Jane Ann "Janie" Sell (born October 1, 1939, in

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) is an American stage actress. She has performed in plays and musicals both on and off-Broadway, as well as in some films and television episodes.

Career

Sell won the

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for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for '' Over Here!'', which also starred the then-surviving

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Maxene and Patty, and introduced

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and

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to Broadway. She also appeared in ''

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'', '' I Love My Wife'', '' Irene'', '' Dames at Sea'' and a revival of '' Pal Joey''. She appeared off-Broadway in '' Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater'' in 1979 at the Entermedia Theater. The musical comedy version of Vonnegut's novel was adapted and directed by

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, with music by

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, and lyrics by Ashman and Dennis Green. She substituted for Carol Burnett in each Wednesday matinée performance of the comedy '' Moon Over Buffalo'', which co-starred Philip Bosco, in the mid-1990s.

Acting credits

Theatre

Television and film

References

External links

* * * 1939 births Living people American musical theatre actresses American stage actresses American television actresses Actresses from Detroit Theatre World Award winners Tony Award winners 21st-century American women {{US-theat-actor-1930s-stub