Biography
Although the majority of her career was conducted through the rock era, traditional pop singer Eydie Gorme carved out a location for herself in a number of regions of entertainment. For twenty years, from your mid-’50s towards the mid-’70s, she regularly scored within the pop graphs, having a parallel put in place the Latin pop field from your 1960s on. She made an appearance on tv and on the Broadway stage. And she was a significant nightclub entertainer, headlining in NEVADA showrooms and around the U.S. For some of her profession, she proved helpful both single and in a duo with her hubby, Steve Lawrence. Gorme was created Edith Gormezano, the youngest of three kids of Sephardic Jewish immigrant parents (her dad was a tailor from Sicily, her mom was from Turkey), in the brand new York Town borough from the Bronx on August 16, 1931. Spanish and British had been spoken in her house, and she was raised fluent both in languages. She demonstrated a pastime in performing early and produced her radio debut at age three. By enough time she is at senior high school, she was performing using a music group led by way of a friend called Ken Greengrass. After graduating from senior high school, she got employment being a Spanish interpreter using the Theatrical Source Export Organization and attended the town College of NY at night. Quickly, however, she identified to attempt to turn into a professional vocalist, and Greengrass became her supervisor. In 1950, she was employed by bandleader Tommy Tucker and toured along with his group for just two months. She after that spent annually with Tex Beneke’s music group before going single. In 1952, she was authorized to Coral Information, which released some singles, you start with “That Nights Heaven.” In Sept 1953, she became a normal within the late-night chat display Tonight!, hosted by Steve Allen, which in those days was just broadcast in NY. Currently on the display was vocalist Steve Lawrence. On Sept 27, 1954, this program started broadcasting nationally on NBC. Around once, Lawrence and Gorme released their 1st single like a duo, “MAKE YOUR SELF Comfy”/”I’ve Gotta Crow,” the last mentioned in the Broadway musical Peter Skillet. Gorme produced her initial appearance on the esteemed Copacabana membership in NY in Feb 1956. The entire year before, she acquired turned from Coral Information to ABC-Paramount, and her second discharge for the brand new firm, “As well Close for Ease and comfort” (in the Broadway musical Mr. Great), proclaimed her graph debut in Apr 1956 and became a high 40 strike. Its follow-up, “Mama, Teach Me to Dance,” also peaked in the very best 40. In 1957, she acquired three more graph singles, probably the most effective of them getting the very best 40 strike “Like Me Forever,” and she positioned two LPs in the very best 20: Eydie Gormé and Eydie Swings the Blues. On Dec 29, 1957, Gorme wedded Lawrence. Steve Allen, having remaining Tonight!, experienced released a prime-time series, and Lawrence and Gorme hosted its summer season substitute, Steve Allen Presents the Steve Lawrence-Eydie Gormé Display, in July and August 1958, operating from eight p.m. to nine p.m. on Weekend nights. In the mean time, Gorme positioned another three singles within the graphs in 1958, probably the most effective of them becoming the very best 20 strike “YOU WILL NEED Hands,” and she also obtained another two Best 20 albums, Eydie Vamps the Roaring ’20s and Eydie in Like…. Although she continuing to record and perform club times, she was relatively less mixed up in past due ’50s as she and Lawrence began a family group (their first kid, David Lawrence, became a film composer) and he satisfied his military dedication. They relaunched their profession in 1960 with some joint membership engagements and their initial full-fledged duo record, We Got Us; the name song earned them the Grammy Award for Greatest Performance by way of a Vocal Group. Past due in 1960, Gorme turned label affiliations to United Performers Information, but she under no circumstances scored any strikes with the business, and by 1962 she got shifted to Columbia Information. Her first solitary, a revival of “Yes My Darling Girl,” became a high Ten hit within the U.K. in the summertime of 1962, however in the U.S. she re-ignited her documenting profession in early 1963 with “Blame It within the Bossa Nova,” compiled by the Brill Building songwriting group of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, which reached the very best Ten and gained her a Grammy nomination for Greatest Female Vocal Efficiency. During the remaining yr, she positioned four even more singles within the graphs, two of these with her spouse, billed basically as Steve & Eydie. Those duo information, I wish to Stay Right here and I CANNOT Stop DISCUSSING You (both compiled by another Brill Building group, Carole Ruler and Gerry Goffin), reached the very best 40, as do Gorme’s single record Blame It over the Bossa Nova. Like all traditional pop performers, Gorme was tossed into the tone by the United kingdom Invasion of 1964. She do manage to get some good attention, nevertheless, by teaming up with the Trio los Panchos and documenting a Spanish-language record, Amor, that spent 22 weeks within the graphs. She as well as the trio implemented with an increase of Amor in 1965. On the other hand, she was also delving into modern show tunes on her behalf singles, reducing Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim’s “WILL I Listen to a Waltz?,” Burton Street and Alan Jay Lerner’s “What Do I Have WHICH I DON’T POSSESS?” (from On the Clear Day YOU CAN VIEW Forever), and Jerry Herman’s “If He Strolled Into MY ENTIRE LIFE” (from Mame). The final of these offered her a high Ten easy hearing strike in 1966 and brought her her 1st single Grammy Award for Greatest Female Vocal Efficiency. Within the same yr, her Don’t Head to Strangers LP became a high 40 strike and her Spanish-language vacation collection Navidad Means Xmas reached the very best Ten from the Xmas graph. Gorme continuing to record also to graph in 1967, but with diminishing outcomes. Her single recording, Softly, when i Keep You, reached the very best 100, which charted much better than her duo recording with Lawrence, Jointly on Broadway, do, and by the finish of the entire year Columbia acquired released Eydie Gorme’s Greatest Strikes, a sign which the label sensed her biggest achievement was behind her. On the other hand, she and Lawrence acquired ambitious plans. That they had organized to co-star within a Broadway musical, Golden Rainbow, an version from the Arnold Schulman play A Opening in the top (which got also served because the basis for the Frank Sinatra film of that name), but with a fresh song score compiled by Walter Marks. In expectation of the show’s starting, the Columbia subsidiary released Gorme’s documenting of “How MAY I Become So Incorrect,” among her songs in the present, and it reached the simple Listening graph in Dec 1967. Golden Rainbow opened up on Feb 4, 1968, and was successful, playing 385 shows before shutting on January 12, 1969. On the other hand, Gorme and Lawrence continuing to record for Columbia and Calendar, but during 1968, they transferred functions to RCA Victor Information. The brand new label originally scored making use of their duo LPs What IT HAD BEEN, Was Appreciate (an idea record constructed by Gordon Jenkins), and True Accurate Lovin’ in 1969, however in the fall Gorme’s single one “Tonight I’ll State a Prayer” experienced the graphs, accompanied by an LP of the same name released in Feb 1970. By the first ’70s, traditional pop performers had been having trouble preserving their berths using the main brands. Gorme and Lawrence continuing to record for RCA Victor into 1971, credit scoring several easy hearing graph entries, then turned to MGM Information, which tried to produce a last are a symbol of traditional pop with performers like them and Tony Bennett. There is a Gorme single recording, It Was a great time, in 1971, along with a duo recording, The Globe of Steve & Eydie, in 1972, that created your final pop singles graph entry, “WE ARE ABLE TO Make It Collectively,” offering the Osmonds; this is followed by several singles in 1973. From then on, Gorme was no more a factor within the pop graphs. Luckily, she and Lawrence experienced built up a reliable following for golf club and television looks. In 1975, that they had a Television particular, Our Love IS HERE NOW to Stay, which was their tribute to George Gershwin. It spawned an LP and earned an Emmy Prize. Gorme, meanwhile, considered the Latin marketplace. She was nominated to get a 1976 Grammy for Greatest Latin Recording on her behalf record La Gorme on Gala Information, and once again in 1977 for Muy Amigos, GOOD FRIENDS, an record she documented with Danny Rivera. There have been also periodic English-language recordings. In Sept 1976, she came back to the simple Listening graph with her edition of “What I DID SO for Like” from your Broadway musical A Chorus Collection on United Performers Records. The achievement of the Gershwin system led to additional composer tribute albums, as well as the 1978 unique Steve and Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin received seven Emmys, including one for Exceptional Comedy-Variety or Music System (Unique or Series) that visited Gorme and Lawrence as performers, combined with the suppliers and executive suppliers. Gorme and Lawrence produced only occasional endeavors into documenting in the past due ’70s and ’80s. Documenting simply because “Parker & Cent,” they positioned an individual, “Hallelujah,” within the Adult Modern graph in 1979. In 1989, they released their very own GL Music label using the duo recording Alone Collectively. (Ultimately, GL started to reissue their older albums on Compact disc, offered by www.steveandeydie.com.) However they do turn-away business in NEVADA and such A-list locations as Carnegie Hall in NY and the Common Amphitheater in LA. In 1990-1991, they made an appearance with Frank Sinatra on his “Gemstone Jubilee” tour commemorating his 75th birthday, plus they had been on Sinatra’s Duets II recording in 1994. The duo got in within the lounge trend from the middle-’90s, documenting their edition of Soundgarden’s “Dark Gap Sunlight” for the 1997 Hollywood Information collection Lounge-A-Palooza. They continuing to surface in Las Vegas in to the brand-new century, shutting the Circus Maximus showroom of Caesar’s Palace in Sept 2000 to summarize a decade of shows there. They didn’t perform once again in NEVADA until the springtime of 2004, if they opened within the Wayne Newton Movie theater from the Stardust Resort on Apr 29. Eydie Gorme passed away in NEVADA in August 2013 at age 84.
Quick Facts
Full Name Eydie Gormé
Died August 10, 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Profession Actor, Singer
Education William Howard Taft High School
Nationality American
Spouse Steve Lawrence
Children David Nessim Lawrence, Michael Lawrence
Parents Fortuna Garmezano, Nessim Garmezano
Awards Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety Or Music Program
Music Songs Luna Lunera, Piel Canela, If He Walked Into My Life, Sabor A Mi, Cuatro vidas, Vereda Tropical, Cuando Vuelva a Tu Lado, La Ultima Noche, Softly, as I Leave You, You Need Hands, Historia de un Amor, Di que no es verdad, What Did I Have That I Don't Have?, Noche de Ronda, Blame It on the Bossa Nova, It Takes Too Long to Learn to Live Alone, Media Vuelta, Muy amigos, It Takes Too Long, I'll Take Romance, Guess Who I Saw Today, Yes My Darling Daughter, Be Careful It's My Heart, Track 3, Don't Go to Strangers, When The Sun Comes Out, After You've Gone, Tonight I'll Say a Prayer, Esta tarde vi llover, I Want You to Meet My Baby, I Feel So Spanish, Quiereme mucho
Albums Eydie / Eydie in Love, Vamps the Roaring 20's, Gormé Sings Showstoppers, Love Is A Season, Vocal Masters, It's Us Again, Eydie Gorme, In Dixieland, Vamps the Roaring 20's (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1958), Eydie Gorme's Delight, Greatest Hits, Come Sing with Me, Eydie Gorme´ (Remastered, Doxy Collection), Blanca Navidad, The Man I Love, Come Sing With Me / I Feel So Spanish!, A Date with Eydie Gormé, Sincerely Yours, Eydie Gorme: A Little Latin,Some Bossa Nova and All the Hits!!!, Sabor a Mí (feat. Los Panchos), Love Is a Season / On Stage, Gorme Sings Showstoppers (Special Edition), Cozy, On Stage, Country Style (Remastered, Doxy Collection), Enjoying The Meal, The Velvet Voice, The Collection Volume One 1956-1959, Eydie Gorme's Delight / Eydie Swings the Blues, On Stage (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1959), Eydie Gorme Her Greatest Hits, Bésame Mucho, Steve and Eydie on Broadway, Send in the Clowns, Let the Good Times Roll, Eydie Swings the Blues (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1957), Mem'ries And Souvenirs, Blame It On the Bossa Nova, Eydie Gorme y Los Panchos, La Gran Colección del 60 Aniversario CBS - Eydie Gormé y Los Panchos, Las Estrellas de la Hora Azul, Eydie and Steve Sing the Golden Hits / We Got Us, Tesoros de Colección, Cozy / Two on the Aisle, To You, From Us, Tesoros de Colección - Eydie Gormé Homenaje Todos Sus Éxitos, Steve and Eydie, Best Songs of Eydie Gorme, Leyendas Solamente Los Mejores, 24 éxitos, Eydie Gorme Sings
Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special, NME Award for World Female Singer
Movies Ocean's Eleven, Alice in Wonderland
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Her mother was Turkish. |
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Her son, named Michael, died of heart failure in 1986. |
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Best known for her 1963 Grammy Award-nominated song "Blame it on the Bossa Nova". |
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Her father, Nessim Gormezano, was a Sicilian tailor who changed his name upon his arrival in the United States. |
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Her publicist was Howard Bragman. |
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Second cousin of Dara Sedaka and Marc Sedaka. |
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She and husband Steve Lawrence were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1541 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. |
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Is portrayed by Debbie Shapiro Gravitte in Isn't She Great (2000) |
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First cousin of Neil Sedaka and Helene Sedaka. |
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Eydie was considered for the role of Fanny Brice in the Broadway show "Funny Girl" but turned it down when the producers would not cast husband, Steve Lawrence, in the part of "Nicky Arnstein". Later came Barbra Streisand and the rest is history. |
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She and husband Steve Lawrence retired from performing for a time, distraught over the early death of one of their sons. They eventually returned to the limelight but at a slower pace. |
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Worked at the United Nations due to her fluency in Spanish. |
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Graduated from William Howard Taft High School in The Bronx, New York City in 1946. |
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Was a high school classmate of Stanley Kubrick. |
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Mother, with Steve Lawrence, of David Lawrence and Michael Lawrence. |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Call the Midwife |
2012-2013 |
TV Series performer - 2 episodes |
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Girl in Progress |
2012 |
performer: "Sabor A Mi" |
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Gent de paraula |
2011 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
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Doubt |
2008/I |
performer: "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" |
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American Masters |
2007 |
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode |
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Big Love |
2006 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
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Russian Doll |
2001 |
performer: "Frenesí" |
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The West Wing |
2001 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
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Southpaw |
1999 |
Documentary performer: "Round Midnight" |
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Così ridevano |
1998 |
performer: "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" |
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Great Expectations |
1998 |
performer: "Bésame Mucho" - as Eydie |
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Sinatra: 80 Years My Way |
1995 |
TV Movie documentary performer: "Medley of Frank Sinatra Songs" - uncredited |
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Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come |
1990 |
TV Special documentary performer: "When You're Smiling", "Young at Heart", "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" - uncredited |
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Mermaids |
1990 |
performer: "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" - as Edyie Gorme |
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The Big Picture |
1989 |
performer: "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" - as Eydie Gorme |
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Alice in Wonderland |
1985 |
TV Movie performer: "How d'you do, Shake Hands", "The Walrus and the Carpenter" |
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Falling in Love Again |
1980 |
performer: "The First Time" |
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The Kraft Music Hall |
1969 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
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The Ed Sullivan Show |
1966 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
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The Facts of Life |
1960 |
performer: "The Facts of Life" |
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The Frank Sinatra Show |
1958 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
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Until They Sail |
1957 |
performer: "Until They Sail" |
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Actress
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Ocean's Eleven |
2001 |
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Boxing Spectator (as Eydie Gorme) |
The Nanny |
1995 |
TV Series |
Eydie Gormé |
Frasier |
1994 |
TV Series |
Lois |
Empty Nest |
1994 |
TV Series |
Heckler |
Alice in Wonderland |
1985 |
TV Movie |
Tweedledee (as Eydie Gorme) |
Sanford and Son |
1975 |
TV Series |
Eydie |
The Kraft Music Hall |
1969 |
TV Series |
The Girl |
Music Department
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Life with Lucy |
1986 |
TV Series singer - 3 episodes |
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Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Steve Lawrence-Eydie Gorme Show |
1958 |
TV Series |
Herself - Host |
The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom |
1958 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Frank Sinatra Show |
1958 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show |
1958 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Big Record |
1957 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Julius LaRosa Show |
1955-1957 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Jonathan Winters Show |
1957 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Frankie Laine Time |
1956 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra |
1955 |
Short |
Herself |
Tonight! |
1953-1954 |
TV Series |
Herself - Singer / Herself |
The Denny Vaughan Show |
1954 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Look Up and Live |
1954 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
1997-1998 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Marvin Hamlisch & the Pittsburgh Pops |
1996 |
TV Special |
Herself |
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way |
1995 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
1994-1995 |
TV Series |
Herself / Herself - From Las Vegas |
Biography |
1995 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come |
1990 |
TV Special documentary |
Herself |
Live with Kelly and Michael |
1990 |
TV Series |
Herself |
5th Annual TV Academy Hall of Fame |
1989 |
TV Special |
Herself - Vocalist |
All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood |
1986 |
TV Special |
Herself |
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan |
1985 |
TV Special |
Herself (as Eydie Gorme) |
On Stage America |
1984 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards |
1982 |
TV Special |
Herself - Co-Presenter: Favourite Song and Performer |
Live from Studio 8H: 100 Years of America's Popular Music |
1981 |
TV Special |
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Bob Hope's 30th Anniversary Special |
1981 |
TV Special |
Herself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson |
1964-1979 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest / Herself / Herself - Singer / ... |
Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin |
1978 |
TV Special |
Herself |
The Carol Burnett Show |
1970-1978 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Bob Hope's All-Star Tribute to the Palace Theater |
1978 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
Steve & Eydie: From This Moment On... Cole Porter |
1977 |
TV Movie |
Herself - Hostess |
Laugh Back |
1976 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Dinah! |
1975-1976 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Bell Telephone Jubilee |
1976 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly |
1976 |
TV Movie |
Herself - Performer |
Steve and Eydie: Our Love Is Here to Stay |
1975 |
TV Special |
Herself |
Sammy and Company |
1975 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Merv Griffin Show |
1975 |
TV Series |
Herself - Singer |
Here's Lucy |
1973 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Julie Andrews Hour |
1972 |
TV Series |
Herself / Lydia |
The Kraft Music Hall |
1968-1971 |
TV Series |
Herself / Herself - Co-Host |
The Tim Conway Comedy Hour |
1970 |
TV Series |
Herself |
This Is Tom Jones |
1970 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
The Ed Sullivan Show |
1963-1970 |
TV Series |
Herself - Singer / Herself - Guest Singer / Herself |
The Hollywood Palace |
1964-1970 |
TV Series |
Herself - Hostess / Herself - Cameo / Herself - Singer |
The Bob Hope Show |
1967-1969 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Music Scene |
1969 |
TV Series |
Herself - Musical Guest |
Personality |
1969 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Match Game |
1968 |
TV Series |
Herself - Team Captain |
The 22nd Annual Tony Awards |
1968 |
TV Special |
Herself - Performer |
The Dick Cavett Show |
1968 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Stars for Israel |
1967 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
The Jackie Gleason Show |
1967 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Andy Williams Show |
1967 |
TV Series |
Herself |
All About People |
1967 |
Documentary short |
Narrator (voice) |
Fanfare |
1965 |
TV Series |
Herself |
I've Got a Secret |
1965 |
TV Series |
Herself - Celebrity Guest |
The Bell Telephone Hour |
1963-1965 |
TV Series |
Herself - Singer |
Password All-Stars |
1963-1965 |
TV Series |
Herself - Celebrity Contestant |
The Jack Paar Program |
1964-1965 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Your All-Time Favorite Songs |
1964 |
TV Special |
Herself - Vocalist |
What's My Line? |
1958-1964 |
TV Series |
Herself - Mystery Guest |
The Garry Moore Show |
1959-1964 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Jimmy Dean Show |
1964 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Jack Paar Tonight Show |
1962 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Tonight Show |
1962 |
TV Series |
Herself - Vocaslist |
The DuPont Show of the Week |
1961 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Juke Box Jury |
1961 |
TV Series |
Herself - Panellist |
Here's Hollywood |
1961 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall |
1958-1961 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest / Herself |
The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams |
1959 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show |
1956-1959 |
TV Series |
Herself - Singer / Herself / Herself - Cameo |
The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show |
1959 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Milton Berle Show |
1958 |
TV Series |
Herself - Singer / Herself |
The All-Star Christmas Show |
1958 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
Person to Person |
1956-1958 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Won awards
Won awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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1979 |
Primetime Emmy |
Primetime Emmy Awards |
Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Program |
Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin (1978) |
· Steve Lawrence (executive producer/star) · Gary Smith (executive producer/producer) · Dwight Hemion (producer) |
1977 |
Star on the Walk of Fame |
Walk of Fame |
Recording |
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· Steve Lawrence |
Nominated awards
Nominated awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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1976 |
Primetime Emmy |
Primetime Emmy Awards |
Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music |
Steve and Eydie: Our Love Is Here to Stay (1975) |
· Gary Smith (executive producer) · Dwight Hemion (producer) · Steve Lawrence (performer) |
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[on people saying Linda Ronstadt is a pioneering Latin-crossover artist] Linda Ronstadt -- she avoids me! I am the pioneer. |
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[on fans of her Spanish-language recordings] They're more loyal to me than English speakers. For the most part, they seem to hang on to what came before them. It's nice to hear. |
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