Tammy Grimes

Tammy Grimes was a veteran actress and singer with a long list of credits in theater, film, and television. For purposes of musical and recording work, her primary efforts were appearances on a series of cast albums, notably The Unsinkable Molly Brown, which preserves her Tony Award-winning performance, and many children's and audio book recordings. Often thought to be British, Grimes was in fact an American who owed her accent to her birth into a prominent New England family, though the unique husky timbre of her voice was her own. Her father managed a country club, and she...