Dorothy LoudonDorothy Loudon (September 17, 1933 - November 15, 2003) was a Broadway actress noted for her comedy and "belting" singing voice, which she used to deliver a wide range of musical comedy and Roaring Twenties songs. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts and began singing as a child. She moved to New York and landed a job as a featured nightclub performer. She became a lounge singer, mingling song with ad-libbed comedy, and was featured on televsion on "The Perry Como Show" and "The Ed Sullivan Show". She made her stage debut in 1962 in The World of Jules Feiffer, a Jules Feiffer play directed by Mike Nichols, with music by Stephen Sondheim. She made her Broadway debut in "Nowhere to Go But Up" which ran only two weeks but earned her outstanding reviews. She appeared in a series of commercial failures (The Fig Leaves Are Falling ran for four performances) which nonetheless garnered her favorable reviews and a nomination for a Tony Award in 1969. She looked back on these with typical humor, once answering the comment "Miss Loudon, I saw you in Comedy Tonight with the response, "Oh, you poor thing! I feel so bad for you!" She married Norman Paris, a composer who arranged the music for Sondheim's television muscial "Evening Primrose", and who wrote the theme song for the television game show "I've Got a Secret". Her best-remembered role is "Miss Hannigan" in Annie, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in 1977. She was widowed in 1977, and appeared as a recently widowed woman in Ballroom in 1979. Her performance of the song "Fifty Percent" from Ballroom on the Tony Awards was one of a series of triumphant performances on the yearly awards show, which included an outrageous version of "Broadway Baby" from Follies. Her version of Gershwin's "Vodka" had her throwing off a luxurious fur, (telling it to "wait in the car") to reveal a spectacular sleek blue sequined costume, adding "I am too good for this room. I am too good for this song! I am, however, not too good for this dress." Her television series, Dorothy, in 1979, had her portraying a former showgirl teaching music and drama at a stuffy Girls' School. She took over as Mrs. Lovett in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, and co-starred with Katharine Hepburn in the play West Side Waltz in 1981. Her (non-musical) performance as a washed-up television comedienne in 1983's Noises Off received rave reviews, but the role was played in the movie by Carol Burnett (who also got Loudon's role in the 1982 film version of Annie). She appeared in two films, playing an agent in Garbo Talks and an eccentric in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. She died in New York of cancer and was interred in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York Plays
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She died in New York of cancer and was interred in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York. She has an autobiography entitled The Quality of Mercy (ISBN 0812909453). She appeared in two films, playing an agent in Garbo Talks and an eccentric in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for motion pictures, located at 1722 Vine Street, and one for television located 6243 Hollywood Boulevard. Her (non-musical) performance as a washed-up television comedienne in 1983's Noises Off received rave reviews, but the role was played in the movie by Carol Burnett (who also got Loudon's role in the 1982 film version of Annie). She also won the Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Most Promising Newcomer - Female for that film. Lovett in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, and co-starred with Katharine Hepburn in the play West Side Waltz in 1981. She won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1949 film All the King's Men. She took over as Mrs. She is probably best known for providing the voice of the demonically possessed character in The Exorcist, acted by Linda Blair; however, she was not credited for the voice. Her television series, Dorothy, in 1979, had her portraying a former showgirl teaching music and drama at a stuffy Girls' School. She began as a radio performer in the 1940s and also performed on Broadway. I am too good for this song! I am, however, not too good for this dress.". Carlotta "Mercy" Mercedes Agnes McCambridge (Born March 16, 1916 in Joliet, Illinois, USA–March 2, 2004 in La Jolla, California, USA of natural causes) was an American actress. Her version of Gershwin's "Vodka" had her throwing off a luxurious fur, (telling it to "wait in the car") to reveal a spectacular sleek blue sequined costume, adding "I am too good for this room. Her performance of the song "Fifty Percent" from Ballroom on the Tony Awards was one of a series of triumphant performances on the yearly awards show, which included an outrageous version of "Broadway Baby" from Follies. She was widowed in 1977, and appeared as a recently widowed woman in Ballroom in 1979. Her best-remembered role is "Miss Hannigan" in Annie, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in 1977. She married Norman Paris, a composer who arranged the music for Sondheim's television muscial "Evening Primrose", and who wrote the theme song for the television game show "I've Got a Secret". She looked back on these with typical humor, once answering the comment "Miss Loudon, I saw you in Comedy Tonight with the response, "Oh, you poor thing! I feel so bad for you!". She appeared in a series of commercial failures (The Fig Leaves Are Falling ran for four performances) which nonetheless garnered her favorable reviews and a nomination for a Tony Award in 1969. She made her Broadway debut in "Nowhere to Go But Up" which ran only two weeks but earned her outstanding reviews. She made her stage debut in 1962 in The World of Jules Feiffer, a Jules Feiffer play directed by Mike Nichols, with music by Stephen Sondheim. She became a lounge singer, mingling song with ad-libbed comedy, and was featured on televsion on "The Perry Como Show" and "The Ed Sullivan Show". She moved to New York and landed a job as a featured nightclub performer. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts and began singing as a child. Dorothy Loudon (September 17, 1933 - November 15, 2003) was a Broadway actress noted for her comedy and "belting" singing voice, which she used to deliver a wide range of musical comedy and Roaring Twenties songs. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil -1997. Garbo Talks - 1984. "Dorothy" - 1979. "The Garry Moore Show" - regular appearances 1962-1964. "It's a Business" - 1952. Dinner at Eight - 2002 (replaced in previews due to ill health). Comedy Tonight - 1994. Jerry's Girls - 1985. Noises Off - 1983. West Side Waltz - 1981. Sweeney Todd - 1980. Ballroom (musical) - 1979. Annie (musical) - 1977. The Women - 1973. Three Men on a Horse - 1969. The Fig Leaves Are Falling - 1969. Noël Coward's Sweet Potato - 1968. Nowhere to Go But Up - 1962. The World of Jules Feiffer - 1962. |