Elaine Stritch
- Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Birthday: February 2, 1925
A bona fide legend of Broadway, Elaine Stritch spent over five decades on the musical and dramatic stage, though her reputation as a sharp-tongued, unapologetically audacious personality spread far beyond the boards of New York and London. With her whiskey-soaked voice and wry comic timing, Stritch established herself as an unconventional leading lady in 1950s Broadway productions “Pal Joey” and “Bus Stop,” with her show-stopping performance of the cynical and world-weary number “Ladies Who Lunch” from the 1970 musical “Company”…more