Interview With Kelly Bishop! (Dirty Dancing, A Chorus Line)

[Corine2]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 10:52am

http://corinescorner.com/blog2/2008/10/exclusive-interview-with-kelly-bishop.htm


She was also in GILMORE GIRLS! Updated On: 11/1/08 at 10:52 AM

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 10:56am

[Corine2]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 11:05am

Thanks for posting the photos! She is so nice and was such a fun interview. Updated On: 11/1/08 at 11:05 AM

[HeightOfNonchalance]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 11:41am

Does anyone know why she changed her name (from Carole) mid-career?

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 12:19pm

The name Carole Bishop was already taken in the actor's union, thus she changed it to Kelly. Several actors have changed their name just for that purpose.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 1:27pm

Man, would I have loved to see her in the original production.

~Steven

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 1:59pm

You can. Thankfully, this was one of (if not the first) Broadway shows to be archived by the Lincoln Center Archives. Before the show transferred to Broadway's Shubert Theatre, it was filmed during its pre-Broadway run at the Newman Theatre... alas on primitive black & white video (hence the quality).

Here is Kelly as Sheila in the original cast of A CHORUS LINE:

Her 'on the line' intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d47-5w1__RI&NR=1

The entire "At the Ballet" sequence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMyWkAT3lCo

[Byron Abens]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 3:51pm

"Does anyone know why she changed her name (from Carole) mid-career?"

She most likely had to change it when she joined either SAG or AFTRA. She has a string of Broadway credits as Carole, making it clear that her name was available when she first joined Equity. However, she only has one credit on IMDB as Carole, the rest are as Kelly.

[Corine2]

Posted: 5/27/15 at 10:21pm

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Updated On: 5/27/15 at 10:21 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/27/15 at 10:40pm

Does anybody know if she changed her name because there was already somebody with her name in one of the unions?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/27/15 at 11:08pm

I just appreciate that she took a whole other name, instead being at the forefront of the three-name epidemic that plagues us now.  I refuse to believe and there's both a June Raphael and a Diane Raphael in SAG.  Pick one name!  Names like Mary Ann and similar excepted. 

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/27/15 at 11:13pm

Where would Hedwig be with the thrice-named?  Where as well would gay porn be?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/27/15 at 11:40pm

Use an initial, if you must, like a civilized p person! 

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/28/15 at 10:38am

Or two initials like the beloved JK Simmons. j/k

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/28/15 at 10:40am

Initials are okay as well.  If June Raphael were to rechristen herself JD Raphael I would allow it. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/28/15 at 10:44am

Hedwig Anna Angie Inch would be a good stage name for someone. 

[ggersten]

Posted: 10/2/23 at 9:48pm

1983 or 1984 Ms. Bishop as Sheila:

 

Updated On: 10/2/23 at 09:48 PM