Mary Cleere Haran
Mary Cleere Haran (born May 13, 1952 in San Francisco , † February 5, 2011 in Deerfield Beach , Florida ) was an American singer and author .
Live and act
Mary Cleere Haran came from a family of Irish descent. Her father was a lecturer in theater and film at San Francisco City College. In her youth she won an Irish tap dance championship . In the 1970s she came to New York, where she appeared as a band singer in the revue The 1940s Radio Hour and in the off-Broadway plays Manhattan Music, Swingtime Canteen and Heebie Jeebies . On television, she had a role as a nightclub singer on 100 Center Street . She became better known from 1988 for her cabaret shows, in which she interpreted the songs of the Great American Songbook . In terms of style, her pop jazz was based on the big band vocalists of the 1940s, such as Ella Fitzgerald . She dedicated two of her stage shows to the songs of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart , Falling in Love With Love: The Rodgers and Hart Story .
As a writer, Haran researched and co-produced the documentary Doris Day : Sentimental Journey for PBS . She also worked on the documentaries for PBS Remembering Bing , Irving Berlin ’s America, When We Were Young: The Lives of Child Movie Stars and Satchmo .
In her music productions she worked with the pianists Bill Charlap , Don Rebic, Fred Hersch , Lee Musicians, Tedd Firth and especially with Richard Rodney Bennett . In 1992 she recorded her debut album There's a Small Hotel: Live at the Algonquin for Columbia Records .
Haran died in Florida in 2011 as a result of a bicycle accident.
Discography
- 1994: This Heart of Mine: Classic Movie Songs of the Forties
- 1995: This Funny World: Mary Cleere Haran Sings Lyrics by Hart
- 1998: Pennies From Heaven: Movie Songs From the Depression Era
- 1999: The Memory of All That: Gershwin Broadway and in Hollywood
- 2002: Crazy Rhythm: Manhattan in the '20s
Web links
- Mary Cleere Haran in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mary Cleere Haran at Allmusic (English)
- Mary Cleere Haran at Discogs (English)
- Obituary in The Independent
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Obituary in the New York Times (February 5, 2011)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Haran, Mary Cleere |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco |
DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 2011 |
Place of death | Deerfield Beach , Florida |