Lori Singer
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Lori Singer[1] (born November 6, 1957) is an American actress and cellist. She is perhaps best known for her role of Ariel Moore, the daughter of Reverend Shaw Moore (played by John Lithgow) in the 1984 film Footloose, which also starred Kevin Bacon. Madonna reportedly auditioned for the role of 'Ariel' losing out to then relatively unknown Lori Singer.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Singer was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the daughter of Leslie (née Wright), a concert pianist, and Jacques Singer, a symphony orchestra conductor. Her brothers are actor Marc Singer and violinist Gregory Singer and her cousin is film director Bryan Singer.
[edit] Film and Television Career
Lori Singer first came to fame when she was cast as Julie Miller in the TV series Fame from 1982-1983. She portrayed a cellist in a part that was created for her. After Footloose, she starred in a number of other movies, including The Falcon and the Snowman (directed by John Schlesinger and co-starring Sean Penn), The Man with One Red Shoe (with Tom Hanks), Trouble in Mind (directed by Alan Rudolph), Equinox, Summer Heat, Warlock, Sunset Grill, F.T.W., and the Robert Altman film Short Cuts. In 1995, she played Sydney Bloom, the lead character in the highly regarded science fiction TV series VR.5 that was considered ahead of its time in the depiction of virtual reality. She produced Summer Heat, and was involved in the creative conception of VR.5.
In 1986, Singer was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her role of Georgia in Trouble in Mind. She, and the rest of the actors in Short Cuts, won awards for best ensemble cast at the 1993 Venice Film Festival and the 1994 Golden Globe Awards. She also won newcomer of the year at Sho West and a Silver Halo Award.
[edit] Musical Life
Lori Singer is a Juilliard-trained cellist, and was a protégé of Leonard Rose. She grew up in a musical family, her father was a world famous conductor, Jacques Singer, who was a protege of Stowkowski, and her mother is a concert pianist. As a child, she was often around such luminaries as Leonard Bernstein. She made her debut as soloist at age 13 in the Oregon Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Singer has performed in public on such stages as the Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall. She plays the cello in Short Cuts, Fame, and also in Sarabande, a 1997 short film by Atom Egoyan that is part of the Inspired by Bach series, which also features cellist Yo-Yo Ma. She most recently performed as soloist at Carnegie Hall in January, 2008, where she premiered a hymn, written by Karl Jenkins, in memory of Martin Luther King.
[edit] References
- ^ She has no middle name, according to the State of Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. At Ancestry.com
