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Janet Pavek
Janet Pavek (12 August 1936 – 6 January 2009) was an American operatic soprano and musical theatre actress.
Biography.
Pavek was born and raised in Bronxville, New York and began studying singing at the age of eleven. She won the Miss Eastchester pageant in 1953 at the age of sixteen. That same year she began her career on Broadway as a member of the ensemble of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Me and Juliet" which opened on May 28, 1953 and ran for more than 300
were by Conrad Salinger, Robert Franklyn, and Alexander Courage.
- 1956 – RCA Victor studio cast album conducted by Lehman Engel. This album featured more of the score on one LP than had been previously recorded. It featured a white singer, famed American baritone Robert Merrill, as both Joe and Gaylord Ravenal. Other singers included Patrice Munsel as Magnolia and Rise Stevens as Julie. Issued on CD in 2009, but omitting Frank and Ellie's numbers, which had been sung on the LP version by Janet Pavek and