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Marilyn Horne

Marilyn Horne

Actor, Music Department

Born January 16, 1934 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA

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Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. She is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors, and has won four Grammy Awards.

Marilyn Horne was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, to Berneice and Bentz Horne. Her parents were both politicians, with her mother serving as city assessor of the Fifth Ward and her father appointed as McKean County assessor. Bentz was also a semi-professional singer and, noticing Marilyn's talent, sought to move the family to a place where she could have access to professional vocal training and more opportunities to perform. Along with her older brother Richard and sister Gloria, the family moved to Long Beach, California when Marilyn was 11.

At age 13, Horne became part of the newly formed Roger Wagner Chorale. She is an alumna of Long Beach Polytechnic High School. As a high school student, she was part of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church Choir of Long Beach under the direction of William Ripley Dorr. The choir often worked for the movie studios and recorded with Capitol Records. Marilyn and her sister Gloria were part of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church Quartet.

Horne won a scholarship for the University of Southern California where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She studied voice under William Vennard and Gwendolyn Koldofsky at the University of Southern California School of Music and participated in Lotte Lehmann's vocal master classes at Music Academy of the West.

Horne's first major professional engagement was in 1954, when she dubbed the singing voice of Dorothy Dandridge in the film Carmen Jones. Until that point, she had worked as a background singer for several TV sitcoms, as well as recorded covers of popular songs of the early 1950s, which were sold in dimestores around the country for $1.98. She made an appearance on The Odd Couple as a character named "Jackie", her own nickname, a meek and nervous would-be singer who develops a crush on character Oscar Madison (Jack Klugman) and into a full-blown diva as well, playing the role of Carmen in Felix Unger's (Tony Randall) opera group production. She also sang on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Carol Burnett Show. She made her Los Angeles debut the same year when she performed the role of Hata in The Bartered Bride with the Los Angeles Guild Opera.

Her first major breakthrough came when her singing ability was recognized by Igor Stravinsky; her operatic career began when he invited her to perform in the 1956 Venice festival. She remained in Europe for three seasons singing for the Gelsenkirchen Opera.

She was highly acclaimed for her performance as Marie in Alban Berg's Wozzeck at the inauguration of Gelsenkirchen's new opera house on May 22, 1960. In 1960, she returned to the United States to appear in Wozzeck at the San Francisco Opera. She debuted in 1961 at Lyric Opera of Chicago where she created the role of Lora in Vittorio Giannini's The Harvest. ...

Source: Article "Marilyn Horne" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography

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54

Type

Year

Caballé, más allá de la música Poster

Caballé, más allá de la música Documentary2003Self

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts Poster

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts TV Special2001Self

En lek på blodigt allvar Poster

En lek på blodigt allvar Documentary1999Self

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play Video Poster

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play Video Video1999Self

Great Moments in Opera Poster

Great Moments in Opera TV Movie1997Self

Marvin Hamlisch & the Pittsburgh Pops TV Special1996Self

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts Poster

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts TV Special1995Self - Honoree

All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! Poster

All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! TV Special1994Self

Late Show with David Letterman Poster

Late Show with David Letterman TV Series1993Self

Retour au baroque TV Series1993Extrait de répétions de 'Rinaldo' à la Fenice de Venise

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration Poster

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration TV Movie1993Self - Special Guest

The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream Poster

The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream Documentary1993Self

Ja niin joulu joutui... TV Special1992Self

The Ghosts of Versailles Poster

The Ghosts of Versailles TV Movie1992Samila

Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams Poster

Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams Documentary1991Self

Die Fledermaus Poster

Die Fledermaus TV Movie1990Party's Guest singer

Orlando furioso Poster

Orlando furioso TV Movie1990Orlando

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts Poster

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts TV Special1990Self

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration Poster

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration TV Special1988Self

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade TV Special1988Self

A Musical Toast: The Stars Shine on Public Television TV Special1987Self

Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening TV Special1987Self

CBS This Morning Poster

CBS This Morning TV Series1987Self

Liberty Weekend Documentary1986Self

Hommage à Rossini TV Special1985Mezzo-soprano

The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Gala Poster

The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Gala TV Special1983Mezzo-soprano

Wheel of Fortune Poster

Wheel of Fortune TV Series1983Self - celebrity contestant

Concierto barroco Poster

Concierto barroco TV Movie1982Montezuma

Price/Horne Met Gala Concert Poster

Price/Horne Met Gala Concert TV Special1982Mezzo Soprano

Gala of Stars 1981 TV Special1981Self

Tancrède TV Movie1981Tancrède

The First 100 Years of Recorded Music TV Special1981Self

Semiramis TV Movie1980Arsace

The 3th Annual People's Command Performance TV Movie1979Self

The South Bank Show Poster

The South Bank Show TV Series1978Self

Tancredi TV Special1977Tancredi

The Metropolitan Opera Presents Poster

The Metropolitan Opera Presents TV Series1977Arsace

Live from Lincoln Center Poster

Live from Lincoln Center TV Series1976Self

Live from the Proms Poster

Live from the Proms TV Series1975Alto

Le grand échiquier Poster

Le grand échiquier TV Series1972Self

Great Performances Poster

Great Performances TV Series1971Mezzo Soprano

The Odd Couple Poster

The Odd Couple TV Series1970Jackie Hartman

Verdi Messa di Requiem TV Movie1970Self

Sesame Street Poster

Sesame Street TV Series1969Self

The David Frost Show Poster

The David Frost Show TV Series1969Self

60 Minutes Poster

60 Minutes TV Series1968Self - Mezzo-Soprano Opera Singer

The Jim Nabors Hour Poster

The Jim Nabors Hour TV Series1968Self

The Carol Burnett Show Poster

The Carol Burnett Show TV Series1967Self

Festival of Arts TV Series1962Self - Performer

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Series1962Self - Guest

Flower Drum Song Poster

Flower Drum Song Feature Film1961Helen Chao

Festival Poster

Festival TV Series1960Self

Carmen Jones Poster

Carmen Jones Feature Film1954Carmen Jones

Talent Scouts TV Series1948Self - singer

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Year

The Song of the Lark Poster

The Song of the Lark TV Movie2001

Carmen Jones Poster

Carmen Jones Feature Film1954

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