Gail Boggs

Gail Boggs
Born Gail Charlene Boggs
August 10, 1951
Montclair, New Jersey
Residence Los Angeles
Occupation Actress
Spouse(s) Eric Larson (m. 1987; div. 2011)[1]
Children
Mattie Larson[2][3]

Willie Larson

Gail Charlene Boggs (born August 10, 1951) is an American actress. She played Louise Brown in the 1990 film Ghost.

Career

[Boggs] is a zesty belter in the theatrical pop-soul mold of Donna Summer and Irene Cara.

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Gail Boggs, the daughter of Willie Boggs, a tree surgeon, and Alice, a dietitian, described having always dreamed of being a Broadway star. Her professional acting break came in 1971 playing Silvia with a touring group in Australia in a pop-rock version of Shakespeare's play The Two Gentlemen of Verona.[5] She signed with William Morris Agency and went on to act in several plays, including rock opera Mother Earth, an off-Broadway revue, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Candide.[4][6]

In a 1975 interview, she reported that a chance meeting with Todd Rundgren at an intersection in Manhattan led her to singing backup alongside her friend Darcy Miller and Laura Nyro on Felix Cavaliere's second album, Destiny, before singing with Hall & Oates on War Babies as well as with Carly Simon on Spy and Come Upstairs.[5][7] During the mid-1970s, Boggs provided vocals and percussion as a member of "The Striders" alongside "The Original Flying Machine"-alum Joel "Bishop" O'Brien and Robbie Dupree.[8] Boggs also sang as a vocalist in David Sancious's short-lived band "Tone".[9]

In 1984, Boggs starred in the one-woman cabaret nightclub act The Gail Boggs Show at "Upstairs at Greene Street". The show ran weekly for the next year and a half.[4][10][11] Boggs was one of the first to hear a recording of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and she pushed Grammy Award-winning writer and producer Nile Rodgers to release the song as the first single off Madonna's then-upcoming album.[12] Images of Boggs are found in the Martha Swope archive at the New York Public Library.[13]

Personal

Boggs was married to Eric Larson, a voice actor and music editor.[2] They have two daughters, Willie and Mattie, a former gymnast.[2][14]

Acting

Citations

  1. ↑ "Good Sports: Meets and Music". UCLA Magazine Online. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Mattie Larson Biography". UCLA Bruins Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  3. ↑ Stein, Jeannine (2004-08-23). "Young athletes dream: 'That could be me'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Holden, Stephen (11 November 1984). "Cabaret: Gail Boggs, Songs". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 White, Tim (1975-10-23). "Childhood friends are on brink of success in music business". The Daily Republic (Mitchell, South Dakota: Newspapers.com). p. 20. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  6. ↑ "Signings". Billboard: 26. 1973-02-10.
  7. ↑ Heinrichs, Paul (1973-03-02). "Who is Sylvia? She's runnin' jumpin' Gail". The Age. p. 2. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  8. ↑ "The Striders". The Clarion Call 48 (1 - 28) (Clarion University of Pennsylvania). August 22, 1976 – May 12, 1977. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  9. ↑ Wien, Gary (2003). Beyond the Palace. Trafford Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 9781412003148.
  10. ↑ "Nightlife". New York Magazine (New York Media LLC) 18 (10): 135. Mar 11, 1985.
  11. ↑ Kane, E. A., ed. (May 1985). "Preferred" (PDF). East Village Eye: 60.
  12. ↑ Rodgers, Nile (2011). Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny. Spiegel & Grau. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-385-52965-5. OCLC 699764805.
  13. ↑ "Martha Swope Photographs ca. 1955 – 2002 and undated" (PDF). New York Public Library. p. 3.
  14. ↑ Pucin, Diane (5 June 2008). "Cleaning Up Her Act". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  15. ↑ Dash, Irene G. (2010). Shakespeare and the American Musical. Indiana University Press. pp. 161, 204. ISBN 9780253354143.
  16. ↑ Dietz 2010, p. 456.
  17. ↑ Gilbert, Ruth, ed. (1972-10-23). "In and Around Town". New York Magazine: 14.
    Gilbert, Ruth, ed. (1972-10-09). "In and Around Town". New York Magazine: 15.
    Gilbert, Ruth, ed. (1972-10-16). "In and Around Town". New York Magazine: 14.
    Gilbert, Ruth, ed. (1972-11-06). "In and Around Town". New York Magazine: 16.
  18. ↑ Dietz 2010, p. 74.
  19. ↑ Osborne, Jerry (2002). Movie/TV Soundtracks and Original Cast Recordings Price and Reference Guide. Jerry Osborne Enterprises. p. 96. ISBN 9780932117373.
  20. ↑ "Ain't Misbehavin'" (PDF). New Mexico Daily Lobo. 1979-11-15. p. 7.
  21. ↑ Dietz 2007, p. 270.
  22. ↑ Rich, Frank (February 10, 1982). "Elizabeth Swados's 'Lullabye'". The New York Times.
  23. ↑ "Belknap Playbills and Programs Collection 1787". University of Florida. 2004. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  24. ↑ Chance, Norman (2010-12-23). Who Was Who on Tv. Xlibris Corporation. p. 209. ISBN 9781456821296.
  25. ↑ Maslin, Janet (March 4, 1988). "And God Created Woman (1987) Film: 'And God Created Woman'". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  26. ↑ Steinmetz, Johanna (1988-03-04). "Vadim's 'Woman' Falters In Plot, Dialogue". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  27. ↑ Shaffer, Mike. "The Boss". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  28. ↑ "Ghost". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
  29. ↑ Ebert, Roger (1990). "Ghost Movie Review & Film Summary". http://www.rogerebert.com''. Ebert Digital LLC. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  30. ↑ Flanagan, Sylvia P. (1991-11-25). "Movies to See". Jet magazine: 62.
  31. ↑ Klotman, Phyllis Rauch (1997). Frame by Frame Two. Indiana University Press. p. 118. ISBN 9780253211200.
  32. ↑ Willis, John (1993). Screen World 1992. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 114. ISBN 9781557831354.
  33. ↑ Sigler, Robert T. (1993). "Cancelled Lives: Letters from the Inside". Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture (Albany.edu) 1 (5): 48–51. ISSN 1070-8286. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  34. ↑ Smith, Laura. "Get Smart". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  35. ↑ Arbeiter, Michael. "Boy Meets World". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  36. ↑ Milne, Jeff (2009-07-20). Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: The Complete Guide to the Movie Trivia Game. Jeff Milne. ISBN 9780615285214.

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