| Joan Roberts |
| Born |
July 15, 1918 (1918-07-15) (age 93)
New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation |
Musical theatre, film and television actress |
Joan Roberts (born July 15, 1918) is an American actress, born in New York City, New York, who created the role of Laurey in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma! in 1943.
[edit] Career
Along with Celeste Holm, she is one of the few surviving cast members of the original Oklahoma! production. She initially auditioned for the role of Ado Annie (which eventually went to Holm), but the show's librettist Oscar Hammerstein cast her as the female lead. Roberts subsequently took on the starring role of Sara Longstreet in the Broadway musical High Button Shoes. Roberts was in retirement for many years on Long Island, New York, when she accepted the role of Heidi Schiller in the 2001 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Follies.[citation needed]
- The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
- Lovely to Look at (1952)
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Roberts, Joan |
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| Short description |
Actress, singer |
| Date of birth |
15 July 1918 |
| Place of birth |
New York City, New York |
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