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Jan 30, 2020 · With her raw one-woman play, the daughter of Bess Myerson explores the ugly side of the notorious beauty queen.
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Barra Grant (left) is the star of an autobiographical one-woman show about growing up with her abusive mother, 1945 Miss America-turned-TV star and NYC political player Bess Myerson (right).
Grant was born Barbara Carol Wayne in New York City, the daughter of Allan Wayne, a doll company executive, and Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945. Her parents divorced in 1958 due to her father's abuse. [1] She became Barra Grant when her mother married Arnold Grant and he adopted her in 1962. [2]
Feb 18, 2020 · The life of Bess Myerson, the only Jewish woman to have won the Miss America title, in 1945, was two sides of a coin: the face was that of a very beautiful, proud, and successful woman, but her private life involved difficult relationships, most notably with her daughter, Barbara (Barra) Grant.
Jan 20, 2020 · Barra Grant’s autobiographical solo play plumbs her fraught relationship with her mother, the famous politician and beauty queen Bess Myerson.
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Jul 11, 2018 · Barra Grant, the only child of pageant queen Bess Myerson, previews her new play, 'Miss America's Ugly Daughter,' a dark comedy premiering July 14 at The Edye in Santa Monica, the Broad...
Aug 7, 2018 · Her name is Barra Grant, whose mother Bess Myerson was the first and only Jewish Miss America in 1945, making her achievement, in the aftermath of the Holocaust, seen as an affirmation of the...
