Lee Chamberlain was seen first-run in the early years of the 70s PBS kids show (and even after she was replaced by Hattie Winston, per long-standing CTW/Sesame Workshop policy was still seen in repeat sketches all the way through the end of the original series), notably as the gregarious diner proprietress Vi--her acting career continued steadily after she left, including a recurring role on "All My Children," appearances in New York Public Theater's Central Park summer Shakespeare and a workshop for African-American playwrights:
http://www.current.org/2014/06/lee-chamberlin-original-electric-company-cast-member-dies-at-76/ In the link, Ms. Chamberlain's son believes that the embedded clip of a musical number was choreographed by her and Morgan Freeman through improv, although I have the feeling that choreographer Pat Birch would beg to differ. All for the rest of the original cast, Jim "J. Arthur Crank" Boyd died in 2013. Luis Avalos, who came in during season 2, died this past January. Short Circus member from seasons 2 through 4 Gregg Burge died in 1998 at the age of 40 and some of the other Short Circus kids seemed to have slipped through the cracks (June Angela, the only Short Circus member to last the entire series, has had a steady stage and voice-over career since "The Electric Company"). -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
