Paula Stewart
| Paula Stewart | |
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Paula Stewart at Shimer College in 1946.
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| Born |
Dorothy Paula Zürndorfer April 9, 1929 |
| Alma mater | Shimer College, Northwestern University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1954–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Burt Bacharach (m. 1953–58) Jack Carter (m. 1961–70) |
| Children | Michael David Carter |
| Website | Official Website |
Paula Stewart (born April 9, 1929) is an American stage, film and television actress.
Born as Dorothy Paula Zürndorfer, her father was Dr. Walter Zürndorfer and her mother, Esther Morris, was an actress. She attended Shimer College in Mount Carroll, Illinois, then a women's junior college, and graduated in 1947. She continued her studies at Northwestern University, and later joined the national touring company of Brigadoon. She was next signed as understudy to Anne Crowley in a production of Seventeen on Broadway in June 1951.
She starred in the George White revue Nice to See You in 1953 at the Versailles Club, a dinner theatre. In September 1955, Stewart, a soprano, began a month-long engagement with Kismet at the Music circus in Lambertville, New Jersey. She has performed in over 35 musicals and plays on Broadway and in major Summer Stock productions around the country. She co-starred with Donald O'Connor in Little Me, Gordon MacRae and Howard Keel in Carousel, and Jack Carter in Operation Mad Ball, Born Yesterday and Critics Choice from 1956 to 1957. She succeeded Jo Sullivan in The Threepenny Opera, and was subsequently recruited by Frank Loesser to star in the revival of The Most Happy Fella in 1959.
In 1960, she was a featured player in the revue, From A to Z, starring Hermione Gingold. Later that year she appeared opposite Lucille Ball as her sister in the musical, Wildcat (1960) at the Alvin Theater. In 1961 she co-starred with George Gobel in the musical Let It Ride at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. In 1965 she succeeded Bernice Massi in What Makes Sammy Run?.
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