Phyllis Newman was an American actress and singer.
13 Facts About Phyllis Newman
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Phyllis Newman won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Martha Vail in the musical Subways Are for Sleeping on Broadway, received the Isabelle Stevenson Award in 2009 and was nominated another Tony for Broadway Bound, as well as two nominations for Drama Desk Awards.
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Phyllis Newman had two sisters, Shirley Porte, and Elaine Sandaufer.
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Phyllis Newman made her Broadway debut in Wish You Were Here in 1952.
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Phyllis Newman played Stella Deems in the 1985 staged concert version of Follies at Avery Fischer Hall in New York.
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An early television role for Phyllis Newman was in a 1959 episode of Beverly Garland's crime drama Decoy.
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Phyllis Newman guest-starred as Elaine, the mother of Melissa, on the 1980s television series Thirtysomething.
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Phyllis Newman created the role of Renee Buchanan on the soap opera One Life to Live and was a regular on the primetime series 100 Centre Street and the satirical series That Was The Week That Was.
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Phyllis Newman starred in Coming of Age, a short-lived comedy about a couple living in an Arizona retirement community, with veteran actors Paul Dooley, Glynis Johns and Alan Young.
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In 2009, Phyllis Newman received the first Isabelle Stevenson Award, a special Tony Award, for her work with the Health Initiative.
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Phyllis Newman was married to lyricist and playwright Adolph Green from 1960 until his death in 2002.
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Phyllis Newman was the mother of journalist Adam Green and singer-songwriter Amanda Green.
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Phyllis Newman died on September 15,2019 at the age of 86 from complications of a lung disorder.