Helen Stuart Marcovicci (January 10, 1919 – August 16, 2016) was an American

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and

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singer. Stuart appeared at New York City venues including the Maisonette Room, the La Vie Parisienne, and the Glass Hat (where

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met) during the heyday of her career in the 1940s. In the later 20th and 21st centuries, she appeared in stage shows with her daughter, cabaret star

Andrea Marcovicci Andrea Louisa Marcovicci ( ro, Marcovici; born November 18, 1948) is an American actress and singer. Life and career Marcovicci was born in Manhattan, to Helen Stuart, a singer, and Eugen Marcovicci, a physician and internist of Romanian descen ...

, at venues including the Oak Room in New York City. Stuart came to New York as an

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. A beauty, she was Miss Television at the

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, after which she began appearing as a singer. Stuart married

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-born,

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-educated physician Eugen Marcovicci, who was about 34 years her senior, having been born in 1885. After that she changed her name to Marcovicci and curtailed her singing career. She was the mother of racing-engine firm owner Peter Marcovicci as well as Andrea Marcovicci, who credits her mother with passing down her love of and skill in cabaret.

Discography

;Albums (as Helen Marcovicci) *''I'm Stepping Out With a Dream Tonight'' *''Seems Like Old Times'' (2008, CD Baby) ;Compilations (as Helen Marcovicci) *"Look for the Silver Lining" (featuring Andrea Macovicci) on ''Just Kern'' by Andrea Macovicci (1992, Elba)

References

1919 births 2016 deaths Torch singers Traditional pop music singers Singers from New York City {{US-pop-singer-stub