Maureen Moore

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Maureen Moore
Born (1951-08-12) August 12, 1951 (age 72)
Wallingford, Connecticut, United States

Maureen Moore (born August 12, 1951 in Wallingford, Connecticut) is an American actress. [1] She attended Carnegie Mellon University, majoring in theater and worked at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival. [1]

Debuting on Broadway in the 1974 revival of Gypsy as Dainty June, [2] Moore has had a long career on stage, as well as appearing in some films and television. She has been cast in a number of major Broadway roles. Moore has notably carved out a niche as standby for the major stars on Broadway in such starring roles as Edie/Edith in Grey Gardens (for Christine Ebersole), Rose in Gypsy (for Bernadette Peters) and Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (for Elaine Paige). [2] [3]

On Broadway, Moore has appeared in leading roles (often as standby) in Grey Gardens (2006–07), The Threepenny Opera (2006), Gypsy (2003–04), Cabaret (musical) , (1998–2004), Sunset Boulevard (1994–1997), Falsettos (1992–93), Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989–90), Les Misérables (1987 - 03), Song and Dance (1985–86), Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? (1982), [3] The Moony Shapiro Songbook as dance captain (1981), Amadeus (1980–83), I Love My Wife (1977–79), and Gypsy (1974–75). [2]

Her Off-Broadway credits include First Lady Suite (1993), [4] A Little Night Music at the New York City Opera as Countess Charlotte Malcolm (1990), [5] and Unsung Cole (1977). [6]

She has also appeared in national tours including Falsettos in 1993 as Trina. [7] In regional theatre she appeared in Al Jolson Tonight! at The Muny, St. Louis in August 1980, [8] and with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera in 1976 in Oklahoma! , Shenandoah and George M! [9] Moore voiced as the witch in the musical Into The Woods.

On film, Moore began with the role of Elizabeth in The Goodbye Girl (1978) [1] and appeared in Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) among others.

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  2. 1 2 3 Moore Broadway ibdb.com, retrieved June 7, 2019
  3. 1 2 "Moore Broadway" Playbill (vault), retrieved June 8, 2019
  4. ↑ Richards, David."Review/Theater: First Lady Suite; Jackie, Mamie and Eleanor, Traveling to Their Destinies," The New York Times, December 16, 1993
  5. ↑ " 'A Little Night Music' 1990" sondheimguide.com, retrieved June 8, 2019
  6. ↑ "Moore Credits" broadwayworld.com, retrieved June 8, 2019
  7. ↑ "Touring" ibdb.com, retrieved June 8, 2019
  8. ↑ Al Jolson Tonight! abouttheartists.com, retrieved June 8, 2019
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