Nancy Dussault (born June , ) is an American actress and singer. She
is best known for playing Muriel Rush in the sitcom Too Close for
Comfort (â€"). In a career spanning over half a century, Dussault
received two Tony Award nominations.Born in Pensacola, Florida, her
parents were George Adrian, a naval officer of French-Canadian descent
and Sarah Isabel (née Seitz). She grew up as a "Navy
junior"[clarification needed]. A former resident of Arlington,
Virginia, she graduated from Washington-Lee High School (W-L) where
she was an actress and singer in the W-L drama program under director
Jack Jeglum and a choral singer in the nationally known Washington-Lee
High School Choir and Madrigal Singers under director Florence Booker.
She is an alumna of Northwestern University.In , Dussault stepped into
the role of Maria in the Broadway production of The Sound of Music.
She received a Tony Award nomination in for Best Featured Actress
(Musical) for Do Re Mi and was nominated for her performance in Bajour
(). Of her performance in Do Re Mi and later career, Bloom and
Vlastnik wrote: "Confidently clowning alongside such pros as Phil
Silvers and Nancy Walker...she never faded into the scenery. Equally
comfortable as a pure soprano or a rangy high belter, her versatility
was well captured on the...cast album...Well cast as a situation
comedy wife, she spent much of the s and s in California." Other stage
shows included Quality Street in at the Bucks County Playhouse in
Pennsylvania. In she played the title role in "Peter Pan" at the
Meldoy Top Theatre in Wisconsin and Sacramento Music Circus. She also
appeared in the City Center Gilbert & Sullivan NYC Company, directed
by Dorothy Raedler, with such Metropolitan Opera singers as Nico
Castel, Muriel Costa-Greenspon, and Frank Poretta, Sr. Dussault took
over as the Witch in Into the Woods on Broadway (â€"). She had
appeared twelve years earlier in the revue Side by Side by Sondheim on
Broadway. More recently she has appeared at The American Conservatory
Theatre in San Francisco as Mrs Peachum in "Threepenny Opera" () and
as Toinette in Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid" ()In Arthur Hiller's
film, The In-Laws, she played Carol Kornpett, wife of Alan Arkin who
played Sheldon S. Kornpett, D.D.S.
is best known for playing Muriel Rush in the sitcom Too Close for
Comfort (â€"). In a career spanning over half a century, Dussault
received two Tony Award nominations.Born in Pensacola, Florida, her
parents were George Adrian, a naval officer of French-Canadian descent
and Sarah Isabel (née Seitz). She grew up as a "Navy
junior"[clarification needed]. A former resident of Arlington,
Virginia, she graduated from Washington-Lee High School (W-L) where
she was an actress and singer in the W-L drama program under director
Jack Jeglum and a choral singer in the nationally known Washington-Lee
High School Choir and Madrigal Singers under director Florence Booker.
She is an alumna of Northwestern University.In , Dussault stepped into
the role of Maria in the Broadway production of The Sound of Music.
She received a Tony Award nomination in for Best Featured Actress
(Musical) for Do Re Mi and was nominated for her performance in Bajour
(). Of her performance in Do Re Mi and later career, Bloom and
Vlastnik wrote: "Confidently clowning alongside such pros as Phil
Silvers and Nancy Walker...she never faded into the scenery. Equally
comfortable as a pure soprano or a rangy high belter, her versatility
was well captured on the...cast album...Well cast as a situation
comedy wife, she spent much of the s and s in California." Other stage
shows included Quality Street in at the Bucks County Playhouse in
Pennsylvania. In she played the title role in "Peter Pan" at the
Meldoy Top Theatre in Wisconsin and Sacramento Music Circus. She also
appeared in the City Center Gilbert & Sullivan NYC Company, directed
by Dorothy Raedler, with such Metropolitan Opera singers as Nico
Castel, Muriel Costa-Greenspon, and Frank Poretta, Sr. Dussault took
over as the Witch in Into the Woods on Broadway (â€"). She had
appeared twelve years earlier in the revue Side by Side by Sondheim on
Broadway. More recently she has appeared at The American Conservatory
Theatre in San Francisco as Mrs Peachum in "Threepenny Opera" () and
as Toinette in Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid" ()In Arthur Hiller's
film, The In-Laws, she played Carol Kornpett, wife of Alan Arkin who
played Sheldon S. Kornpett, D.D.S.
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