Phyllis Newman
| Phyllis Newman | |
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Newman in 1966.
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| Born |
March 19, 1933 Jersey City, New Jersey, United States |
| Occupation | Actress and singer |
| Years active | Since 1952 |
| Spouse(s) | Adolph Green (1960–2002, his death) |
| Children | Adam Green and Amanda Green |
Phyllis Newman (born March 19, 1933) is an American actress and singer. She won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Martha Vail in the Broadway-theatre production of Subways Are for Sleeping and has been nominated twice for the Drama Desk Award.
Newman was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the daughter of Rachael and Arthur Newman. She attended Lincoln High School where she was voted "Future Hollywood Star".
Newman made her Broadway debut in Wish You Were Here in 1952. Additional theater credits include Bells Are Ringing, Pleasures and Palaces, The Apple Tree, On the Town, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Awake and Sing!, Broadway Bound and Subways Are for Sleeping, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, beating out Barbra Streisand in I Can Get It for You Wholesale. She has been nominated twice for the Drama Desk Award and received a second Tony Award nomination for Broadway Bound.
In June 1979, Newman and Arthur Laurents collaborated on the one-woman show The Madwoman of Central Park West. Produced by Fritz Holt, it featured songs by Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, John Kander, Martin Charnin, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Edward Kleban, Fred Ebb, Sheldon Harnick, Peter Allen, Barry Manilow, Carole Bayer Sager, and Stephen Sondheim, among others. The show ran for 86 performances at the 22 Steps Theatre in New York City.
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