Josie de Guzman, also known as Jossie de Guzman, is an American actress and singer of
Puerto Rican descent, best known for work in the theatre.
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Career
After studying at the Boston Conservatory of Music
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Boston Conservatory was founde ...
, Guzman made her Broadway
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debut in 1978 as Lidia in the original production of Elizabeth Swados
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's '' Runaways''. She returned to Broadway the following year to portray Gia Campbell in the original production of Joseph Stein
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Biography
Born in New York City to Jewish parents, Charles and Emma ( ...
and Alan Jay Lerner's ''Carmelina
''Carmelina'' is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein and Alan Jay Lerner, lyrics by Lerner, and music by Burton Lane.
Based on the 1968 film '' Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell'', it focuses on an Italian woman who has raised her teenaged daughte ...
''.
In 1980 she was handpicked by Leonard Bernstein to portray Maria
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in the 1980 revival of ''West Side Story
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Inspired by William Shakespeare's play '' Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid ...
'' for which she received her first Tony Award
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nomination.Jerry Zaks
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's critically acclaimed revival of Frank Loesser
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's ''Guys and Dolls
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'' with Nathan Lane
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, Peter Gallagher
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, and Faith Prince
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Life ...
. For her performance she earned a second Tony Award nomination.PBS
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's ''Great Performances
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''. She is currently a member of the Acting Company of the Alley Theatre
The Alley Theatre is a Tony Award-winning theatre company in Houston, Texas. It is the oldest professional theatre company in Texas and the third oldest resident theatre in the United States. Alley Theatre productions have played on Broadway at L ...
in Houston, Texas.
Although Guzman's career has been in theatre, she has occasionally performed on television and in films. Her television credits include '' The Tenth Month'' (1979), ''Miami Vice
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'' (1984), ''Reading Rainbow
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'' (1998), and ''Third Watch
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'' (2002). Her film credits include '' F/X'' (1986)
Filmography
Film
Television
Stage
References
External links
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American musical theatre actresses
Living people
Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women