Marguerite Piazza Net Worth

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Marguerite Piazza Net Worth is
$11 Million

Marguerite Piazza Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Marguerite Piazza was born on May 6, 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA as Marguerite Claire Luft. She was an actress, known for Spectacular (1956), The Keefe Brasselle Show (1963) and The Danny Kaye Show (1963). She was married to Francis Harrison (Harry) Bergtholdt, William Condon, Graves McDonald and Karl Kritz. She died on August 2, 2012 in ...

Date Of BirthMay 6, 1920
Died2012-08-02
Place Of BirthNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA
ProfessionActress, Soundtrack
Star SignTaurus
#Fact
1Piazza was a headliner in supper clubs for 18 years and performed at such places as the Coconut Grove and the Sands in Los Angeles, and the Plaza and the Waldorf in New York.
2Best known for her early work in television, performing with Sid Caesar on NBC's comedy classic "Your Show of Shows" in the 1950s.
3Formerly black-haired, she later turned blonde.
4Third husband, William Condon, was a Memphis company executive. They had four children: Shirley, Anna-Becky, Gregory and William Jr.
5Suffered serious injuries in a car accident.
6Her first two marriages were unhappy ones, each of whom bore her a child. First husband Karl Kritz was instrumental in furthering her musical knowledge. Second husband, Graves McDonald, an alcoholic who deserted her when she became pregnant with his child, died before they could divorce.
7One of her daughters, Anna-Becky (Condon) Redlich (born 1962), is a rock singer-songwriter. Redlich sang with her mom in concert with various orchestras, including the Memphis Symphony, New Orleans Symphony and Greenwood Symphony Orchestra. All of Marguerite's children, in fact, took music lessons.
8Her contributions to various charities has been celebrated, especially the annual Marguerite Piazza Gala and Auction for the benefit of St Jude Children's Research Hospital.
9She and writer/daughter (also named Marguerite) published her autobiography, "Pagliacci Has Nothing on Me", in 2007.
10Married four times and has six children. In 1975, one of her sons committed suicide.
11In 1968, she recovered from three operations on her face to remove cancerous growths, and in 1973 was treated for cervical and uterine cancer.
12Before the dangers of cigarette smoking were made public, the opera singer pitched Camel cigarettes on TV, saying that Camels had "a mildness that agrees with my throat".
13Made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1951 as Rosalinde von Eisenstein in "Die Fledermaus". She later became a fixture in supper and night clubs.
14Her 1950 Broadway debut in "Happy as Larry", starring and directed by Burgess Meredith led to her joining the cast of the Your Show of Shows (1950) starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
15She joined the New York City Opera in 1944 as the youngest member of the company. Her first role at the City Center was Nedda in "Pagliacci," which was followed by "La bohème" (as Musetta), "Der Zigeunerbaron" and "Don Giovanni" (as Donna Elvira), among others.
16Graduated from Loyola University of the South's College of Music in 1940, she subsequently studied at Louisiana State University, where she was a student of the baritone Pasquale Amato.
17New Orleans-born operatic lyric soprano, TV songstress and nightclub entertainer.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Girl Talk1965TV Series
Shower of Stars1955TV SeriesDorothy Meadows
Musical Comedy Time1951TV SeriesFifi / Mademoiselle Modiste
Nash Airflyte Theatre1950TV Series
Your Show of Shows1950TV SeriesRegular Performer (1950-1953)

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Your Show of Shows1950TV Series performer - 1 episode

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Della1970TV SeriesHerself
The David Frost Show1969TV SeriesHerself
The Joey Bishop Show1968TV SeriesHerself
Dream Girl of '671967TV SeriesHerself - Fashion Hostess
The Woody Woodbury Show1967TV SeriesHerself
The Linkletter Show1966TV SeriesHerself
The Dean Martin Show1966TV SeriesHerself
The Danny Kaye Show1965TV SeriesHerself
That Regis Philbin Show1964TV SeriesHerself
The Jack Paar Program1962-1964TV SeriesHerself
The Keefe Brasselle Show1963TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The Merv Griffin Show1962TV SeriesHerself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show1961TV SeriesHerself
The Garry Moore Show1958TV SeriesHerself
Spectacular1958TV SeriesHerself - Star
The Guy Mitchell Show1957TV SeriesHerself
The Jonathan Winters Show1956TV SeriesHerself
The George Gobel Show1956TV SeriesHerself
Grand Ole Opry1956TV SeriesHerself
I've Got a Secret1956TV SeriesHerself
The Jimmy Durante Show1955TV SeriesHerself - Opera Singer
The Ed Sullivan Show1955TV SeriesHerself
Stage Show1954TV SeriesHerself
The Dave Garroway Show1954TV SeriesHerself
Texaco Star Theatre1953TV SeriesHerself - Opera Singer
Coke Time1953TV SeriesHerself
Your Show of Shows1950-1952TV SeriesHerself - Vocalist / Herself - Guest Vocalist
The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue1951TV SeriesHerself

Known for movies

Herself - Fashion Hostess

Dream Girl of '67 (1967)
as Herself - Fashion Hostess

Herself - Star

Spectacular (1958)
as Herself - Star

Herself - Guest

The Keefe Brasselle Show (1963)
as Herself - Guest

Herself

The Danny Kaye Show (1965)
as Herself

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IMDB Wikipedia

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