Vivienne Sonia Segal (April , â€" December , ) was an American
actress and singer.Segal was born on April , , in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. She was the elder daughter of Jewish parents Bernhard
Segal, a physician, and Paula (née Hahn) Segal, who encouraged
Vivienne and her sisters Vera and Louise to seek careers in show
business. Her obituary in The Guardian reported that her father
"underwrote a local opera company in order to give her the chance to
sing."Segal's career began when she was years old and began
performing with the Philadelphia Operatic Society. Her Broadway debut
came in The Blue Paradise (), a production that was underwritten by
her father. In and , she was a member of the Ziegfeld Follies. She
was also a performer on the CBS Radio program Accordiana in .Segal may
be best remembered for creating the role of Vera Simpson in Richard
Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's Pal Joey and introducing the song
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered". Pal Joey opened at the Ethel
Barrymore Theatre December , , with a cast that included Gene Kelly
and June Havoc. She also starred as Morgan LeFay in the Rodgers and
Hart revival of A Connecticut Yankee in . One of Lorenz Hart's last
songs, "To Keep My Love Alive", was written specifically for her in
this show.
actress and singer.Segal was born on April , , in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. She was the elder daughter of Jewish parents Bernhard
Segal, a physician, and Paula (née Hahn) Segal, who encouraged
Vivienne and her sisters Vera and Louise to seek careers in show
business. Her obituary in The Guardian reported that her father
"underwrote a local opera company in order to give her the chance to
sing."Segal's career began when she was years old and began
performing with the Philadelphia Operatic Society. Her Broadway debut
came in The Blue Paradise (), a production that was underwritten by
her father. In and , she was a member of the Ziegfeld Follies. She
was also a performer on the CBS Radio program Accordiana in .Segal may
be best remembered for creating the role of Vera Simpson in Richard
Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's Pal Joey and introducing the song
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered". Pal Joey opened at the Ethel
Barrymore Theatre December , , with a cast that included Gene Kelly
and June Havoc. She also starred as Morgan LeFay in the Rodgers and
Hart revival of A Connecticut Yankee in . One of Lorenz Hart's last
songs, "To Keep My Love Alive", was written specifically for her in
this show.
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