Libi Staiger, who starred as show business legend Sophie Tucker in a 1963 Broadway musical and as one of two bickering sisters in Denny's commercials, died Wednesday in Austin, her daughter announced. She was 91.
Staiger made her Broadway debut in 1954 in the chorus of the original production of Wonderful Town, with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Leonard Bernstein and direction by George Abbott. (She also served as assistant stage manager to stage manager Hal Prince.)
She starred as Cleo in a revival of the Frank Loesser musical comedy The Most Happy Fella in 1959,...
Staiger made her Broadway debut in 1954 in the chorus of the original production of Wonderful Town, with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Leonard Bernstein and direction by George Abbott. (She also served as assistant stage manager to stage manager Hal Prince.)
She starred as Cleo in a revival of the Frank Loesser musical comedy The Most Happy Fella in 1959,...
- 9/27/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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