Victoria Labalme

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Victoria Labalme is a performing artist, actor, author, producer, and public speaker. [1] [2] [3]

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Career

Labalme give a talk at TEDxSantaBarbara entitled Risk Forward: the Rewards of Not Knowing that grew into a book, [4] [5] [6] and series of keynote speeches and workshops for corporate clients including Coca Cola, [7] Microsoft, John Hancock, L'Oreal, Chick-fil-a, Comcast, IBM, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, and Verizon. [8]

She originated the role of Ashley in the world premiere (November 8, 1994) of off-broadway play Three Years from 30 by Mike O’Malley at The Sanford Maisner Theater [9] In 2000, she directed Gregg Goldston’s off-Broadway One Mime Show. [10]

In 2017, Labalme conceived and produced Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind The Show the Whole World Watched which premiered at SXSW. [11] [12] It scored 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. [13]

Notable relatives

Labalme is married to Frank Oz. [14] Her father was George Labalme Jr., a French-born designer who was involved in the design of, among other things, the Grey Poupon mustard jar. [15] Her father's uncle, Raymond Loewy, was also a designer and George and Raymond worked together. Her mother was Patricia Hochschild Labalme.

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References

  1. ↑ Alexander, Will (2017-05-25). "Profiles in Brain Science: Diego Bohorquez, PhD". neurology.duke.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-20. Victoria Labalme (a sensei of body language and message delivery).
  2. ↑ Kamp, David (2018-03-14). "Frank Oz on His New Muppet Documentary, Miss Piggy's Troubled Past, and More". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2019-10-20. Victoria Labalme, who conceived it,...
  3. ↑ "Sex and the City - Luck Be an Old Lady - Season 5 - Episode 3". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-10-20. Victoria Labalme ... Denise
  4. ↑ Labalme, Victoria (2016-09-20). "Risk Forward: the Rewards of Not Knowing". TEDxSantaBarbara. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  5. ↑ Houston, Melissa (2021-03-24). "The Riches Are In Risking Forward". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  6. ↑ Victoria Labalme. "Risk Forward: Embrace the Unknown & Unlock Your Hidden Genius" . Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  7. ↑ Twells, Kathy (2023-05-15). "Success On The Undetermined Path With Victoria Labalme". Coke CMO Summit. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  8. ↑ Victoria Labalme. "Clients - Victoria Labalme" . Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  9. ↑ O'Malley, Mike (February 2011). Three Years from Thirty. Samuel French Incorporated. pp. 5–. ISBN   978-0-573-69597-1.
  10. ↑ Anderson, Jack (2000-12-07). "MIME REVIEW; As If an Umbrella and Hat Conspired to Defeat a Man". New York Times. Retrieved 2019-11-03. His seven solos, directed by Victoria Labalme, displayed Mr. Goldston's gestural abilities.
  11. ↑ Olsen, Mark (2017-03-24). "Frank Oz and the gang of 'Muppet Guys Talking' still pulling on their silly strings". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-10-20. "I started dating Frank in 2008," Victoria Labalme, who married Oz in 2011, says. "I started hanging out with these characters around about that time, and watching the dynamic among them, and I just thought, 'This is pretty rare.'"
  12. ↑ Rechtshaffen, Michael (2017-03-17). "Muppet Guys Talking: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-10-20. Conceived and produced by Victoria Labalme
  13. ↑ "Victoria Labalme". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  14. ↑ "A Conversation with Frank Oz at the Museum of the Moving Image". Jimhensonlegacy.org. October 25, 2011. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  15. ↑ "George Labalme Obituary (2016)". New York Times archived at Legacy.com. 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
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