Marie Powers Net Worth
Marie Powers Net Worth is
$300,000
Marie Powers Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Marie Powers (1902–1973) was an American contralto who was best known for her performance as Madame Flora in Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Medium, a role that she played on stage, screen and television.Born in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, she left home at 17 to study singing in Milan, Italy. She sneaked into a friend’s audition before the conductor Arturo Toscanini at La Scala and landed a part with the legendary opera company.In 1947, Italian writer Lanfranco Rasponi introduced her to Menotti, who was casting the role of the fraudulent psychic in his opera The Medium. The opera was staged on Broadway along with another one-act Menotti opera, The Telephone, or L'Amour à trois. Powers was hailed as a star for her dramatic performance as the phony psychic, and she repeated the role on live television in 1948 and in an expanded film production directed by Menotti in 1951.Later Broadway work for Powers included the 1957 revival of the musical Carousel and the original 1960 production of Becket, where she played the Queen Mother. She died in New York City in 1973. | Date Of Birth | June 20, 1902 |
| Died | 1973-01-01 |
| Place Of Birth | Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Profession | Actress |
| Star Sign | Gemini |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Operatic contralto known for her superb dramatic skills. She starred in the Gian Carlo Menotti opera, "The Medium" in 1946. The show was lukewarm in its response. The following year Menotti decided to put the strange, eerie piece on Broadway and it enjoyed a surprisingly healthy six-month run. She later recreated her famous villainous role in an independently produced film in 1950 directed by Menotti and co-starring a teenage Anna Maria Alberghetti. |
| 2 | Left home in Mt. Carmel, Pa. at 17, to study singing in Italy. |
| 3 | Earned a job in La Scala for herself and sang all over Europe in her early career. |
| 4 | Married an Italian nobleman who died just prior to WWII. |
| 5 | Also appeared on Broadway in the musical drama "The Consul" (1950) and in a revival of "Carousel" (1957) as Nettie Fowler who sings the rousing "You'll Never Walk Alone." She also played the "Queen Mother" opposite Laurence Olivier and Anthony Quinn in the the straight dramatic play "Becket" in 1960. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Médium | 1956 | TV Movie | Mme Flora |
| Flash Gordon | 1955 | TV Series | Zydereen / Zydereen, the Mad Witch of Neptune |
| The Medium | 1953 | TV Movie | Madame Flora |
| The Medium | 1951 | Madame Flora | |
| The Consul | 1951 | TV Movie | The Mother |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1948-1950 | TV Series | Madame Flora / Baba |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Foreign Actress | The Medium (1951) |
Known for movies
The Medium (1951)
as Madame Flora
Le Médium (1956)
as Mme Flora
Studio One in Hollywood (1948-1950)
as Baba / Madame Flora
The Medium (1953)
as Madame Flora