Patrice Munsel was born on May 14, 1925 in Spokane, Washington, USA as Patrice Beverly Munsil. She is an actress, known for The Patrice Munsel Show (1956), Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta (1955) and Melba (1953). She was previously married to Robert Schuler.
Up until the time I was five, I suppose I led a perfectly normal life.
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During the 1950s and '60s, she was the TV spokesperson for the Camp Fire Girls (now Campfire USA), a non-sectarian youth organization styled along the lines of the Boy and Girl Scouts of America.
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Her first professional job was in her early teens with a small touring opera company that came to Spokane wherein she was given a part in the chorus for the performances of Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci and Carmen.
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Studied whistling for seven years with a Spokane whistling teacher, Mrs. Marjorie Clark Kennedy. Her teacher claimed she could have had a real career in whistling and she stuck with it because she did beautiful bird work.
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Only child of a dentist and an accomplished pianist, her last name was originally spelled "Munsil".
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Widow of candy heir Robert Schuler, who turned TV producer and produced her own 1950s TV variety series.
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In 1958 she ended her career as an opera singer and began to perform in musical comedies and operettas, including such vehicles as "Rose Marie", "The Merry Widow", "Song of Norway" and "Kiss Me, Kate".
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Made only one film. She played the title role of Dame Nellie Melba in the film Melba (1953). She also had her own television series, The Patrice Munsel Show (1956), which ran a season.
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Trained by legendary voice coach Giacomo Spadoni.
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American coloratura soprano, the youngest singer/soubrette who ever starred at the Metropolitan Opera. Following along the path of Lily Pons, she made her official Met debut on December 4, 1943, singing Philine in "Mignon". Perhaps best known for the saucy role of Adele in "Die Fledermaus", she performed at the Metropolitan well over 200 times.
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Mother of Rhett Schuler, Heidi Schuler, Scott Schuler and Nicole Schuler.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Red Skelton Hour
1965-1969
TV Series
Maid Marian
Constance Cupid
Clara Appleby
...
The Wild Wild West
1969
TV Series
Rosa Montebello
Checkmate
1961
TV Series
Lola Tuscany
The Alcoa Hour
1956
TV Series
Belle
The Great Waltz
1955
TV Movie
Resi Ebesteder
Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta
1955
TV Movie
Marietta d'Altena
Omnibus
1954
TV Series
The Merry Widow
Melba
1953
Nellie Melba
Appointment with Baby
1948
Short
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Jerry Lewis Show
1963
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Patrice Munsel Show
1958
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Alcoa Hour
1956
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Mike Douglas Show
1962-1976
TV Series
Herself - Musician / Herself - Vocalist
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-1969
TV Series
Herself - Guest / Herself / Herself - Singer
The Dean Martin Show
1967
TV Series
Herself
Gypsy
1967
TV Series
Herself
The Linkletter Show
1964
TV Series
Herself
Girl Talk
1964
TV Series
Herself
The Jerry Lewis Show
1963
TV Series
Herself
Talent Scouts
1963
TV Series
Herself
The Voice of Firestone
1962-1963
TV Series
Herself
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
TV Series
Herself
Here's Hollywood
1962
TV Series
Herself
The Ed Sullivan Show
1962
TV Series
Herself
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959-1961
TV Series
Herself / Himself - Host
I've Got a Secret
1958-1961
TV Series
Herself - Celebrity Guest
The Garry Moore Show
1959-1960
TV Series
Herself
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show
1958-1960
TV Series
Herself
The Revlon Revue
1960
TV Series
Herself
The Big Party
1959
TV Series
Herself
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1959
TV Series
Herself
The George Gobel Show
1959
TV Series
Herself
The Voice of Firestone
1950-1959
TV Series
Herself
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
1959
TV Series
Herself
The Patrice Munsel Show
1957-1958
TV Series
Herself
To Tell the Truth
1958
TV Series
Herself - Panelist
What's My Line?
1958
TV Series
Herself - Mystery Guest #2
The Jimmy Durante Show
1956
TV Series
Herself
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
1955
TV Series
Herself
Person to Person
1955
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Dinah Shore Show
1954
TV Series
Herself
The Blue Angel
1954
TV Series
Herself
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1954
TV Series
Herself - Opera Singer
Texaco Star Theatre
1950-1953
TV Series
Herself - Singer / Herself - Opera Singer / Herself