Jan Clayton (August , â€" August , ) was a film, musical theater, and
television actress. She starred in the popular s TV series Lassie.Born
near Alamogordo, New Mexico, the only child of two schoolteachers,
Clayton started singing by age four.Clayton was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
starlet in the early s, appearing in several films, none of them
particularly notable, except for an unbilled role in as a singing
inmate in The Snake Pit. She appeared in the role of Julie Jordan in
the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic
Carousel. Clayton can be heard on the original cast recordings of both
Carousel () and the Broadway revival of Kern's musical play Show
Boat. The Show Boat album was the first American production of the
show to be recorded with its original cast.In May , Clayton
guest-starred in ABC's sitcom Where's Raymond?, starring Ray Bolger as
a song-and-dance man, Raymond Wallace. She played Francine Tremont, an
actress and wife of a banker. In the story-line, Francine is in town
to make a special appearance with Bolger.
television actress. She starred in the popular s TV series Lassie.Born
near Alamogordo, New Mexico, the only child of two schoolteachers,
Clayton started singing by age four.Clayton was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
starlet in the early s, appearing in several films, none of them
particularly notable, except for an unbilled role in as a singing
inmate in The Snake Pit. She appeared in the role of Julie Jordan in
the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic
Carousel. Clayton can be heard on the original cast recordings of both
Carousel () and the Broadway revival of Kern's musical play Show
Boat. The Show Boat album was the first American production of the
show to be recorded with its original cast.In May , Clayton
guest-starred in ABC's sitcom Where's Raymond?, starring Ray Bolger as
a song-and-dance man, Raymond Wallace. She played Francine Tremont, an
actress and wife of a banker. In the story-line, Francine is in town
to make a special appearance with Bolger.
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