Henrietta Valor

Infobox actor
name = Henrietta Valor


imagesize = 150px
caption = Photo (circa 1985)
birthname = Henrietta Embick
birthdate = birth date and age|1935|4|28
birthplace = New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, U.S.
deathdate = death date and age|2007|11|23|1935|4|28
deathplace = Studio City, California, USA
spouse = Alfon Valor (1959–1970)
John Towey (1982–2007)

Henrietta Valor (April 28, 1935 – November 23, 2007) cite news |first=|last=|title=Henrietta Valor; Singer-actress found success on Broadway|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings28nov28,1,3286305.story |work= Los Angeles Times |publisher= |date=2007-11-28 |accessdate=2007-12-06] was an actress and singer who starred on Broadway in, “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris”. Other Broadway credits include, “Half a Sixpence”, “Applause”, and “Annie”. Off-Broadway she played a leading role in “Fashion”, which she reprised twenty years later at The Pasadena Playhouse. She toured extensively for the USO in Europe, Africa, and the Far East including Viet Nam. Her regional theatre credits include: The Studio Arena Stage in Buffalo, The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, A.C.T. in Seattle, The Williamstown Theatre in Mass., PAF Playhouse in Huntington, Long Island, Playwrights Horizons in New York, The Boston Shakespeare Company, and three seasons in the acting company of The Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. She studied opera on scholarship with Lotte Lehmann in Santa Barbara and acting with Alvina Krause at Northwestern University where she received her Bachelor of Music degree. She was a runner-up in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions in New York City. Her last acting role was Miss Framer in, “Lettice and Lovage” at The Pasadena Playhouse.

Valor was born in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on April 28, 1935. She earned her bachelor's degree in music and acting at Northwestern University in 1957. Additionally, she studied opera at the Music Academy of the West, which is located in Santa Barbara, California, with Lotte Lehmann in the late 1950s. She moved to Los Angeles in 1990.

Henrietta Valor died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on November 23, 2007.

Theatre

Valor starred on Broadway in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Half a Sixpence, Applause,and Annie.

External links

* [http://www.john.towey.net/henrietta/henrietta.htm Henrietta Valor's Official Website]
* [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings28nov28,1,3286305.story Los Angeles Times: Henrietta Valor; Singer-actress found success on Broadway]

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