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Merle Louise (born Merle Louise Letowt, April 15, 1934) is an American actress, best known for appearing in four Stephen Sondheim musicals, most famously as "The Beggar Woman" in ''Sweeney Todd''. ==Broadway and Sondheim== Early in her career, (when she was still known as Merle Letowt), she played "Thelma" in the original cast of ''Gypsy'' (1959). Eventually, she moved up to the fourth lead rôle of "Dainty June", playing it for much of the Broadway run and on the first national tour.〔(Sondheim Guide )〕 Louise returned to Broadway in ''Company'' (1970) as "Susan". Her biggest success was as "the Beggar Woman" in ''Sweeney Todd'' (1979), for which she won the Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.〔(Sondheim review )〕 However, her "ravaging crazy"〔( "Wishes Granted" )〕 performance is not preserved in the video recording as she was not a member of the national tour that was videotaped.〔(Looking Back: TV Musicals #5 )〕 In ''Into the Woods'' (1987), she played a trio of rôles: the ethereal "Cinderella's Mother", the practical "Granny" (of "Little Red Riding Hood" fame), and the unseen vengeful "Giantess". Louise has originated rôles with other Broadway composers as well. She played "Mme. Dindon" in Jerry Herman's ''La Cage aux Folles'' (1983) and "Molina's Mother" in Kander and Ebb's ''Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (1993), a rôle she also played on London's West End, in Toronto and on the national tour. Off-Broadway, she created the rôle of Cecily MacIntosh in ''Charlotte Sweet'' (1982).〔(Music Hall Turn )〕 Regionally, she is an acclaimed actress in classics by Shakespeare,〔(OOBR webpage )〕 Chekhov, Molière, Pinter, Ibsen, and Shaw. The cast of the Broadway show, ''title of show'' (along with some of their theatrical friends), created a game based around Merle Louise, entitled "Six Degrees of Merle Louise", which is based on Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon except that it generally uses Broadway musicals in place of movies to link two performers.〔("Six Degrees of Merle Louise" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Merle Louise」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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