16 Facts About Marin Mazzie

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Marin Joy Mazzie was an American actress and singer known for her work in musical theatre.

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Marin Mazzie was born in Rockford, Illinois, and graduated from Western Michigan University, where she received degrees in theater and music.

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Marin Mazzie appeared in the 1991 off-Broadway Kander and Ebb revue And the World Goes 'Round and the subsequent 10-month national tour the following year.

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Marin Mazzie went on to play starring roles in over a half dozen Broadway shows and developed a cabaret act and made appearances in television.

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In 1994 Marin Mazzie created the role of Clara in the Stephen Sondheim musical Passion.

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In 1998 Marin Mazzie originated the role of Mother in the original production of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's musical Ragtime.

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Marin Mazzie appeared in the drama ENRON, opening on Broadway in April 2010, as corporate vice president Claudia Roe.

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Marin Mazzie replaced Alice Ripley as Diana in Next to Normal on July 19,2010, opposite her real-life husband, Jason Danieley, as Dan.

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On November 20,2009, Marin Mazzie performed in a reading of a re-worked version of the 1988 Broadway flop Carrie as Margaret White.

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Marin Mazzie stayed with the production which opened Off-Broadway on March 1,2012, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

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Marin Mazzie assumed the lead role of Anna Leonowens from Kelli O'Hara in the Lincoln Center revival of The King and I Mazzie began performances on May 3,2016, and stayed with the show until it closed on June 26,2016.

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Marin Mazzie was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame for 2017, in a ceremony at the Gershwin Theatre held in November 2017.

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Marin Mazzie appeared in a Gala charity concert at Carnegie Hall in 1998, "My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies", hosted by Julie Andrews.

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Marin Mazzie was married to fellow Broadway actor Jason Danieley, whom she met in 1996 in a play they performed together, Trojan Women: A Love Story.

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Marin Mazzie died on the morning of September 13,2018, following a three-year battle with ovarian cancer.

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Marin Mazzie was survived by her husband, her mother, and her brother.