Benay Venuta
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About
California-born actress, dancer, and singer who appeared on Broadway in Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, Romantic Comedy, and By Jupiter.
Before Fame
She studied in Geneva, Switzerland and subsequently worked as a dancer in London, England.
Trivia
She is known to television viewers for playing Ellen Stillfield, Jean Smart's on-screen mother-in-law, on the sitcom Designing Women.
Family Life
She had two daughters with second husband Armand Deutsch.
Associated With
She appeared in the 1950 musical film Annie Get Your Gun, which starred Betty Hutton.
