Mimi Hines

Mimi Hines
Publicity photo of Hines and Ford.
Born	(1933-07-17) July 17, 1933 (age 83) Vancouver, Canada
Occupation	Actress, singer, comedian

Mimi Hines (born July 17, 1933) is a Canadian-born singer and comedian best known for her appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show The Tonight Show and her work on Broadway. She succeeded Barbra Streisand in the original production of Funny Girl.

Hines was born in Vancouver, Canada, and resides in the United States. She worked for a time in Anchorage, Alaska, where she met her partner Phil Ford, while they were working at different night clubs. On August 28, 1958, she and Ford appeared on The Tonight Show for the first time. Hines sang "Till There Was You".

In 1966, Hines succeeded Barbra Streisand on Broadway in Funny Girl, performing the role for eighteen months, after which she starred in touring companies of I Do! I Do! and The Prisoner of Second Avenue, as well as productions of Anything Goes, Never Too Late, The Pajama Game, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, No, No, Nanette and Sugar.

She played at Feinstein's at the Regency in New York City. She appeared with the Los Angeles Pops Orchestra and starred in national tours of Sugar Babies and Nite Club Confidential and on a recorded salute to Johnny Mercer called Mostly Mercer.