Vivian Blaine (born Vivian Stapleton; November , â€" December , ) was
an American actress and singer, best known for originating the role of
Miss Adelaide in the musical theater production of Guys and Dolls, as
well as appearing in the subsequent film version, in which she
co-starred with Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons and Frank Sinatra.Blaine
was born in Newark, New Jersey to Leo Stapleton, an insurance agent,
and Wilhelmina Tepley. The cherry-blonde-haired Blaine appeared on
local stages as early as and she started touring after graduating
from South Side High School.Blaine was a touring singer with dance
bands starting in .At one point in the s, she was the top-billed act
at New York's Copacabana nightclub. In his book, Dean and Me: (A Love
Story), Jerry Lewis wrote about appearing at the club when Blaine was
on the same bill: "We [Lewis and Dean Martin, as the double act Martin
and Lewis] weren't even the top-billed act. That honor went to a
Broadway singing star named Vivian Blaine, who'd conquered Manhattan,
gone out to Hollywood to make movies for th Century Fox, then returned
to the Big Apple in triumph. Vivian was a lovely and very talented
actress and singer ..."
an American actress and singer, best known for originating the role of
Miss Adelaide in the musical theater production of Guys and Dolls, as
well as appearing in the subsequent film version, in which she
co-starred with Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons and Frank Sinatra.Blaine
was born in Newark, New Jersey to Leo Stapleton, an insurance agent,
and Wilhelmina Tepley. The cherry-blonde-haired Blaine appeared on
local stages as early as and she started touring after graduating
from South Side High School.Blaine was a touring singer with dance
bands starting in .At one point in the s, she was the top-billed act
at New York's Copacabana nightclub. In his book, Dean and Me: (A Love
Story), Jerry Lewis wrote about appearing at the club when Blaine was
on the same bill: "We [Lewis and Dean Martin, as the double act Martin
and Lewis] weren't even the top-billed act. That honor went to a
Broadway singing star named Vivian Blaine, who'd conquered Manhattan,
gone out to Hollywood to make movies for th Century Fox, then returned
to the Big Apple in triumph. Vivian was a lovely and very talented
actress and singer ..."
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