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Jane Connell
Age: 84
Height: 4' 11"
Birth Place: Berkeley, California, USA
Born: Oct. 27th, 1925
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TRIVIA:
- Jane and Gordon started their careers working in San Francisco night clubs such as The Purple Onion and the hungry "i"
- Born and raised in Berkeley, Calif., she met actor 'Gordon Connell' (qv) when he played piano for a college melodrama. They appeared together for years with the "Straw Hat Revue" and wed in 1948. They have two daughters, Melissa and Margaret.
- Assumed the role of feisty accompanist Jeannette in the Broadway production of "The Full Monty" in 2001 when its originator, 'Kathleen Freeman (I)' (qv), became ill with cancer. After Freeman's death, Connell played it for a year on Broadway, then toured for more than a year.
- Jane was interviewed by author Craig Hamrick for his book "Big Lou," the biography of actor Louis Edmonds. Many of her comments, plus a mini-bio at the end, appear in the book. Jane and Louis costarred in a lively 1960s musical that died on its way to Broadway and starred Kaye Ballard. It was called "Royal Flush," and Hamrick devotes several pages to coverage of this otherwise fairly obscure musical.
- For nearly 50 years, she has been a New York theater fixture, which includes Broadway musicals, summer stock, national tours, and cabaret. Best known on stage for her Mrs. Peachum in "The Threepenny Opera" and Agnes Gooch in "Mame", which she also played on film in the 'Lucille Ball' (qv) version. In addition she played 'Carol Burnett' (qv)'s famed role of Princess Winifred in the original London version of "Once Upon a Mattress".
- Born and raised in Berkeley, California, she married college sweetheart and fellow performer 'Gordon Connell' (qv). One of their first billings together was at San Francisco's Purple Onion on a billing with 'Maya Angelou' (qv) who was at that time a calypso singer.
- Was the dubbed voice of Aunt Beru in Star Wars A New Hope.
- Nominated for the 1987 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Musical for "Me and My Girl".
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