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  "name": "Norma Terris",
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  "description": "From Wikipedia\n\nNorma Terris (November 13, 1904, Columbus, Kansas - November\n\n15, 1989, Lyme, Connecticut) was an American musical theatre star. Her mother,\n\na singer, named her after the heroine of Bellini's opera, Norma.\n\nBorn Norma Allison, she was acclaimed for her adroit\n\nimpersonations of popular public figures, which she had performed in Florenz\n\nZiegfeld's Follies, but may be best known for having originated the roles of\n\nMagnolia Hawks and her daughter Kim (as an adult) in the original Broadway\n\nproduction of Show Boat in 1927.  Terris was originally chosen to play the dual roles of\n\nMoonyean Clare and her niece Kathleen in Through the Years, Vincent Youmans's\n\n1932 musical version of Jane Cowl's once-popular play, Smilin' Through, but she\n\nwas replaced at the last minute. The musical was a failure, but in 2001, it was\n\ngiven a highly acclaimed studio cast recording. She made two films during the\n\nearly days of talking pictures - Married In Hollywood, and the 1930 version of\n\nCameo Kirby, which was, like Show Boat, a riverboat musical involving a\n\ngambler. Cameo Kirby appears to be lost, and only twelve minutes of Married in\n\nHollywood apparently survive.",
  "birthDate": "1904-11-13",
  "deathDate": "1989-11-15",
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      "title": "Cameo Kirby",
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      "role": "as Mary Lou Hopkins / Mitzi Hofman",
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