Marilyn Cooper (December , â€" April , ) was an American actress
known primarily for her work on the Broadway stage.Born in New York
City, Cooper made her Broadway debut in in the chorus of Mr.
Wonderful. Next she was in the chorus of a revival of Brigadoon.In ,
she played Rosalia, a Sharks girl who wants to go back to Puerto Rico
("Puerto Rico, you lovely island"), in the original Broadway
production of West Side Story. In , she went on to create the ensemble
role of Agnes, the leader of the Hollywood Blondes, in the original
Broadway production Gypsy. Before leaving the show, she briefly
understudied the title role of Louise and played the part for one
performance without having had an opportunity to rehearse Act . In ,
she graduated to a leading role, playing the ingenue in I Can Get It
for You Wholesale, opposite Elliott Gould and Sheree North (the show
marked Barbra Streisand's Broadway debut at age ).Cooper enjoyed a
long career in New York, appearing on Broadway in Hallelujah, Baby!;
Golden Rainbow (understudying and going on for Eydie Gorme); Mame
(succeeding Jane Connell as Agnes Gooch towards the end of the
original Broadway run); Two by Two, starring Danny Kaye and Madeline
Kahn; the revival of On the Town as Lucy Schmeeler, the blind date;
and in Michael Bennett's Ballroom, starring Dorothy Loudon.
known primarily for her work on the Broadway stage.Born in New York
City, Cooper made her Broadway debut in in the chorus of Mr.
Wonderful. Next she was in the chorus of a revival of Brigadoon.In ,
she played Rosalia, a Sharks girl who wants to go back to Puerto Rico
("Puerto Rico, you lovely island"), in the original Broadway
production of West Side Story. In , she went on to create the ensemble
role of Agnes, the leader of the Hollywood Blondes, in the original
Broadway production Gypsy. Before leaving the show, she briefly
understudied the title role of Louise and played the part for one
performance without having had an opportunity to rehearse Act . In ,
she graduated to a leading role, playing the ingenue in I Can Get It
for You Wholesale, opposite Elliott Gould and Sheree North (the show
marked Barbra Streisand's Broadway debut at age ).Cooper enjoyed a
long career in New York, appearing on Broadway in Hallelujah, Baby!;
Golden Rainbow (understudying and going on for Eydie Gorme); Mame
(succeeding Jane Connell as Agnes Gooch towards the end of the
original Broadway run); Two by Two, starring Danny Kaye and Madeline
Kahn; the revival of On the Town as Lucy Schmeeler, the blind date;
and in Michael Bennett's Ballroom, starring Dorothy Loudon.
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