Patti LuPone (born April 21 1949) is a Tony Award-winning American singer and actress.
Biography
Early life
LuPone was born in Northport, New York, the daughter of Angela Louise (née Patti), a college library administrator, and Orlando Joseph LuPone, a school administrator.http://www.filmreference.com/film/29/Patti-LuPone.html LuPone?s great-grand-aunt was the celebrated 19th-century opera singer Adelina Patti.One brother is actor, dancer, and director Robert LuPone, and her other brother, William, is a teacher. When they were young, they performed on Long Island as the LuPone Trio. She is of Italian/Sicilian descent.http://moxieblog.typepad.com/moxieblog/2006/07/god_thats_good.html and a graduate of Northport High School. LuPone was part of the first graduating class of Juilliard?s Drama Division.
Theatre work
LuPone is an important player in contemporary American dramatic and musical theater. In 1972 John Houseman took his beloved class and formed The Acting Company, making t
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