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'''Claiborne Cary''' (February 17, 1932 - March 20, 2010) was an [[United States|American]] [[actress]] and [[cabaret]] performer. |
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Cary was born '''Claiborne Leachman''' in [[Lone Tree, Iowa]].<ref name=variety> {{cite news|first=Shalini|last=Dore |title=Claiborne Cary dies at 78, Actress was also a cabaret performer |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017039.html?categoryId=25&cs=1|work=[[Variety Magazine]]|publisher= |date=2010-03-29 |accessdate=2010-04-02}}</ref> The younger sister of actress [[Cloris Leachman]], Cary began dancing and performing at a young age.<ref name=variety/> She attended both the [[University of Iowa]] and [[Northwestern University]] before moving to [[New York City]] to pursue an acting career.<ref name=variety/> |
Cary was born '''Claiborne Leachman''' in [[Lone Tree, Iowa]].<ref name=variety> {{cite news|first=Shalini|last=Dore |title=Claiborne Cary dies at 78, Actress was also a cabaret performer |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017039.html?categoryId=25&cs=1|work=[[Variety Magazine]]|publisher= |date=2010-03-29 |accessdate=2010-04-02}}</ref> The younger sister of actress [[Cloris Leachman]], Cary began dancing and performing at a young age.<ref name=variety/> She attended both the [[University of Iowa]] and [[Northwestern University]] before moving to [[New York City]] to pursue an acting career.<ref name=variety/> |
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Revision as of 11:24, 3 April 2010
Claiborne Cary (February 17, 1932 - March 20, 2010) was an American actress and cabaret performer.
Cary was born Claiborne Leachman in Lone Tree, Iowa.[1] The younger sister of actress Cloris Leachman, Cary began dancing and performing at a young age.[1] She attended both the University of Iowa and Northwestern University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career.[1]
Cary made her Broadway theater debut in Silk Stockings in 1956, later touring with the production's national tour with actor, Don Ameche.[1] In 1957, she starred in The New Girl in Town at the Rialto Theater on Broadway.[1] Her many other Broadway credits included Hellzapoppin 67, The Supporting Cast and the production of Beg, Borrow or Steal, opposite Betty Garrett and Eddie Bracken.[1] Her Off Broadway resume included roles in Kukla, Burr and Ollie, Smiling, the Boy Fell Dead, Faith, Hope and Charity and All Kinds of Giants.[1]
She also appeared in television, including Law and Order, The Dick Van Dyke Show and Young Dr. Kildare.[1] She also appeared in numerous television commercials. However, she began to focus more on cabaret productions and regional theater following the birth of her son, Berkeley Northrop.[1] Within caberet, she starred in and produced Grand Slam with Murray Grand.[1] She also toured with the stage adaptation of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.[1]
Her lengthy regional theater credits included Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, in which she appeared in Long Beach, California, with Charles Durning and Tyne Daly.[1] Cary recorded and released to albums on CD, Miss Claiborne Cary Live and Now and Then.[1]
Cary's last public performance was in caberet in the early 2000s.[1] She died from complications of Parkinson's disease in Costa Mesa, California, on March 20, 2010, at the age of 78.[1] She was survived by her son, her sister, actress Cloris Leachman, and two granddaughters.