Helon Blount Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Helon Blount Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Helon Blount (January , â€" March , ) was an actress and singer who

appeared in the original Broadway productions of such musicals as The

Most Happy Fella, Woman of the Year and Follies.She was born in Big

Spring, Texas and attended the fine arts and music school at the

University of Texas. She sang in the chorus of the Dallas State Fair

Musicals during two summers and, after earning her Master's Degree in

Voice Pedagogy, she moved to New York City.She appeared in the

original production of Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella on

Broadway in . She originally understudied the role of "Cleo" and took

over the role during the Broadway run. Forty years later, Blount

played “Granny Briggs†in a revised version of Loesser's

Greenwillow in at the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre in Sarasota,

Florida. She received a "South Florida Sammie Award" as Best

Supporting Actress in a Musical.Other Broadway credits included

playing “Dee Dee West†in the original production of Stephen

Sondheim's Follies () (also understudying the roles of Hattie and

Stella), Do I Hear a Waltz? (), Musical Chairs and The Fig Leaves Are

Falling (). In Kander and Ebb's Woman of the Year (), which starred

Lauren Bacall, Blount played several characters. Blount also appeared

in Riverwind in , an Off-Broadway musical.
Helon Blount Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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