A Class Act has Passed

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 11:45am

Hildegarde, Mother of the Cabaret and class act has passed away.
Many who don't even know her owe her. Rest in Peace...

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 1:33pm

Oh my I hadn't heard! As always this board covers the really important news.


I always wanted to see her, but now I never will. Ah well, may she rest!

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 3:02pm

If you have the Decca Broadway CD reissue of the 1943 revival cast of A CONNECTICUT YANKEE, you have among the bonus tracks 4 songs from BY JUPITER recorded by Hildegarde in 1942. The four selections are "Carless Rhapsody", "Jupiter Forbid", "Nobody's Heart" and the wonderful "Everything I've Got." This wasn't a cast recording - just a mini album (2 78 RPM records) of 4 songs from teh show sung by Hildegarde. Check it out!

[do_re_milla]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 6:41pm

I loved this woman! Each show a masterclass in how to do it! Also loved her shows with the late Bill Wright. I met her thru a dear friend, who used to have her over for movies. Talk about energetic. I don't know where she got it all from.

I just came fr visiting my friend at the Actors' Fund Home in Englewood & had to break the news to him. Very sad.

I have Hildegarde's 2nd autobio somewhere. I also have a copy of the song Vernon Duke wrote for her when they were in Paris in his own handwriting.

I hope there's going to be an appropriate tribute. Click on the link for the NYT Obit.

Milla

Hildegarde Updated On: 7/31/05 at 06:41 PM

[hushpuppy]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 1:41am

It just goes to show you that spending a lifetime in nightclubs and saloons is healthier than running off to the gym every afternoon. Just a hunch, but I'll bet she never ran a marathon either. Hildegarde was the last of her kind. May she rest in peace

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 1:46am

She was truly one-of-a-kind. There was never anyone like her and will never be again. I know she was really old, but somehow I just felt "happier" knowing she was still around. Sad.

[Demitri2]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 2:35pm

Hmmm...I just read her obit in the New York Times and was glad they mentioned her partner of 25 years, Anna Sosenko (songwriter of her theme song "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup") however I found it odd that the L.A. Times obituary was almost a word for word reprint minus any mention of Sosenko's personal involvement. Why the ommision when discussing someone's personal life in regards to such an important element...one's extremely longterm partner? Get with it L.A. Times!

[Barihunk]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:14pm

I was reading somewhere that Hildegarde toured with the national company of "Follies". I was unaware that "Follies" had a national tour - does anyone know what role she played?

[ChanceWayne]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:13pm

BEN

[wildcat]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 11:10am

Barihunk, I remember seeing a poster of that FOLLIES tour many years ago starring Vivian Blaine and Robert Alda, and featuring forties film star Lyn Bari. Hildegarde played Solange laFitte ("Ah, Paris!"). I was fascinated because it's a production you almost never hear anything about.