Helen Stuart

Helen Stuart was 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 was 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)
  • I'm Stepping Out With a Dream Tonight[13]
  • Seems Like Old Times (2008, CD Baby)[14]
Compilations (as Helen Marcovicci)
  • "Look for the Silver Lining" (featuring Andrea Macovicci) on Just Kern by Andrea Macovicci (1992, Elba)[15]

References
  1. Michael Miyazaki (December 13, 2008). "Classics From a Classic..." Miyazaki Cabaret Update: DC & Beyond. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  2. 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 4, 2014.
  5. 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. Richard David Story (January 4, 1993). "Hotline - Scenes". New York. 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. 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 4, 2014.
  15. Just Kern at AllMusic. Retrieved January 4, 2014.


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