Andrea Louisa Marcovicci ( ro, Marcovici; born November 18, 1948) is an American actress and singer.

Life and career

Marcovicci was born in

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, to Helen Stuart, a singer, and Eugen Marcovicci, a physician and internist of Romanian descent. Her father was 63 when she was born and died when she was 20. In her teens she decided that she wanted to be a singer, but instead majored in drama."What a beautiful thing it is to be alive!" by M.J. Bevans, ''Afternoon TV'', July 1972. Pp. 32-35 & 58. In a 1972 interview, she looked back at this period without enthusiasm: Marcovicci left school and started making her way into show business as a singer, appearing on ''

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.'' As an actress, she debuted in commercials and soon became better known as Dr.

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on the television

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'' Love is a Many Splendored Thing'' from 1970 to 1973. She appeared in the second pilot film for the television series ''

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,'' titled ''Smile Jenny, You're Dead''. She was nominated for a Golden Globe award for the New Star of the Year in 1977 for the film, ''

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'' (1976). Marcovicci had a recurring role on ''

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''. She has appeared on ''

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'', and ''Friends and Lovers'' (TV series). She starred on both ''

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.'' Marcovicci appeared onstage on

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in ''

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''. Her film roles include ''

'' (1976), '' The Concorde ... Airport '79'' (1979), '' Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone'' (1983) and ''

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'' (1993). In 2008 Marcovicci celebrated her 22nd season at the legendary Oak Room of the

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with ''Marcovicci Sings Movies II.'' A very special 60th Birthday concert followed in May 2009 at Town Hall in NYC, celebrating Andrea's contribution to the American Songbook. To commemorate this event her personal record label, Andreasong Recordings, Inc., released a compilation CD titled ''As Time Goes By: The Best of Andrea Marcovicci,'' her 17th album and/or CD. At the end of 2011, Marcovicci celebrated her 25th season at the Oak Room with "No Strings", a collection of songs about travel. Her closing performance of "No Strings" was the final cabaret event at the Oak Room, as the Algonquin's new owner decided to turn the space into a lounge for "preferred" customers. Marcovicci celebrated her 65th birthday, November 18, 2013, by playing two shows at Joe's Pub, part of the Public Theater.

Awards

She is the recipient of several awards and honors including the

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’s 2007 Mabel Award and three Lifetime Achievement Awards—honored by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs, The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, and by a Bob Harrington Backstage Bistro Award. In recognition of her accomplishments in the arts, Andrea has received honorary degrees from

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in Hartford, CT and the

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. In addition, "The Andrea Marcovicci Suite" at the

, dedicated in 2006 on her twentieth anniversary at the Oak Room, contains memorabilia of her work in theatre, film, television, and on the concert stage.

Personal life

She married actor Daniel Reichert in 1993. The couple separated in 2004, and are now divorced. They have a daughter, Alice Wolfe Reichert.

Partial filmography

* ''Cry Rape'' (1973) (TV) - Betty Jenner * ''Smile Jenny, You're Dead'' (1974 pilot for ''

'') (TV) - Jennifer English * '' Thriller'' (1975) (TV) - Ruth Harrow * ''

'' (1976) - Florence Barrett * '' Kojak:’Once More From Birdland’'' (1977) - Francesca Milano * ''

A Vacation In Hell ''A Vacation in Hell'' is a 1979 American made-for-television, action-adventure-thriller film starring Priscilla Barnes, Barbara Feldon, Maureen McCormick, Andrea Marcovicci, and Michael Brandon as part of a group of lost vacationers being stalked ...

'' (1979) - Barbara * '' The Concorde ... Airport '79'' (1979) - Alicia Rogov * '' The Hand'' (1981) - Anne Lansdale * ''

'' (1981) (TV) - Emily * ''

'' (1981) (TV) - Gail Weber * ''

'' (1981) (TV) - Kendall Chase / Amy Crane / Carol Foster * ''

'' (1981) (TV) - Cynthia Chase ( 4 episodes) * '' Kings and Desperate Men'' (1981) - Terrorist * '' Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone'' (1983) - Chalmers * ''

The Stuff ''The Stuff'' (also known as ''Larry Cohen's The Stuff'') is a 1985 American satirical science fiction horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Michael Moriarty, Garrett Morris, Andrea Marcovicci, and Paul Sorvino. It was also ...

'' (1985) - Nicole * ''

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'' (1986) - Lucy Canterville * '' Someone to Love'' (1987) - Helen Eugene * ''

The Water Engine ''The Water Engine'' is a 1977 play by David Mamet that centers on the violent suppression of a disruptive alternative energy technology. Plot Charles Lang works at a menial job at a factory and lives with his blind sister Rita in an apartmen ...

'' (1992) (TV) - Singer in dance hall * ''

'' (1993) - Elizabeth Leary * ''

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'' (2009) - Helen Dean * ''Driving by Braille'' (2011) - Clare Robles * ''

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'' (2019) (TV) - Tammy

Discography

* ''Marcovicci Sings Movies'' (1987) * ''I'll Be Seeing You: Love Songs of World War II'' (1991) * December Songs (1992) * '' What Is Love?'' (1992) * ''Just Kern'' (1992) * ''Always Irving Berlin'' (1995) * ''New Words'' (1996) * ''I Am Anne Frank'' (1997) * ''Live from London'' (1998) * ''Some Other Time: Sings Mabel Marcer'' (1998) * ''Here There & Everywhere'' (2000) * ''How's Your Romance?'' (2004) * ''If I Were a Bell'' (2005) * ''My Christmas Song for You'' (2007) * ''Andrea Sings Astaire'' (2007) * ''Sings Rodgers & Hart'' (2007) * ''Smile'' (2012)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcovicci, Andrea American women singers American film actresses American television actresses American people of Romanian descent Living people People from Manhattan Traditional pop music singers Singers from New York City Actresses from New York City 21st-century American women 1948 births