Helen Stuart

Helen Stuart is an American cabaret and torch singer. Stuart appeared at New York City venues including the Maisonette Room, the La Vie Parisienne, and the Glass Hat[1][2] (where Martin and Lewis met)[3][4] during the heyday of her career in the 1940s.[2][5] In the later 20th and 21st centuries, she has appeared in stage shows with her daughter, cabaret star Andrea Marcovicci,[6] at venues including the Oak Room in New York City.[7]

Stuart came to New York as an au pair. A beauty,[2][7] she was Miss Television at the 1939 New York World's Fair, after which she began appearing as a singer.[2] Stuart married Transylvania-born, Vienna-educated physician Eugen Marcovicci, who was about 34 years her senior,[5] having been born in 1885.[8] After that she changed her name to Marcovicci and curtailed her singing career.[9] She is the mother of racing-engine firm owner[10] Peter Marcovicci[11] as well as Andrea Marcovicci, who credits her mother with passing down her love of and skill in cabaret.[5][7][11][12]

Discography

Albums (as Helen Marcovicci)
Compilations (as Helen Marcovicci)

References

  1. ↑ Michael Miyazaki (December 13, 2008). "Classics From a Classic...". Miyazaki Cabaret Update: DC & Beyond. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Whitney Balliet (December 21, 1992). "Child of Cabaret". The New Yorker. LXVIII (44): 110. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Jerry Lewis Biography". Bio. A&E Television Networks. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Night Club Reviews - Glass Hat, New York". Billboard 56 (37): 26. September 9, 1944. Retrieved January 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ron Alexander (December 3, 1992). "AT THE ALGONQUIN WITH: Andrea Marcovicci; Love Gone Wrong In Songs, Not Heart". New York Times. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ Howard Reich (July 30, 2013). "Cabaret star Andrea Marcovicci seeks to revive a vanished era". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Richard David Story (January 4, 1993). "Hotline - Scenes". New York 26 (1). p. 20. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  8. ↑ Jerry Tallmer (November 26, 2004). "Besotted with Fred Astaire Cabaret performer pays tribute to his singing". Downtown Express. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  9. ↑ Alix Cohen (December 8, 2010). "Andrea Marcovicci: Breakfast by Candlelight". Woman Around Town. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ "1972 McRae GM1 Formula 5000". Race-cars.com. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 John Start (June 13, 1988). "Torch Singer Andrea Marcovicci Finds Someone to Love in Her New Mentor, Filmmaker Henry Jaglom". People. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ Bill Kohlhaase (February 20, 1999). "Passing the Torch Back and Forth". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  13. ↑ "I'm Stepping Out With a Dream Tonight". Andrea Marcovicci website - Discography. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  14. ↑ Seems Like Old Times at AllMusic. Retrieved January 2014.
  15. ↑ Just Kern at AllMusic. Retrieved January 2014.