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Jacquelyn 'Jackie' McKeever (November 19, 1930 - June 27, 2007) was an American actress and singer.〔http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?FN=Jacquelyn&LN=McKeever&RT=1304&Co=191&Rg=235&Run=1〕 ==Biography== Born Jacquelyn L. McKeever in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Rollin McKeever and Arlene (Missmer) McKeever (1902–1983).〔http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?FN=Arlene&LN=McKeever&RT=1304&Co=191&Rg=235&Run=1〕 Jackie grew up in the neighboring town of Catasauqua, PA. She developed a love for music at an early age and attended Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA. McKeever was a Music major at Susquehanna and while there was involved in Sigma Alpha Iota, a music fraternity for women. She was also involved in piano, chapel choir, Susquehanna Singers and the Symphony Orchestra. She graduated from Susquehanna in 1953.〔http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Susquehanna_University_Lanthorn_Yearbook/1953/Page_33.html〕 McKeever started teaching music after college, including a stint teaching Music Appreciation at a grade school in Livingston, New Jersey. She later said she only took the teaching job to get her closer to New York City so she could study piano there. Jackie was discovered while teaching in Livingston when she joined the choir of a local church when a music director heard her sing. The director asked her to do a summer vocal workshop. She wasn't sure if she was interested in a singing career but she decided to do the workshop and subsequently was invited to perform in a series of operatic roles at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey. She then decided to leave her teaching career and pursue a full-time career on Broadway. Her boyfriend around this time proposed to her, but she turned him down to focus on her career.〔http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19580309&id=MwsrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M5oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2475,3603128〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jackie McKeever」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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