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| | Dorothy Shay at the St. Regis Maisonette - 1961 |
 | | Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Dorothy Shay, known as "The Park Avenue Hillbillie" inherited a tendency to sing from her mother, but her initial attempt to entertain was in the legitimate theatre. |
 | | Hillbillie, as she is known, Shay is flanked for the later sequences of her act by "Cuzzin Agnes Clung," portrayed by singer-actress Jo Ann Miller, and "Uncle Fud," interpreted by Broadway actor Curtis Wheeler, two kinfolks she introduced last season as evidence of her professional antecedents. |
 | | Miss Shay doesn't believe in opening songs, so in order to be properly launched she states she will sing a medley of songs most required that she doesn't sing. |
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