Carole Demas (born May 26, 1940, Brooklyn, New York) is an American
actress and singer, best known for originating the roles of Sandy in
the 1971 Broadway musical Grease and the title role in the original
1976 production of The Baker's Wife, for many prime time television
roles, hundreds of commercials, and for her role in the long-running
children's television show The Magic Garden. The winding path of
Carole's career, highlighted in Schirmer, Citadel and Applause Books
chronicling the trials and triumphs of Broadway, has taken her from
her early days as Miss Vermont in The Miss Universe Contest, to major
roles from coast to coast. Her cabaret and concert performances have
brought funds and attention to many worthy causes.Demas was born in
Brooklyn, New York in 1940. She attended Midwood High School in
Brooklyn. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Vermont
and continued her studies at the New York University Graduate School
of Education. She spent several years as a teacher in the New York
City Board of Education system including a sentimental semester
teaching at P.S. 198 in Brooklyn, which she had attended from grade 5
through her graduation as the smallest kid in the eighth grade.She
made her theatrical debut with the Champlain Shakespeare Festival.
Later, she was featured for four seasons with the New York Shakespeare
Festival Elizabethan Singers as one of a quartet consisting of Paula
Janis (her eventual co-star on The Magic Garden) and their brothers,
Jonathan Rosen and Alex Demas. During her appearances she was
"discovered" by theatrical agents, which lead to her ingenue lead in
Fred Ebb's new book musical "Morning Sun", and her continued career on
stage, television and film. While in attendance at the University of
Vermont she comped to become Miss Vermont in the Miss Universe
pageant.Demas' theater career began in 1963 as the ingenue lead
(opposite Bert Convy and starring Patricia Neway) role in Morning Sun,
an early Fred Ebb effort (before his partnership with John Kander).
She was next cast in a Starring role Off-Broadway in Rondelay and then
in How To Steal An Election opposite Clifton Davis. She was later cast
as a replacement for the role of "Louisa (The Girl)" in The
Fantasticks, and starred in that role for more than 2 years. Her work
with Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt continued with the Portfolio
workshop and her starring in their productions of Philemon and The
Bone Room. In 1971, Demas was cast in the title role of the revival of
No, No, Nanette, but was dismissed from the cast during rehearsals,
owing to a disagreement between the director and the casting director.
actress and singer, best known for originating the roles of Sandy in
the 1971 Broadway musical Grease and the title role in the original
1976 production of The Baker's Wife, for many prime time television
roles, hundreds of commercials, and for her role in the long-running
children's television show The Magic Garden. The winding path of
Carole's career, highlighted in Schirmer, Citadel and Applause Books
chronicling the trials and triumphs of Broadway, has taken her from
her early days as Miss Vermont in The Miss Universe Contest, to major
roles from coast to coast. Her cabaret and concert performances have
brought funds and attention to many worthy causes.Demas was born in
Brooklyn, New York in 1940. She attended Midwood High School in
Brooklyn. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Vermont
and continued her studies at the New York University Graduate School
of Education. She spent several years as a teacher in the New York
City Board of Education system including a sentimental semester
teaching at P.S. 198 in Brooklyn, which she had attended from grade 5
through her graduation as the smallest kid in the eighth grade.She
made her theatrical debut with the Champlain Shakespeare Festival.
Later, she was featured for four seasons with the New York Shakespeare
Festival Elizabethan Singers as one of a quartet consisting of Paula
Janis (her eventual co-star on The Magic Garden) and their brothers,
Jonathan Rosen and Alex Demas. During her appearances she was
"discovered" by theatrical agents, which lead to her ingenue lead in
Fred Ebb's new book musical "Morning Sun", and her continued career on
stage, television and film. While in attendance at the University of
Vermont she comped to become Miss Vermont in the Miss Universe
pageant.Demas' theater career began in 1963 as the ingenue lead
(opposite Bert Convy and starring Patricia Neway) role in Morning Sun,
an early Fred Ebb effort (before his partnership with John Kander).
She was next cast in a Starring role Off-Broadway in Rondelay and then
in How To Steal An Election opposite Clifton Davis. She was later cast
as a replacement for the role of "Louisa (The Girl)" in The
Fantasticks, and starred in that role for more than 2 years. Her work
with Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt continued with the Portfolio
workshop and her starring in their productions of Philemon and The
Bone Room. In 1971, Demas was cast in the title role of the revival of
No, No, Nanette, but was dismissed from the cast during rehearsals,
owing to a disagreement between the director and the casting director.
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