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Description: Actress, Vocalist, US
Known For: Primarily for her work on the Broadway stage.
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 14th December 1934
Location Born: New York City, New York, United States of America
Date Died: 22nd April 2009
Location Died: Elwood, New Jersey, United States of America
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Marilyn Cooper
An American actress, known primarily for her work on the Broadway stage.
Cooper made her Broadway debut in 1956 in the chorus of Mr. Wonderful. Next she was in the chorus of a revival of Brigadoon.
In 1957, she played Rosalia, a Sharks girl who wants to go back to Puerto Rico (“Puerto Rico, you lovely island”), in the original Broadway production of West Side Story.
In 1959, she went on to create the ensemble role of Agnes, the leader of the Hollywood Blondes, in the original Broadway production Gypsy.
In 1962, she graduated to a leading role, playing the ingenue in I Can Get It for You Wholesale, opposite Elliott Gould and Sheree North (the show marked Barbra Streisand’s Broadway debut at age 19).
In 1981, Cooper created the supporting role of Jan Donovan, Sam Craig’s ex-wife, in the Lauren Bacall vehicle Woman of the Year.
She won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for performance by a featured actress in a musical.
Cooper can be heard on the original Broadway cast recordings of West Side Story, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Two by Two, and Woman of the Year. Additionally she appeared in Fiorello!, One Touch of Venus, and Do Re Mi at New York City Center’s “Encores!” series.
Marilyn Cooper died on April 22, 2009 at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, following a long illness.
Broadway credits include.
Grease (1994, revival)
Cafe Crown (1989, revival)
Broadway Bound (1986)
The Odd Couple (1985, revival, female version)
Woman of the Year (1981)
Ballroom (1978)
Working (1978)
On the Town (1971, revival)
Two by Two (1970)
Mame (joined cast in December 1969)
Golden Rainbow (1968)
Hallelujah, Baby! (1967)
West Side Story (1964 revival)
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1961)
Gypsy (1959)
West Side Story (1957)
Brigadoon (1957, revival)
Mr. Wonderful (1956)