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Carol Bruce
Biography:
Carol Bruce was an American band singer, Broadway star, and film and television actress. Bruce began her career as a singer in the late 1930s with Larry Clinton and his band, and later sang with Ben Bernie's orchestra in 1940-1941. Bruce made her Broadway debut in Louisiana Purchase, with songs by Irving Berlin, who discovered her at a nightclub in Newark, New Jersey. She was the first actress to play the role of Julie in a Broadway production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Show Boat since the 1932 Broadway revival. Bruce played the role onstage in 1946 and garnered favorable comparisons to Helen Morgan, who had originated the role onstage in 1927 and repeated it in both the... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists as Old One (voice) | 1996-11-01 |
Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Joy Page | 1987-11-26 |
American Gigolo as Mrs. Sloan | 1980-02-01 |
The Girl Who Returned as (voice) | 1969-10-30 |
Behind the Eight Ball as Joan Barry | 1942-12-04 |
Keep 'Em Flying as Linda Joyce | 1941-11-27 |
This Woman Is Mine as Julie Morgan | 1941-08-22 |
Koo Koo Korrespondance Skool as Singer | 1937-12-10 |