1. The cherry-blonde-haired Vivian Blaine appeared on local stages as early as 1934 and she started touring after graduating from South Side High School.
10 Facts About Vivian Blaine
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Vivian Blaine was a touring singer with dance bands starting in 1937.
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That honor went to a Broadway singing star named Vivian Blaine, who'd conquered Manhattan, gone out to Hollywood to make movies for 20th Century Fox, then returned to the Big Apple in triumph.
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Vivian Blaine was a lovely and very talented actress and singer.
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Vivian Blaine appeared on Broadway in Guys and Dolls; A Hatful of Rain; Say, Darling; Enter Laughing; Company; and Zorba, as well as participating in the touring companies of plays such as Light Up the Sky; and musicals such as Gypsy.
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Vivian Blaine was a special guest during the This is Your Life tribute episode to Laurel and Hardy, seen over NBC-TV on December 1,1954.
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Vivian Blaine had worked with the duo in the film Jitterbugs and had fond memories of the experience.
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In 1983, Vivian Blaine became the first celebrity to make public service announcements for AIDS-related causes.
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Vivian Blaine made numerous appearances in support of the then-fledgling AIDS Project Los Angeles and in 1983 recorded her cabaret act for AEI Records, which donated its royalties to the new group; this included the last recordings of her songs from Guys and Dolls.
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Vivian Blaine died of congestive heart failure in Beth Israel Hospital North in New York City on December 9,1995, aged 74.