New Delhi:
West Facet Story star Carole D’Andrea, who performed Velma on-screen and onstage, has passes away on the age of 87.
The actress originated the position of Velma within the 1957 Broadway manufacturing of West Facet Story earlier than reprising the position within the basic 1961 film musical adaptation, reported Folks.
In a put up on their mom’s Instagram web page, D’Andrea’s daughters wrote, “Pricey Fb/ Instagram pals of Carole D’Andrea, That is @andreadoven , @robinmorse708, & Hilary @hilaryhigh , Carole’s daughters. We’re writing to let that our beloved mom handed away peacefully at residence this previous Tuesday, March eleventh as a consequence of coronary heart failure.”
“It was a privilege to be by her facet as she handed, and to witness in these previous few weeks the grace and braveness by which she carried herself as she ready to, as our Godfather put it, ‘exit stage left’,” they added. “She additionally died on her forty fourth AA sobriety anniversary, which she mentioned was ‘the day that I modified my life,'” as per the outlet.
“She advised us many instances in her previous few days what a high quality life she led as a mom, grandmother, performer, and instructor,” their message continued.
D’Andrea was born on August 28, 1937, in Altoona, Pennsylvania. On the age of 16, she turned down a scholarship to Penn State College earlier than pursuing performing in New York after her dad and mom died in a automotive accident, as per the outlet.
After taking part in Velma within the Jerome Robbins’ manufacturing of West Facet Story in September 1957 on the Winter Backyard Theatre, D’Andrea performed Dainty June within the Broadway’s Gypsy in 1959, reported Folks.
She was married to the late actor Robert Morse, whom many know from Broadway and Mad Males, from April 8, 1961, till their divorce in 1981. The pair shared three daughters: Robin Morse, 61, Andrea Doven, 63, and Hilary Morse, 59.
D’Andrea is survived by her three daughters, in addition to her grandchildren, Lucia, Francis, Jagger, Marlon and Lance, in accordance tom Folks.
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