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Juanita Hall (née Long, November 6, 1901 – February 29, 1968) [1] was an American musical theatre and film actress. She is remembered for her roles in the original stage and screen versions of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals South Pacific as Bloody Mary – a role that garnered her the Tony Award – and Flower Drum Song as Madame Liang.
Starring in the movie were Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, James Hong, Reiko Sato, Victor Sen Yung, and the original Broadway cast members Jack Soo, Miyoshi Umeki, and Juanita Hall (an African American actress who had previously played the Tonkinese Bloody Mary in the Broadway and film productions of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South ...
Bloody Mary as portrayed by Juanita Hall, who originated the role in South Pacific (1949) Bloody Mary is a character in the 1946 book Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener, which was made into the 1949 musical South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein, and later into a film in 1958. The Bloody Mary character is Vietnamese . Tonkin is the ...
The only non-Asian cast member playing an Asian role was African-American actress Juanita Hall, who had played the same role in the Broadway cast. Her role in the film had originally been cast with Anna May Wong, but Wong became ill in December 1960 and had to be replaced.
Juanita Hall won for South Pacific (1950) Helen Gallagher won for Pal Joey (1952) Gwen Verdon won for Can-Can (1954) Edie Adams won for Lil' Abner (1957) Barbara Cook won for The Music Man (1958) Tammy Grimes won for The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1961) Phyllis Newman won for Subways Are for Sleeping (1962) Bea Arthur won for Mame (1966) Melba Moore won for Purlie (1970) Dee Dee Bridgewater won ...
A documentary about Eddie Hall, the strongman and “Expendables 4” actor, has been acquired for worldwide theatrical release and streaming by sports media company Generation Iron. “Taming The ...
More significantly, she was ghost singer in two songs for the 1958 Hollywood film version of South Pacific, providing the voice for actress Juanita Hall in for the songs "Bali Ha'i" and "Happy Talk", [2] [5] but she turned down an on-screen part in the 1959 film version of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess, saying "It doesn't do the right ...
Deidre Hall reached a major career milestone last month when she hit her 5,000th Days of Our Lives episode as beloved Salem psychiatrist Dr. Marlena Evans, becoming the longest-running soap ...