RIP to the wonderful Sheila Smith (Mame, Company, Follies, Sugar)

Seeing reports on social media from her agent and others close to her that Sheila Smith has passed away at age 90.

Sheila Smith's Broadway credits included Hot Spot with Judy Holliday, Mame (as both Mame and Vera), Company (standby Joanne), Follies (Meredith, and standby for Phyllis/Carlotta/Solange), Sugar (original Sweet Sue), 42nd Street (as both Dorothy Brock and Maggie Jones), The Five O'Clock Girl, and Hal Prince's revival of Show Boat; tours of La Cage, Equus, Sound of Music, and the title role in Mame; countless regional productions; and the starring role in the original Australian production of Fade Out/Fade In. She won a 1967 Theatre World Award for MAME (and I would love to know more about the circumstances surrounding that unique win).

I always have special admiration for people who stand by for multiple principal roles –– especially when covering the likes of Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Elaine Stritch, Alexis Smith and Yvonne De Carlo.

Here's audio of her I'M STILL HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWZa-CjZxRU

Updated On: 12/2/23 at 10:29 PM

RIP Dear Lady. I remember seeing her as Sweet Sue in "Sugar". Also sad to learn of the passing last week of Frances Sternhagen,the original Ethel Thayer in "On Golden Pond".

Jarethan, that was actually Sheila Sullivan (of Play It Again Sam and Golden Boy, and onetime wife of Robert Culp). But an interesting read nevertheless!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/nyregion/nyc-eviction-tina-dupuy-sheila-sullivan.html

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Jarethan, that was actually Sheila Sullivan (of Play It Again Sam and Golden Boy, and onetime wife of Robert Culp). But an interesting read nevertheless!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/nyregion/nyc-eviction-tina-dupuy-sheila-sullivan.html"

Thanks...it was Sheila Sullivan I was thinking of.