Hollis Resnik

Hollis Resnik
Born	1955 Euclid, Ohio
Occupation	Singer, actress

Hollis Resnik (born 1955 in Euclid, Ohio) is an American singer and actress, especially in stage musicals.

Raised in Euclid, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland), as a young girl she studied piano and took voice lessons and performed with the Cleveland Symphony Children's Choir. Attending Russell H. Erwine Elementary and Shore Junior High School, she graduated from Euclid High School in 1973.

She graduated from Denison University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

A Chicago-based theatre actress, Resnik is the 1992 winner of the Sarah Siddons Award. She appeared three times on the television show Cupid, and had a support role in the motion pictures Backdraft and Little Big Top, an independent film. In 1993 Resnik appeared in the Off-Broadway musical version of Wings as Amy the "sympathetic therapist".

In 2002, she released a CD titled "Make Someone Happy", which has broadway, pop, jazz and original songs.

She has toured in several musicals. She played the role of "Fantine" in the 3rd National US Tour of Les Miserables in 1988. She played Mrs. Meers in the US tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2003 and in 2006 was Muriel in the US tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. In March 2007 Resnik toured in the musical Man of La Mancha in the part of Aldonza, also known as Dulcinea.

In the 2001 Ravinia Festival (Illinois) concert version of Sweeney Todd Resnik played the beggar woman. In 2002 she appeared in A Little Night Music in concert at the Ravinia Festival as Countess Charlotte Malcolm. She played the roles of Escalante/Aldonza/Dulcinea in the production of Man of LaMancha at the Court Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, from September 29, 2005 to November 13, 2005. The reviewer wrote "one of Chicago’s favorites, Hollis Resnik as Aldonza/Dulcinea (hers is a different interpretation of the role, and she is dynamite)."

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