People
Norma Terris
Biography:
From Wikipedia
Norma Terris (November 13, 1904, Columbus, Kansas - November
15, 1989, Lyme, Connecticut) was an American musical theatre star. Her mother,
a singer, named her after the heroine of Bellini's opera, Norma.
Born Norma Allison, she was acclaimed for her adroit
impersonations of popular public figures, which she had performed in Florenz
Ziegfeld's Follies, but may be best known for having originated the roles of
Magnolia Hawks and her daughter Kim (as an adult) in the original Broadway
production of Show Boat in 1927. Terris was originally chosen to play the dual roles of
Moonyean Clare and her niece Kathleen in Through the Years, Vincent Youmans's
1932 musical version... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Cameo Kirby as Adele Randall | 1930-01-12 |
Married in Hollywood as Mary Lou Hopkins / Mitzi Hofman | 1929-09-22 |