Benay Venuta
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Biography
Benay Venuta, born Benvenuta Rose Crooke on January 27, 1910 in San Francisco, California, was an American actor-singer. She began her career as a dancer in London and made her first screen appearance in the silent film Trail of '98 in 1928. Venuta's breakthrough came when she replaced Ethel Merman in the lead role of Reno Sweeney in Cole Porter's Anything Goes on Broadway in 1935. She parlayed her success into a radio career, hosting popular shows like The Benay Venuta Hour. Venuta continued to work in musicals both on stage and in Hollywood. Her television credits included a role as Jean Smart's mother-in-law Ellen Stillfield in the sitcom Designing Women. She passed away from lung cancer on September 1, 1995.
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- Colonel Buffalo Bill featuring Ethel Merman
- Hello, Hazel (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- I'm Glad I'm Leaving (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- Finale: I Feel Like I'm Gonna Live Forever / How Do You Speak to an Angel? (From "Hazel Flagg")Benay Venuta featuring Jack Whiting
- The Rutland Bounce (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- The World Is Beautiful Today (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- Every Street's a Boulevard in Old New York (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- Colonel Buffalo Bill (from Annie Get Your Gun) featuring Keenan Wynn
- You're Gonna Dance with Me, Willie (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- I Feel Like I'm Gonna Live Forever (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- Autograph Chant (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- Laura De Maupassant (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- A Little More Heart (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- Everybody Loves to Take a Bow (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- Overture (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- Salomee (with Her Seven Veils) [From "Hazel Flagg"] featuring Jack Whiting
- Who Is the Bravest? (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- How Do You Speak to an Angel? (From "Hazel Flagg") featuring Jack Whiting
- Hello, Hazel
