Victoria Mallory was an American singer and actress, best known for originating the role of Anne Egerman in the Broadway musical A Little Night Music.
12 Facts About Victoria Mallory
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Victoria Mallory's father was from the Philippines, and her mother was from Virginia.
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Victoria Mallory sometimes was credited as Vicki Morales, a variant of her birth name, Victoria Morales.
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Victoria Mallory said she did twenty musicals during high school, in addition to playing piano and dancing.
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Victoria Mallory came to fame when appearing on Broadway in the 1970s with parts in three Stephen Sondheim musicals: she starred as Maria in the first revival of West Side Story at Lincoln Center, had a small role in Follies as Young Heidi, and starred in A Little Night Music as Anne Egerman.
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Victoria Mallory recounted that at her audition for Follies, producer Harold Prince told her there wasn't a part that fit her, to which she replied that she would do anything to be in the show.
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Victoria Mallory said that Prince hired her for A Little Night Music after having her read just one line of the script and that she was the first cast member hired.
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Victoria Mallory performed with, among others, the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, the Pittsburgh CLO, the St Louis Municipal Opera, Atlanta's Theater Of The Stars, Kansas City Starlight, Dallas Summer Musicals, Utah's Pioneer Theatre Company, the Irish Repertory Theatre, etc.
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Victoria Mallory is a highly accomplished actress whose tai chi is sheer perfection.
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Victoria Mallory had been married to her A Little Night Music co-star Mark Lambert since 1975.
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Victoria Mallory says that they fell in love during the run of the show and that every night they would watch Glynis Johns sing "Send in the Clowns" together.
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Victoria Mallory died on August 30,2014, just 20 days prior to her 66th birthday.