Debbie Gravitte

Debbie Shapiro Gravitte ( born September 29, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and singer.

Life

Debbie Shapiro debuted on Broadway in the play They're Playing Our Song ( 1979-1981 ). Other roles she played in Perfectly Frank (1980 ), Blues in the Night (1982 ), Zorba ( 1983-1984) and Les Misérables (1987). For Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989-1990), she received the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical and was nominated for the New York Showstopper Award.

With their Night Club Program Shapiro has performed in New York, London and Atlanta City where she greeted Jay Leno, Harry Anderson and George Burns as guests. Her vocal repertoire includes songs by Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster, Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, Alan Menken and Stephen Sondheim.

She stepped into the CBS series Trial an Error and NBC's Pursuit of Happiness, and PBS productions Live from the Kennedy Center, Boston Pops Celebrate Bernstein and Ira Gershwin 's 100th Birthday Celebration ( from the Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall ) with.

In the film, she Is not that great? ( Is not She Great ) ( with Bette Midler ) she played in 2000 the role of Eydie Gormé. With the New York City Ballet, she performed in Peter Martins Thou Swell at Lincoln Center.

Private life

Since 1986, Shapiro is married to actor Beau Gravitte.