1. Louise Troy was an American actress of stage and screen.
12 Facts About Louise Troy
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Louise Troy is best known for her performances in Tovarich and Walking Happy, for both of which roles she was nominated for Tony Awards.
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Louise Troy's mother was an actress In the New York Yiddish theater, as was her grandmother, Frida Gespass, and her grandmother's sisters, Helene Gespass and Ella Gespass Wallerstein.
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Louise Troy's father was a major designer and manufacturer of women's shoes.
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Louise Troy studied with Lee Strasberg and at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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In 1955, Louise Troy first appeared off-Broadway in The Infernal Machine.
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Louise Troy made her Broadway debut in the musical Pipe Dream.
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Louise Troy received critical acclaim for her role opposite Edward Woodward, Tammy Grimes, Carol Arthur, and the legendary Beatrice Lillie in the 1964 musical High Spirits, which was based on Noel Coward's comedy, Blithe Spirit.
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Louise Troy was known for her guest appearances on the television show Hogan's Heroes, on which her then husband Werner Klemperer starred as "Colonel Klink".
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Louise Troy appeared in the first season of Barnaby Jones.
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Louise Troy was first married to actor Werner Klemperer, from 1969 until they divorced in 1975, She then married her second husband, actor and director Douglas Seale in 1992, they remained married until her death in 1994, aged 60.
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Louise Troy died of breast cancer at the age of 60 in 1994 at her home in New York City.