the group also featured Harold Lang, Barbara Ashley, Beverly Fite, Kenneth Remo and Jo Hurt. In 2003, this recording was reissued by Columbia Broadway Masterworks in a release featuring such Rodgers and Hart tunes as “I Could Write a Book,” “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,” “Zip” and “Take Him,” as well as two bonus tracks: Lang singing “I Could Write a Book” (from the CBS TV show "Shower of Stars") and Segal (interviewed by Mike Wallace on the CBS radio show "Stage Struck") recalled Hart’s promise to write her a show and then sings “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.” She was also a performer on the CBS radio program "Accordiana" in 1934.

Segal's first marriage to actor Robert Downing Ames ended in divorce, and she then married television executive Hubbell Robinson. She died in Beverly Hills in 1992 and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Musical theater

* 1915 "The Blue Paradise"
* 1917 "My Lady's Glove"
* 1917 "Miss 1917"
* 1918 "Oh, Lady! Lady!"
* 1919 "The Little Whopper"
* 1922 "The Yankee Princess"
* 1923 "Adrienne"
* 1924 "Ziegfeld Follies"
* 1925 "Ziegfeld Follies"
* 1925 "Florida Girl"
* 1926 "Castles in the Air"
* 1926 "The Desert Song"
* 1928 "The Three Musketeers"
* 1931 "The Chocolate Soldier"
* 1938 "I Married an Angel"
* 1940 "Pal Joey"
* 1943 "A Connecticut Yankee" Broadway revival
* 1947 "Music in My Heart"
* 1950 "Great to Be Alive!"
* 1952 "Pal Joey" Broadway revival

Films

*1930 "Song of the West"
*1930 "Bride of the Regiment"
*1930 "Golden Dawn"
*1930 "Viennese Nights"
*1934 "The Cat and the Fiddle"

Notes

References

*Sies, Luther F. "Encyclopedia of American Radio: 1920-1960". Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2000. ISBN 0-7864-0452-3

External links

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