Joan Diener Biography (1934-)

Born February 24, 1934, in Cleveland, OH; married Albert Marre; children: oneson, one daughter. Addresses: AGENT--c/o Floria Lasky, Fitelson, Lasky, Aslan and Couture, 551 Fifth Avenue, 34th Fl., New York, NY 10176.

Nationality
American
Gender
Female
Birth Details
February 24, 1934
Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Famous Works

  • Credits
  • STAGE DEBUT--H.M.S. Pinafore, Cleveland Playhouse, OH, 1947.
  • BROADWAY DEBUT--Small Wonder, Coronet Theatre, September 15, 1948.
  • LONDON DEBUT--Lalume, Kismet, Stoll Theatre, 1955.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
  • Deedy Barton, Season in the Sun, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1950.
  • title role, Kiss Me, Kate, Sacramento Music Circus Theatre, CA, 1952.
  • Lalume, Kismet, Ziegfeld Theatre, New York City, 1953.
  • The Ziegfeld Follies, Shubert Theatre, Boston, then Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia, 1956.
  • Isola Parelli, At the Grand, Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, then Curran Theatre, San Francisco, 1958.
  • appeared in a musical revue, Palladium Theatre, London, 1959.
  • soprano roles, various operas in Italy and Germany, 1959-60.
  • title role, La Belle Helene, Cambridge Drama Festival, MA, 1960.
  • Frenchy, Destry Rides Again, North Shore Theatre, Beverly, MA, 1961.
  • repeated title role, La Belle (revised version of La Belle Helene), Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia, 1962.
  • Aldonza, Man of La Mancha, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT, 1965,American National Theatre Academy (ANTA)-Washington Square Theatre, New YorkCity, 1965, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1967, Piccadilly Theatre, London,1968, (in French version) Opera House, Brussels, Belgium and Champs Elysees Theatre, Paris, 1968-69, and (in revival) Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1972.
  • Kathleen Stanton, Cry for Us All, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1970.
  • Penelope, Home Sweet Homer, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1976.
  • Lalume, Kismet, with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera at the ShaftesburyTheatre, London, 1978.
  • Credits; MAJOR TOURS
  • Title role, La Belle (revised version of La Belle Helene,) U.S.
  • cities, 1962.
  • Penelope, Odyssey, U.S. cities, 1974-76.
  • NIGHT CLUBS--Appeared at the Blue Angel, New York City, 1950.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
  • Regular, The Fifty-Fourth Street Revue, CBS, 1949-50.
  • Credits; EPISODIC
  • "Androcles and the Lion," Omnibus, CBS, 1956.
  • The Today Show, NBC.
  • The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS.
  • The Johnny Carson Show, NBC.