Leland Palmer (actress)

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Leland Palmer
Born
Linda Palmer

(1945-06-16) June 16, 1945 (age 79)
Port Washington, New York
Other namesLinda Posner
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • dancer

Leland Palmer (born June 16, 1945, in Port Washington, New York) is an American actress, dancer, and singer who has appeared on stage, in motion pictures, and on television. She appeared on Broadway in Bajour (1964), [1] A Joyful Noise (1966) [2] Hello, Dolly! (1967 replacement Minnie Fay), [3] Applause (1970 replacement), and Pippin (1972). Palmer received two Tony Award nominations: in 1967 for featured actress in a musical (Miss Jimmie in A Joyful Noise ), [4] and in 1973 for actress in a musical (Fastrada in Pippin ). [4]

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Career

Palmer appeared as Viola in the rock musical Your Own Thing during a highly regarded run at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles in August 1968, in the role that she originated in the original Off-Broadway production in 1968. [5] She appeared in Dames at Sea which opened in September 1970 at the theater at Plaza 9 in New York City. She played the role of Ruby, with The New York Times reviewer writing: "Ruby... is played like a virtuous, squeaking mouse by a girl named Leland Palmer, who is delicious in a mildly frightening way." [6] She appeared in the musical Double Feature at the Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut, which opened in November 1979. The show had music by Jeff Moss and was directed by Mike Nichols. [7] [8]

Her U.S. television appearances include guest roles on Love, American Style ; Laverne & Shirley ; and Rhoda . She was also a regular on Dinah Shore's summer variety television show, Dinah and Her New Best Friends in 1976. She played Aŕlene in the 1976 NBC television movie James Dean . [9] Palmer is known for Bob Fosse's All That Jazz (1979), [10] in which she played Audrey Paris, a character believed to be modeled on Fosse's wife, Gwen Verdon. [11]

Palmer is known now as Linda Posner. She was born Linda Palmer, and discovered many years later that the family name was really "Posner." Although she no longer performs, she works with theaters in California. [10] She taught acting classes at Mendocino Community College and was the artistic director, Director, Teacher, and Consultant for the Willits Community Theater (Willits, California). [12] Pearl Marill, Posner's daughter who heads a dance company, presented a one-time event "My Mother on Broadway" in October 2014 in San Francisco. [13] She served as choreographer of the 42nd Street Moon, San Francisco production of Irma La Douce in 2008. [14]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1966Step Out of Your MindStacey
1977 Valentino Marjorie Tain
1979 All That Jazz Audrey Paris

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  3. ↑ Hello Dolly! Playbill (vault), retrieved April 18, 2019
  4. 1 2 "Leland Palmer" Playbill (vault), retrieved April 18, 2019
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  6. ↑ Thompson, Howard. " 'Dames at Sea' Docks At Plaza 9 Music Hall" The New York Times, September 24, 1970
  7. ↑ Dietz, Dan. "Number 406, Double Feature", Off Broadway Musicals, 1910-2007: Casts, Credits, Songs, Critical Reception and Performance Data of More Than 1,800 Shows, McFarland, 2010, ISBN   0786457317, p. 121
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  11. ↑ Canby, Vincent. "The Screen: Roy Scheider Stars in 'All That Jazz':Peter Pan Syndrome" The New York Times, December 20, 1979
  12. ↑ "Learn From the Masters. Linda Posner. April 2014" willitstheatre.org, retrieved April 19, 2019
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