Rise Stevens

Opera Singer

Birthday June 11, 1913

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace New York

DEATH DATE Mar 20, 2013 (99)

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About

Performer with the Vienna State Opera who gained fame for her performance of Carmen at The Metropolitan.

Before Fame

She was a student of The Juilliard School in the early 1930s.

Trivia

She also acted in the TV movies Carmen, Little Women, and The Chocolate Soldier.

Family Life

She was married to Walter Surovy from 1939 until his death in 2001; the couple had a son named Nicholas.

Associated With

She guest-starred on The Merv Griffin Show in 1965.