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Portia Nelson (born Betty Mae Nelson; May 27, 1920 – March 6, 2001) was an American popular singer, songwriter, actress, and author. She was best known for her appearances in 1950s cabarets, where she sang soprano.
Portia Nelson survived breast cancer in the 1970s, a time when being diagonsed with cancer was a death knell. She also survived throat and tongue cancer (thought to be caused by years spent singing in smoky cabaret and night clubs) in the early 1990s only to succumb to it later in 2001.
Portia Nelson, a cabaret singer, songwriter, actress and author who was one of the most beloved New York nightclub performers of the 1950's, died on Tuesday at her home in Manhattan....
Portia Nelson was born on 27 May 1920 in Brigham City, Utah, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for The Sound of Music (1965), Doctor Dolittle (1967) and The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967). She died on 6 March 2001 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Portia Nelson was a true renaissance woman: author, singer, composer, lyricist, painter, photographer, and actress. She has appeared in such films as The Sound of Music, Dr. Doolittle, The Trouble with Angels, and The Other, and she appeared on the television soap opera, All My Children, as Mrs. Gurney for many years.
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Portia Nelson was born on May 27, 1920 in Brigham City, Utah, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for The Sound of Music (1965), Doctor Dolittle (1967) and The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967). She died on March 6, 2001 in New York City, New York, USA.
Singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, actress, poet, painter, and photographer Portia Nelson ( b. Brigham City, UT, 27 May 1920; d. New York, NY, 6 March 2001) was best known for her award-winning appearances in the thriving cabarets of the 1950s, in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Europe, and for the outstanding Studio Cast ...
