Yolande Bavan (born June 1, 1942) is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n singer and actress.

Career

Bavan toured Australia and Asia as a performer with Graeme Bell's band early in her career. She is best known for replacing Annie Ross in the jazz vocal group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross after Ross was forced to leave the group due to poor health in 1962. She recorded three albums, all live recordings, with the group under the name of

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. In 1964, she and Dave Lambert left the group, effectively ending the trio. She appeared on ''To Tell the Truth'' in 1962 and in a rare feat, the singing group appeared and sang "

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". In 1969, Bavan and Peter Ivers made an album for

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called ''Knight of the Blue Communion''. Bavan provided vocals for Weather Report's 1972 album ''

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'', She has made several recorded appearances in musicals, including '' Salvation'' (1969), '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1969), and Michael John LaChiusa's '' Bernarda Alba'' (2006). She appeared in the films '' Parting Glances'' (1986), '' One True Thing'' (1998), and '' Cosmopolitan'' (2003), and in plays.

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Yolande Bavan
at American Repertory Theater {{DEFAULTSORT:Bavan, Yolande 1942 births Living people 20th-century Sri Lankan women singers Sri Lankan film actresses Vocalese singers 20th-century Sri Lankan actresses Sri Lankan stage actresses Lambert, Hendricks & Ross members