词条 | Rose Marie Brown |
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BiographyBrown was born Rose Marie Elliott on April 15, 1919, in Suffolk, Virginia, to Rosa Marie (née Bruce) Elliott and Milton T. Elliott III.[2] She attended Simmons College before entering local beauty pageants.[1] In 1939, Elliott won her first local pageant, winning the title Miss Peanut.[1] She went on to win the sixth Miss Virginia pageant later that year.[1] Elliott competed as Miss Virginia in the 13th Miss America competition in 1939, the last to be held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[1] She ultimately placed fourth, losing to Miss Michigan Patricia Donnelly. However, Elliott was spotted by a talent agent with MCA Inc., Maynard Morris, who invited her to audition for roles on Broadway. He reportedly told her father, "She’s got talent — you should send her to New York City."[1] Elliott moved to New York, where she enrolled as student at American Academy of Dramatic Arts, then located at Carnegie Hall.[1] She accompanied a roommate to an audition, where she was noticed by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, who were in the audience observing the auditions.[1] Rodgers and Hammerstein invited her to meet with them at their office the next morning. She was soon cast in her first Broadway production, One Touch of Venus, opposite actress Mary Martin.[1] Elliott appeared in a string of Broadway productions, including the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun with Bert Lahr and Ethel Merman.[1] She married her husband, W. Donald Brown, following a meeting at a party, taking the name Rose Marie Brown.[1] The couple, who had two sons, Josh Brown and Jeffrey Brown, were longtime residents of Darien, Connecticut.[1] She died in her sleep at the Edgehill retirement community in Stamford, Connecticut, on January 19, 2015, at the age of 95. She was survived by her sons. Her husband died in 1999.[1][2] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 {{cite news|first=Matthew|last=Ward|title=Former Miss Virginia from Suffolk dies |url=http://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2015/01/26/former-miss-virginia-from-suffolk-dies/ |work=Suffolk News-Herald |date=2015-01-26 |accessdate=2015-02-14}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Rose Marie}}2. ^1 {{cite news|first=|last=|title=Obiturary: Rose Marie Brown, former actress, 95 |url=http://www.darientimes.com/39436/obiturary-rose-marie-brown-former-actress-95/ |work=Darien Times |date=2015-01-26 |accessdate=2015-02-14}} 9 : 1919 births|2015 deaths|Miss Virginia winners|American stage actresses|American musical theatre actresses|American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni|People from Darien, Connecticut|Actresses from Stamford, Connecticut|People from Suffolk, Virginia |
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