Eileen Rodgers

Eileen Rodgers

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Name = Eileen Rodgers


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Birth_name = Eileen Rodgers
Born = 1933
Died = 2003
Origin = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Genre = Pop, Showtunes
Occupation =Actress, Singer
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Eileen Rodgers (1933 - July 13, 2003) was an American singer and Broadway performer. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1933, she began her career as a nightclub performer, later singing as lead vocalist with Charlie Spivak's orchestra. She later recorded more than 30 singles and two LPs for Columbia Records. Her broadway debut was in 1959's "Fiorello!", where she sang the show-stopping "Gentleman Jimmy". In 1960, she appeared in "Tenderloin". In 1962, she headed the off-broadway revival cast of Cole Porter's classic musical "Anything Goes" in the role of Reno Sweeney, a recording of which is currently available on CD. The show won the New York Outer Circle Critics' Award as Best Revival of 1962. ["Anything Goes": CD Liner Notes. Epic Records.]

In 1965, Rodgers appeared in the infamous musical flop "Kelly" which closed on Broadway after one performance. The Saturday Evening Post reported that Rodgers had broken into tears during a Philadelphia performance, remarking that "I wish I was back in "Tenderloin". It was a flop, but at least people were friendly." [Mandelbaum, Ken. "Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops." Page 15. St. Martin's Griffin, 1991.] She served as a standby for Ethel Merman in the 1966 revival of Annie Get Your Gun. Rodgers made frequent appearances on television variety shows and starred with Art Carney in a Chevrolet 50th Anniversary special.Eileen Rodgers Obituary at TheaterMania.com [http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm?int_news_id=3740] ] Rodgers died of lung cancer on July 13 of 2003 in Charlotte, North Carolina, leaving behind her husband, two sons and three grandchildren.

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* [http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm?int_news_id=3740 Obituary at TheaterMania.com]


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