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M'el Dowd (February 2, 1933 – September 26, 2012)〔("Mel Dowd Eudes" ), Death-record.com, accessed December 12, 2013〕 was an American stage, musical theatre and film actress, and singer, whose career spanned more than 50 years.〔(IMDb profile )〕 Beginning in Shakespeare roles and films in the 1950s, Dowd continued to perform on stage, film and television into the 21st century. A frequent performer on Broadway in the 1960s, Dowd originated the role of Morgan le Fay in the musical ''Camelot''.〔 ==Early life and marriage== Mary Ellen Dowd was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of John J. Dowd and Catherine (née O'Conner) Dowd. She moved to Boone, Iowa, with her family in 1945 and attended junior high school and high school there, where she acquired the nickname "Mel", which an agent later turned into M'el. After high school, she studied at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago before moving to New York City.〔("M'el Dowd, Successful Stage Star" ), ''The Boone News-Republican'', September 13, 1965, p. 45〕 In 1962, she married Henri G. Eudes, a native of France and restaurateur by vocation. The couple had one son, Richard.〔(M'el Dowd profile at FilmReference.com ), accessed April 7, 2012.〕〔 ==Career== Dowd made her professional debut Off-Broadway in the 1950s and soon appeared on Broadway, most notably originating the role of Morgan le Fay in the long-running musical ''Camelot''. Other Broadway appearances included ''Back to Methuselah'' (1958), ''Everything in the Garden'' (1967–68), ''Tiger at the Gates'' (1968), ''Dear World'' (1969), ''Not Now, Darling'' (1970) and ''Ambassador'' (1972), among others. She also played in regional theatre and in more Off-Broadway roles, winning acclaim as Katherine of Aragon in ''The Royal Gambit''.〔 From 1956 (in ''The Wrong Man'' with Henry Fonda) to 2005, she appeared in films, TV movies and guest spots on TV episodes, including ''Man on Fire'' with Bing Crosby in 1957, the 1986 film ''F/X'' as Joyce Lehman, and in the 1977 TV movie ''The Prince of Homburg'', starring Frank Langella.〔 Dowd also helped her husband in the restaurant business〔Hershenson, Roberta. ("Restaurant Meals Going Door to Door for the Working Public" ), ''The New York Times'', November 26, 1989〕 and continued to act until at least 2005, when she appeared in a guest role on the TV show ''Law & Order''. The ''New York Daily News'' wrote in 2001 that she played Mme. Armfeldt in ''A Little Night Music'' "deliciously".〔Kissel, Howard. ("Sondheim's Sparkler in a Nutmeg Setting" ). December 7, 2001, accessed February 14, 2011〕 In Goodspeed Musicals' 2003 production of ''Me and My Girl'', according to ''Variety'', "Dowd ... is the cement that holds this production together."〔(''Variety'' review of ''Me and My Girl'' )〕 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「M'el Dowd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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