George Hearn was married to Betsy Joslyn?

Am I the only one who didn't know this? FYI Betsy Joslyn is the psycho Johanna on the Sweeney Todd video recording from the 80s.
She was in the chorus of the original on Broadway.

Just thought it was kinda crazy, but according to the Internet Broadway database they were married for five years.

Hearn is older than her, but guys... not really TWICE.... Hearn is 71.........Joslyn is 53 now....

I know I'm in the minority among "Sweeney" lovers, but I rather liked Betsy Joslyn on the video. She made a rather blandly written character interesting, and sang well, even if she often went sharp. She was also quite beautiful.

I know, that was another discovery that surprised me a little from the IBDB. He just has this image of a sweet guy that married his high school sweetheart or something. Guess not.

I know I called Betsy Joslyn psycho in my original post but she is kind of growing on me the more I watch that version. Not her singing, but she has some strong acting moments.

I think it would be weird to have your husband play your father.

It would be even weirder to have your husband be your father.

Was Betsy Joslyn the one with the freaky vibrato? I've heard so many Sweeneys, they tend to get jumbled about in my brain.

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"but Betsy is so much more enjoyable watching"

Yeah if you like to laugh in all the wrong places.

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I happen to be friends with Betsy's niece and this said marriage between Hearn and Joslyn is quite the astonishing news to her.

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Lol, this dvd performance I first saw in june or may of 2004 and had only watched from parlor songs on to the end. I bought it july of 2004 and when I watched it, there was something about this that drew me in, almost cult-like because of the absolute obscurity of the piece. Yet it had such classic dramatic elements throughout that it was so refreshing to see something so different yet work on a conventional standard. Of course, her performance was just an added bonus. My love for sweeney started here and every performer on that dvd has a special place with me. Her singing is just one of the things that intrigued me further and although many wont call it the best at all, I still find something in it to adore it. I cant even really explain it. I still am entirely taken in each time I hear her "green finch and linnet bird" and just can't describe it.

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LOL. Everyone was in a A Doll's Life "very briefly".

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"Everyone was in a A Doll's Life "very briefly"."

Yes, I suppose that really went without saying

By the way, Hearn is on like, his FIFTH wife right now. I mean, George, you're awesome, but seriously...

Well, he and his fifth wife (Leslie Simons, whom he met during LA CAGE) have been married for 20+ years. They got together right after Hearn split with Joslyn in 1984 and were married inside of a year. So, obviously, he found a lasting relationship.

Updated On: 10/28/05 at 06:37 AM

Weren't they Torvald and Nora together in A DOLL'S LIFE as well?

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I love Betsy as Johanna! Her voice is quirky (and I am a bit of a singing snob) but it fits Johanna to me. I find her funny and sweet, and I think that Green Finch is supposed to show that she is having a tough time. I LOVE her face when she sings "are you screaming!" Johanna's lyrics in "Kiss Me" show her as a bit of a bubblehead, but she has to have enough balls to shoot Fogg later.

Lauren Molina kind of reminded me of her. Definitely not the pretty and safe Johanna there either...she is terrific!

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