Freda Payne
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Freda Payne was born on 19 September 1942 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), Now and Then (1995) and Velvet Goldmine (1998). She was previously married to Gregory Abbott.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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Actress
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Soundtrack
- 2023
- 2022
- Super Rhyme Maker: The True Story of Kid Rock's Grits Sandwiches for BreakfastShort
- performer: "The Easiest Way to Fall"
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019
- 2016
- 2011
- 2009
- 2008
- 2006
- 2004
- 2004
- 2001
- 1999
- 1998
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- Born
- Spouse
- Gregory AbbottDecember 1976 - 1979 (divorced, 1 child)
- Other worksStage Play: Hallelujah, Baby! Musical. Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden. Book by Arthur Laurents. Musical Director: Buster Davis. Vocal arrangements by Buster Davis. Music orchestrated by Peter Matz. Dance arrangements by Luther Henderson. Choreographed by Kevin Carlisle. Scenic Design by William Eckart and Jean Eckart. Directed by Burt Shevelove. Martin Beck Theatre: 26 Apr 1967- 13 Jan 1968 (293 performances + 22 previews that began on 6 Apr 1967). Cast: Allen Case (as "Harvey"), Robert Hooks (as "Clem"), Leslie Uggams (as "Georgina"), Lou Angel (as "Calhoun"), Chad Dee Block (as "Bouncer"), Hope Clarke (as "Maid/Ensemble"), Marilyn Cooper (as "Mrs. Charles/Mistress/Ethel/Dorothy"), Carol Flemming (as "Princess"), Frank Hamilton (as "Mister Charles/Timmy"), Lillian Hayman (as "Momma"), Winston DeWitt (as "Hemsley Tip/G.I."), Justin McDonough (as "Captain Yankee/Ensemble"), Saundra McPherson (as "Cutie"), Garrett Morris (as "Prover/Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Michele Murray (as "Cutie"), Alan Peterson (as "Director"), Ann Rachel (as "Brenda"), Barbara Sharma (as "Mary"), Don Strong (as "Sugar Daddy/Master"), Bud Vest (as "Prince/Ensemble"), Alan Weeks (as "Prover/Tap/G.I."), Standby: Norma Donaldson (as "Georgina"). Understudy: Justin McDonough (as "Harvey"). Replacement actors: Clifford Allen (as "Ensemble/G.I./Prover"), Lou Angel (as "Ensemble"), Judith Austin (as "Ensemble"), Michael Beirne (as "Captain Yankee/Ensemble"), Chad Dee Block (as "Ensemble/Official"), Carol Flemming (as "Ensemble"), Lee Hooper (as "Ensemble"), Bernard Johnson (as "Ensemble/G.I./Tip"), Louis Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Carolyn Kirsch (as "Ensemble"), Saundra McPherson (as "Ensemble/Maid"), Gerrianne Raphael (as "Dorothy/Ethel/Mistress/Mrs. Charles"), Larry Roquemore (as "Ensemble/Prince"), Kenneth Scott (as "Ensemble/G.I./Prover"), Don Strong (as "Ensemble"), Ella Thompson (as "Ensemble"), Billy Dee Williams (as "Clem"). Standbys: Lincoln Kilpatrick (as "Clem"), Lu Parks (as "Momma"), Freda Payne (as "Georgina") [Broadway debut]. Understudies: Michael Beirne (as "Harvey"), Carol Flemming (as "Ethel"), Louis Johnson (as "Tap/Tip"), Suzanne Rogers (as "Mary"). Produced by Albert W. Selden, Hal James, Jane C. Nussbaum and Harry Rigby.
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- TriviaHit #3 in the U.S. and #1 in the U.K. in 1970 with her pop smash "Band of Gold." She later returned to the U.S. Top 40 Billboard charts twice more with "Deeper & Deeper" and "Bring the Boys Home."
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