Isabel Bigley (February , â€" September , ) was an American actress.
She originated the part of Sarah Brown in Frank Loesser's Guys and
Dolls.The Bronx-born Bigley's mother, a concert singer, guided her
early interest in music, and her high school music teacher arranged
for her to audition for a scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music
in Manhattan, which she received.She had been playing the role of
Laurey in the London production of Oklahoma! in when she was offered
the role of Sarah Brown, the "mission doll", in the original Broadway
production of Guys and Dolls. For her performance, she received the
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In she starred as
Jeanie, the chorus girl, in the Rodgers and Hammerstein show Me and
Juliet, a role created especially for her.She performed frequently in
the early days of television in such shows as The Ed Sullivan Show and
The Colgate Comedy Hour. On June , , she appeared with other
entertainers in a one-hour program on CBS that was the start of
nationally broadcast color television.
She originated the part of Sarah Brown in Frank Loesser's Guys and
Dolls.The Bronx-born Bigley's mother, a concert singer, guided her
early interest in music, and her high school music teacher arranged
for her to audition for a scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music
in Manhattan, which she received.She had been playing the role of
Laurey in the London production of Oklahoma! in when she was offered
the role of Sarah Brown, the "mission doll", in the original Broadway
production of Guys and Dolls. For her performance, she received the
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In she starred as
Jeanie, the chorus girl, in the Rodgers and Hammerstein show Me and
Juliet, a role created especially for her.She performed frequently in
the early days of television in such shows as The Ed Sullivan Show and
The Colgate Comedy Hour. On June , , she appeared with other
entertainers in a one-hour program on CBS that was the start of
nationally broadcast color television.
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