Evelyn Ward (May , â€" December , ) was an American actress known
from her stage musical performances and television appearances. Her
son was the actor-singer David Cassidy.Ward was born and raised in
West Orange, New Jersey, the daughter of Frederick and Ethel Laurinda
(née Wheeler) Ward. Her ancestors were among the founders of Newark,
New Jersey.Ward began her performing career as a teenager dancing with
the Roxyettes at the Roxy Theater. After understudying Mary Martin in
the musical Dancing in the Streets, which closed "out of town" in the
spring of , Ward made her Broadway debut that summer in the musical
Early to Bed. Her subsequent Broadway musical credits include The
Firebrand of Florence (), Spring in Brazil (), Billion Dollar Baby (),
and Along Fifth Avenue ().
from her stage musical performances and television appearances. Her
son was the actor-singer David Cassidy.Ward was born and raised in
West Orange, New Jersey, the daughter of Frederick and Ethel Laurinda
(née Wheeler) Ward. Her ancestors were among the founders of Newark,
New Jersey.Ward began her performing career as a teenager dancing with
the Roxyettes at the Roxy Theater. After understudying Mary Martin in
the musical Dancing in the Streets, which closed "out of town" in the
spring of , Ward made her Broadway debut that summer in the musical
Early to Bed. Her subsequent Broadway musical credits include The
Firebrand of Florence (), Spring in Brazil (), Billion Dollar Baby (),
and Along Fifth Avenue ().
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