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Jan Clayton (August 26, 1917 – August 28, 1983) was a film, musical theatre, and television actress. ==Career== Clayton made several films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer but none were notable, except for an unbilled role as a singing inmate in ''The Snake Pit''. In 1945, however, she was selected to play the role of Julie Jordan in the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic, ''Carousel''. She left the show to star in the 1946 Broadway revival of ''Show Boat'', as Magnolia, while ''Carousel'' was still continuing its Broadway run. The 1946 production of ''Show Boat'' was the longest-running revival of a stage musical up to that time, 416 performances. Clayton can be heard on the Original Cast Recordings of both ''Carousel'' (1945) and ''Show Boat'' (1946). The ''Show Boat'' album was the first American production of the show to be recorded with its original cast. On May 20, 1954, Clayton guest starred in ABC's sitcom ''Where's Raymond?'' (1953–55), starring Ray Bolger as a song-and-dance man, Raymond Wallace. She played Francine Tremont, an actress and wife of a banker. In the story line, Francine is in town to make a special appearance with Bolger.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Where's Raymond?''/ ''The Ray Bolger Show'' )〕 Weeks after her ''Where's Raymond?'' appearance, Clayton played Jeff Miller's (Tommy Rettig)'s mother on the television series ''Lassie'' (1954) (aka ''Jeff's Collie'' in re-runs). She also played herself in an appearance on Peter Lawford's short-lived NBC sitcom, ''Dear Phoebe''. In 1954, Clayton was one of the many guest stars in a television spectacular tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein, ''The General Foods 25th Anniversary Show'', which featured all the then-surviving stars (except Alfred Drake) of all the classic Broadway musicals that the team had written (1943–54). Clayton and John Raitt, in full makeup and costume, performed "If I Loved You' (also known as the Bench Scene) from ''Carousel''. It was the first opportunity for millions of viewers to see a scene from the musical, since none of the film versions of the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musicals had yet been released. Clayton and Beulah Bondi highlight the episode of "The Prairie Story", which aired on February 1, 1961, on NBC's ''Wagon Train''. The episode, written by Jean Holloway, examines how the forbidden prairie, particularly the strong wind, plays havoc on the lives of some of the women on the wagon train. Robert Horton carries the lead in this episode which aired three months after the death of Ward Bond.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Prairie Story )〕 In "St. Louis Woman" (January 20, 1962) on NBC's ''The Tall Man'', Clayton portrays Janet Harper, a widow engaged to Tom Davis (Russ Conway), a friend of Sheriff Pat Garrett (Barry Sullivan). While Tom is away from Lincoln, New Mexico, the setting of ''The Tall Man'', on a cattle drive, Janet begins to show a romantic interest in Garrett. Roger Mobley appears in this episode as David Harper, Janet's young son.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="St. Louis Woman", January 20, 1962 )〕 Clayton was cast as Margaret Wilbarger, whose brother, Texas pioneer Josiah Wilbarger, lived for eleven years after being scalped by the Comanche, in the 1967 episode, "The Man Who Wouldn't Die" of the syndicated series, ''Death Valley Days''. Don Collier played Wilbarger, for whom Wilbarger County, Texas, is named, along with Wilbarger's brother.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="The Man Who Wouldn't Die", ''Death Valley Days'' )〕 Clayton was posthumously inducted into the New Mexico Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2012. 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「Jan Clayton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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