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Carole D’Andrea, who portrayed the Jet girl Velma in the original 1957 Broadway production of West Side Story and then in the classic 1961 film, has died. She was 87.
D’Andrea died March 11 of heart failure at her home in Santa Monica, her daughter Andrea Doven told The Hollywood Reporter.
She was married to Tony winner and Mad Men star Robert Morse from 1961 until their 1981 divorce.
D’Andrea was one of only six actors from the original Broadway cast of West Side Story to appear in the United Artists feature; the others were Tony Mordente, Tommy Abbott, William Bramley, Jay Norman and David Winters.
Born on Aug. 28, 1937, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Carole Ann D’Andrea graduated from Altoona Area High School, where she was a majorette. When she was about 16, she turned down a scholarship to Penn State University and came to New York to pursue acting after her parents died in a car crash.
D’Andrea died March 11 of heart failure at her home in Santa Monica, her daughter Andrea Doven told The Hollywood Reporter.
She was married to Tony winner and Mad Men star Robert Morse from 1961 until their 1981 divorce.
D’Andrea was one of only six actors from the original Broadway cast of West Side Story to appear in the United Artists feature; the others were Tony Mordente, Tommy Abbott, William Bramley, Jay Norman and David Winters.
Born on Aug. 28, 1937, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Carole Ann D’Andrea graduated from Altoona Area High School, where she was a majorette. When she was about 16, she turned down a scholarship to Penn State University and came to New York to pursue acting after her parents died in a car crash.
- 18/03/2025
- par Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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