Jan Wallman (May 14, 1922 – October 8, 2015) was an American night club owner and producer.
Life
She was born in
Roundup, Montana
Roundup is a city in and the county seat of Musselshell County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,742 during the 2020 census.
History
Roundup served as a place for cattlemen to "round up" their cattle along the Musselshell River. It ...
.
She studied at
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
.
She managed the night club Upstairs-at-the-Duplex. Many performers had their start there, including
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awar ...
,
Joan Rivers
Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona—heavi ...
, and
Woody Allen
Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...
.
In 1986, a celebration was held in her honor at
Carnegie Hall.
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1922 births
2015 deaths
People from Roundup, Montana
Businesspeople from New York City
University of Minnesota alumni
20th-century American businesspeople
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