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Janie Sell

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Janie Sell
Born
Jane Ann Sell

(1939-10-01) October 1, 1939 (age 84)
Other namesJane Ann Trese (married name)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Spouse(s)Patrick Trese (secondly; c. 1990-present)
Children1 (by her first marriage)
AwardsBest Featured Actress in a Musical
1974 Over Here!

Jane Ann "Janie" Sell (born October 1, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American stage actress. She has performed in plays and musicals both on and off-Broadway, as well as in some films and television episodes.

Career

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Sell won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Over Here!,[1] which also starred the then-surviving Andrews Sisters Maxene and Patty, and introduced John Travolta and Marilu Henner to Broadway. She also appeared in George M!, I Love My Wife, Irene, Dames at Sea and a revival of Pal Joey. She appeared off-Broadway in Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater in 1979 at the Entermedia Theater. The musical comedy version of Vonnegut's novel was adapted and directed by Howard Ashman, with music by Alan Menken, and lyrics by Ashman and Dennis Green.[2]

She substituted for Carol Burnett in each Wednesday matinée performance of the comedy Moon Over Buffalo, which co-starred Philip Bosco, in the mid-1990s.[citation needed]

Acting credits

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Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
1968 George M! Mrs. Baker/Mme. Grimaldi/Flamethrower's Assistant Broadway
1973 Irene Jane Burke, Irene O'Dare (u/s) Broadway
1974 Over Here! Mitzi Broadway
1976 Pal Joey Gladys Bumps Broadway
1977 I Love My Wife Monica Broadway
Happy End Lillian Holiday Broadway
1979 Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Sylvia Rosewater Off-Broadway
1995 Moon Over Buffalo Charlotte Hay (standby), Ethel (standby) Broadway

Television and film

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Year Title Role Notes
1975 Wives Frannie TV movie
1979 Starting Fresh Phoebe Johnson TV movie
Lost and Found Zelda
1980 Captain Kangaroo Old Mother Hubbard 1 episode
1983 Your Place...Or Mine Sandy TV movie
1984 A Good Sport Sherry TV movie

References

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  1. ^ "Winners (Janie Sell)". Tony Awards.
  2. ^ "Janie Sell in Vonnegut Show". The New York Times. September 3, 1979. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
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