Jan Wallman (May 14, 1922 – October 8, 2015) was an American night club owner and producer.
Life
She was born in
Roundup, Montana
Roundup is a city in and the county seat of Musselshell County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,742 during the 2020 census.
History
Roundup served as a place for cattlemen to "round up" their cattle along the Musselshell River. It ...
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She studied at
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
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She managed the night club Upstairs-at-the-Duplex. Many performers had their start there, including
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers List ...
,
Joan Rivers
Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona—heavi ...
, and
Woody Allen
Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...
.
In 1986, a celebration was held in her honor at
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhatta ...
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1922 births
2015 deaths
People from Roundup, Montana
Businesspeople from New York City
University of Minnesota alumni
20th-century American businesspeople
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