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Jill O'Hara

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Occupation
  
Actress, singer

Movies
  
Pigeons

Years active
  
1967–present

Siblings
  
Jenny O'Hara, Jack O'Hara


Born
  
August 23, 1947 (age 69) (
1947-08-23
)

Albums
  
Jill O'Hara, Alone Together

Parents
  
Edith Hopkins O'Hara, John B. O'Hara

Similar
  
Jenny O'Hara, Jerry Orbach, Marian Mercer, Michael Bennett, John Dexter

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Jill O'Hara (born August 23, 1947) is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1969 for creating the role of Fran Kubelik in Promises, Promises, a role made famous by Shirley Maclaine in the movie the musical is based on, The Apartment (1960).

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Early life

Her father, John B. O'Hara, was a salesman, and her mother, Edith (née Hopkins), was a journalist and drama teacher, who founded and continues to run the storied 13th Street Repertory Company in New York City. Her sister is actress Jenny O'Hara, and her singer/guitarist brother Jack O'Hara, grew up amid their mother's pursuit of a theatrical career. Edith O'Hara directed a children's theater in Warren, where the two daughters occasionally acted. Jill studied at the HB Studio in Greenwich Village.

Career

O'Hara created the role of Sheila in the original Off-broadway production of Hair in 1967. In 1971 she performed off-Broadway in Henrik Ibsen's play, The Master Builder. She was a member of the original Broadway cast of George M! in 1968.

O'Hara has released albums of her own songs and recordings and has performed her own cabaret shows.

Songs

You'll Think of SomeonePromises - Promises (1968 original Broadway cast) · 1968
Whoever You ArePromises - Promises (1968 original Broadway cast) · 1968
I Can Let Go NowJill O'Hara · 2009

References

Jill O'Hara Wikipedia