Kelly Garrett (March 25, 1944 â€" August 7, 2013) was an American
actress and singer known for her work on the Broadway stage and on
television. She was nominated for a Tony Award in 1976 for Best
Featured Actress in a Musical.Born Ellen Boulton to Sabina (née
Griego), a nurse, and Jack Boulton (1916â€"1987), a marine. The family
moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico where Garrett attended Catholic schools
and began singing. She attended Cincinnati Conservatory of Music,
later moving Los Angeles and then Las Vegas doing singing gigs at
supper clubs. She then started performing on television series such as
Shindig! and The Johnny Carson Show. Around this time in the 1960s,
Garrett also began a short-lived recording career. In the 1970s, she
moved to New York City. Her stage name is often confused with the
popular character also named "Kelly Garrett" on Charlie's Angels. In
1976 she performed at the Academy Awards singing "Richard's Window"
from The Other Side of the Mountain, which was nominated for Best
Song.Garrett made her Broadway debut in the 1972 musical Mother Earth,
for which she received a Theatre World award. In 1974 she performed in
the musical revue Words & Music. In 1975 she performed in the musical
revue The Night That Made America Famous, for which she was nominated
for the first Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a
Musical and she was also nominated for the Tony Award. She was
considered for the lead role of Mabel in Mack & Mabel, losing the role
to Bernadette Peters.Garrett died on August 7, 2013, in an
Albuquerque, New Mexico hospice at the age of 69 from complications of
throat and tongue cancer. She had been living in Rio Rancho, New
Mexico, retired from performing, and was working as an arts educator
and coach. Garrett did not have children and was once divorced. She is
survived by her mother Sabina, who had remarried after her father's
death to Nazario C. de Baca (1916â€"2013) and eight siblings. Her
father and sister Alice preceded her in death, her nephew Kevin died
on May 21, 2014. Her ashes were scattered near the former Pecos River
home of her grandparents.
actress and singer known for her work on the Broadway stage and on
television. She was nominated for a Tony Award in 1976 for Best
Featured Actress in a Musical.Born Ellen Boulton to Sabina (née
Griego), a nurse, and Jack Boulton (1916â€"1987), a marine. The family
moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico where Garrett attended Catholic schools
and began singing. She attended Cincinnati Conservatory of Music,
later moving Los Angeles and then Las Vegas doing singing gigs at
supper clubs. She then started performing on television series such as
Shindig! and The Johnny Carson Show. Around this time in the 1960s,
Garrett also began a short-lived recording career. In the 1970s, she
moved to New York City. Her stage name is often confused with the
popular character also named "Kelly Garrett" on Charlie's Angels. In
1976 she performed at the Academy Awards singing "Richard's Window"
from The Other Side of the Mountain, which was nominated for Best
Song.Garrett made her Broadway debut in the 1972 musical Mother Earth,
for which she received a Theatre World award. In 1974 she performed in
the musical revue Words & Music. In 1975 she performed in the musical
revue The Night That Made America Famous, for which she was nominated
for the first Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a
Musical and she was also nominated for the Tony Award. She was
considered for the lead role of Mabel in Mack & Mabel, losing the role
to Bernadette Peters.Garrett died on August 7, 2013, in an
Albuquerque, New Mexico hospice at the age of 69 from complications of
throat and tongue cancer. She had been living in Rio Rancho, New
Mexico, retired from performing, and was working as an arts educator
and coach. Garrett did not have children and was once divorced. She is
survived by her mother Sabina, who had remarried after her father's
death to Nazario C. de Baca (1916â€"2013) and eight siblings. Her
father and sister Alice preceded her in death, her nephew Kevin died
on May 21, 2014. Her ashes were scattered near the former Pecos River
home of her grandparents.
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