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Helen Dowdy was a Broadway actress and singer who played the role of Queenie in the 1946 revival of Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat (a role originally played by Tess Gardella in 1927). She was born in New York City.
Dowdy created the roles of Lily and the Strawberry Woman in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess — roles she played for nearly twenty years in several productions. In the 1951 so-called "complete" recording of the opera, she sang both roles as well as that of Maria.
In 1944, Dowdy performed with Katherine Dunham, troupe on tour. Dowdy also appeared on television on the October 17, 1957, episode of Hallmark Hall of Fame as the Stout Angel in a television production of Marc Connelly's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Green Pastures.
References
- "Gershwin's Porgy Opens in Toronto". The Expositor. 13 October 1965. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- Gould, Elizabeth (October 3, 1963). "Two 'Show Boat' Veterans Think Kern Musical's 'Greatest Ever'". Wisconsin State Journal. Wisconsin, Madison. p. 50. Retrieved November 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Dance revue due here". The New York Times. December 8, 1944. p. 27. ProQuest 106962266. Retrieved November 26, 2020 – via ProQuest.
External links
- Helen Dowdy at the Internet Broadway Database
- Helen Dowdy at IMDb
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