Bobbi Jordan

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Bobbi Jordan (born April 4, 1937 in Hardinsburg , Kentucky - † November 9, 2012 in Encinitas , California ) was an American actress .

Life

Jordan was born Roberta Carol Bartlett in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, USA; that is where she grew up. She originally wanted to be an opera singer . So she went first to Chicago and then to Los Angeles to study singing . With various jobs as a waitress , she kept afloat financially in California during this time. The manager of a nightclub where Jordan worked heard her sing in the kitchen and gave her the chance to audition for a musical that was to be performed in the nightclub. Jordan got the lead role in the production, a modern twist on the Cinderella fabric. Soon after, she was signed by the William Morris Agency , a renowned American artist agency .

Jordan has worked repeatedly as a stage actress and musical artist in the course of her career . She took on the lead role in the first national tour production of the musical Company by Stephen Sondheim . She also played mostly in regional productions of musicals, including South Pacific , Guys and Dolls and Damn Yankees .

From the 1960s, Jordan worked mainly for television. Her first continuous series starring 1966 in the ABC - Western Series This unlucky . She gained particular fame in the mid-1970s through her participation in the soap opera General Hospital . She played the nightclub owner and former nightclub singer Terri Webber Arnett. Jordan was part of the regular cast of the series for three years.

She also had numerous episode roles and guest roles in US television series , including solo for ONKEL (1967), Der Chef (1969), Männerwirtschaft (1973), Police Story (1974), Joe and Sons (1975/1976), Drei Angel for Charlie (1979), Quincy (1979; 1981), Nero Wolfe (1981), An Angel on Earth (1987) and Time of Longing (1993).

Jordan also starred in some movies ; there she mostly had small supporting roles. She made her cinema debut in 1967 as a waitress in the comedy film Leitfaden für Seitensprünge , with Walter Matthau in the leading role. In the musical Mame (1974), starring Lucille Ball and Beatrice Arthur , she played Pegeen, a housemaid for Mame Dennis, who eventually managed to marry Mame's nephew Patrick (played by Bruce Davison ).

Private

Jordan was married to screenwriter Bill Jacobson, the lead writer on the entertainment show The Kate Smith Show . The marriage had a son, Jordan Roberts. Bill Jacobson died in 2011. Bobbi Jordan died of heart failure at her home in Encinitas, California, aged 75 .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1966: The Rounders (TV series)
  • 1967: Solo for ONKEL (The Man from UNCLE) (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1967: A Guide for the Married Man
  • 1969: The Boss (Ironside) (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1973: Männerwirtschaft (The Old Couple) (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1974: Police Story (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1974: Mame (Mame)
  • 1975–1976: Joe and Sons (TV series)
  • 1975–1977: General Hospital (soap opera)
  • 1978: Charlie's Angels (Charlie's Angels) (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1979; 1981: Quincy (Quincy ME) (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 1981: Nero Wolfe (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1987: An angel on earth (Highway to Heaven)
  • 1993: Days of Our Lives (Days of Our Lives) (soap opera, 2 episodes)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Actress Bobbi Jordan Dies at 75 obituary in: The Hollywood Reporter of November 26, 2012
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Actress Bobbi Jordan dies  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Obituary in: Variety, November 26, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.variety.com  
personal data
SURNAME Jordan, Bobbi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jordan, Bobbie; Jordon, Bobbi; Bartlett, Roberta Carol (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Hardinsburg , Kentucky , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 2012
Place of death Encinitas , California , United States