Vivian Blaine Overview:

Legendary actress, Vivian Blaine, was born Vivian Stapleton on Nov 21, 1921 in Newark, NJ. Blaine died at the age of 74 on Dec 9, 1995 in New York City, US .

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Blonde American band singer whose acerbic personality was somewhat wasted in Fox musicals of the forties. But prolonged Broadway success compensated for a film career whose highlight was a repeat of a stage role - Adelaide in Guys and Dolls. Three times married. Died from pneumonia.

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Blaine was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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Vivian Blaine Quotes:

Benny Southstreet: [about the cab that Nathan told him to take Adelaide to the Hot Box in] But who's going to pay for it?
Miss Adelaide: I am, of course!


Nathan Detroit: I have been running the crap game since I was a juvenile delinquent.
Miss Adelaide: Speaking of chronic conditions, happy anniversary.


Sally Templeton: Is that so strange, that anybody should love a stupid, over-dressed, honest dope like Tony?


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Vivian Blaine Facts
Married three times. First husband was Manny Franks, her agent, who was 20 years older than she. Second husband was Milton Rachmil, the head of Universal Pictures and Decca Records, who wanted an at-home trophy wife; the marriage didn't last long, also ending in divorce court. Third husband was businessman Stuart Clark, who started to supervise her career and revived it on 1970s TV. He was 13 years her junior.

Father, Lionel Stapleton, was a singing baritone who made a living as a theatrical booking agent. Her parents divorced when she was quite young.

Later in her career, she was asked to perform at the White House for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.

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