By Ligia Fernandez
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September 2007
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Source: Faith Prince.com
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Faith Prince
(1957 - )
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Best known for her Tony Award-winning role of Miss Adelaide
in the 1992 revival of GUYS AND DOLLS, Faith Prince made her Broadway debut
in as Ma and Tessie in JEROME ROBBINS BROADWAY. Other musical roles include
Lorraine Bixby in NICK AND NORA ('91), Belle Poitrine in LITTLE ME opposite
Martin Short ('98 revival) and her Tony-nominated role as Ella Peterson in
the 2001 revival of BELLS ARE RINGING. She relocated
to Los Angeles with husband, theater trumpetist Larry Lunetta and son Henry
in 2004, where she found work on a number of hit TV shows, most notably as
Best Buy clerk Kelly Knippers in the Showtime series HUFF. Her other TV work
includes her own short-lived series FAITH, HOUSE, SPIN CITY, FRASIER and
GREY'S ANATOMY.
On the big screen, she's appeared with Kevin Kline in the
political comedy DAVE and MY FATHER, THE HERO with Gerard Depardieu.
She is set to return to Broadway later this season in the
new musical A CATERED AFFAIR, written by Harvey Fierstein and John Bucchino.
Based on Paddy Chayevsky's tale of 1950s wedding in the Bronx, Faith will
play family matriarch Mrs. Hurley. A CATERED AFFAIR was previously
adapted by Gore Vidal for the 1958 film that starred Bette Davis as Mrs.
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Maurice Chevalier
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Noted filmmaker Jean Cocteau was quoted as saying that "Paris
has two monuments...the Eiffel Tower and Maurice Chevalier."
A native-born Parisian and already an established French
cabaret star before coming to America, Chevalier signed with Paramount
Pictures and made his American film debut in 1929's INNOCENTS OF PARIS.
He then went on to star in three highly successful musicals ONE HOUR WITH
YOU, LOVE ME TONIGHT and an adaptation of Lehar's THE MERRY WIDOW, making
him one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood at the time as well as one
of the first French performers to achieve monumental Hollywood success.
He returned to his France in 1935 to appear a series of
French films and several stage revues at Casino de Paris.
He would not make another American musical until 1958 when
he was cast as aging bon vivant Honore Lachailles in the Oscar-winning film
GIGI introducing the classic hit songs, "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" and
"I Remember With It Well."
Sporting his signature straw hat, he appeared in concerts
throughout the world during most of the 1960s and provided his vocal talents
to the theme song for Disney's animated film THE ARISTOCATS.
He died on New Year's Day in 1972 at the age of 83. |
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