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Dorothy Loudon papers

Title: Dorothy Loudon papers, 1885-2003, (bulk 1940-2003).
Author: Loudon, Dorothy.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 78 - Artifacts	Mixed material	Restricted use	*T-Mss 2005-007 Box 78 - Artifacts	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 82 - Artifacts	Mixed material	Restricted use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 82 - Artifacts	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 81 - Artifacts	Mixed material	Restricted use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 81 - Artifacts	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 80 - Artifacts	Mixed material	Restricted use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 80 - Artifacts	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 79 - Artifacts	Mixed material	Restricted use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 79 - Artifacts	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 77 - Artifacts	Mixed material	Restricted use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 77 - Artifacts	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 76 - "Miss Hannigan" bear for Broadway Bears	Mixed material	Restricted use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 76 - "Miss Hannigan" bear for Broadway Bears	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 75	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 75	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 74	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 74	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 73	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 73	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 72	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 72	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 71	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 71	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 70	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 70	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 69	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 69	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 68	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 68	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 67	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 67	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 66	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 66	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 65	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 65	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 64	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 64	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 63	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-006 Box 63	Offsite

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Description

31 linear ft. (82 boxes)

Summary

This collection extensively covers the personal life and professional career of Dorothy Loudon, including materials relating to stage, film and television productions, albums, and nightclub performances as well as personal correspondence.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Awards.
Photographs.
Posters.
Scrapbooks.
Sound recordings.
Video recordings.

Access (note)

Collection is open to the public. Advance notice may be required. Artifacts in Series VII are not currently available. For more information, please contact theatre@nypl.org. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply.

Terms of Use (note)

For permission to publish, please email theatre@nypl.org.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on the internet.

Call Number

*T-Mss 2005-006

OCLC

608560111

Author

Loudon, Dorothy.

Title

Dorothy Loudon papers, 1885-2003, (bulk 1940-2003).

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Advance notice may be required. Artifacts in Series VII are not currently available. For more information, please contact theatre@nypl.org. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply.

Terms Of Use

For permission to publish, please email theatre@nypl.org.

Biography

Dorothy Loudon (1925-2003) was a singer, comedienne and Tony Award-winning actress, who appeared in supper clubs, television shows, films, summer stock and on Broadway. Born in Boston, she moved to Manhattan in the early 1950s, working as a nightclub singer and eventually headlining at such clubs as Jimmy Ryan's, The Blue Angel and the Persian Room of the Plaza Hotel. She sang with Louis Armstrong and toured in concert with Ray Bolger and George Burns. Loudon made her first appearance on the legitimate stage in the 1962 Off-Broadway production of The World of Jules Feiffer, directed by Mike Nichols. Her first Broadway show was the 1962 musical Nowhere to Go but Up directed by Sidney Lumet and her first Tony nomination was for her performance in the 1969 musical, The Fig Leaves are Falling, directed by George Abbott. Loudon's big break came in 1977 when her campy performance as Miss Hannigan in the 1977 blockbuster Annie, garnered her Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for best performance by an actress in a musical and catapulted her to stardom. This was followed by Michael Bennett's Ballroom, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. In 1980 she was chosen to succeed Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett in Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical Sweeney Todd. In 1985 she co-starred with Chita Rivera and Leslie Uggams in Jerry's Girls, a revue of Jerry Herman songs. In 1981 she co-starred with Katharine Hepburn in The West Side Waltz on Broadway and on tour and had another smash hit in Michael Frayn's farce Noises Off (1983.) Loudon released cabaret albums, such as Broadway Baby (1986), Saloon (1991) and Something to Remember Me By (2003) and made numerous concert appearances.

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Collection guide available in repository and on the internet.

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Added Author

Bennett, Michael, 1943-1987.

Ebb, Fred.

Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003.

Kander, John.

Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022.

Nichols, Mike.

Prince, Harold, 1928-2019.

Sondheim, Stephen.

Research Call Number

*T-Mss 2005-006

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