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- Blanche Thebom was born on September 19, 1915 in Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Great Caruso (1951), Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944) and Auf den Spuren von Richard Wagners Tristan und Isolde (1973). She was married to Richard Metz. She died on March 23, 2010 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- SpouseRichard Metz (divorced)
- Floor length hair
- She was invited to Atlanta, Georgia in 1967, to head the Southern Regional Opera Company. Their first production was a spectacular version of Henry Purcell's "King Arthur", staged at the just-completed Memorial Arts Center (now the Woodruff Arts Center). It was a success with the critics, but the company soon went bankrupt.
- American mezzo-soprano. She was once a member of the Metropolitan Opera.
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1651 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
- Raised in Canton, Ohio as the daughter of Swedish immigrants.
- When she was a teenager, she and her parents went to Sweden. She was heard singing in the ship's lounge by a pianist who was the accompanist of Marian Anderson. He arranged for Thebom to study voice in New York with a professional opera singer.
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