Luba Lisa
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Luba Lisa
| image = Luba Lisa.JPG
| birth_name = Luba Lisa Gootnick
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|03|10}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|12|15|1941|03|10}}
| death_place = Colchester, Vermont, U.S.
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actor
- Singer
- Television presenter}}
| years_active = 1960–1966
}}
Luba Lisa Gootnick (March 10, 1941 – December 15, 1972) was an American actress, singer, and television presenter. She received a Tony Award nomination and won a Theatre World Award for her performance in the 1964 musical I Had a Ball.
Personal life
Luba Lisa Gootnick was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Jewish parents Esther (née Diamant 1908–1999) and Louis Gootnick (1910–2005), a former New York City police officer. Her brother is Dr. David Gootnick.[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/25/classified/paid-notice-deaths-gootnick-esther.html Esther Gootnick death notice]. Retrieved August 3, 2015[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9404EFDD1E3DF935A35750C0A9639C8B63 Louis Gootnick death notice]. Retrieved August 3, 2015
Theatre
Her Broadway credits include Carnival as Princess Olga in 1961, and I Can Get It for You Wholesale in 1962 with a cast that included Barbra Streisand. In 1964 she starred in a Broadway revival of West Side Story as Anita. The show closed after 31 performances.
Luba received rave reviews for her role as the floozy Addie in the musical I Had a Ball in which she sang the song called 'Addie's at it Again'. The song was added to the show by the producers before the show opened on Broadway, once they realized her talent.{{cite web |url=http://www.lambertville-music-circus.org/supportingcasts/1964.html |title=Supporting Casts – 1964 |publisher=Lambertville Music Circus |accessdate=October 22, 2012 |archive-date=October 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006053840/http://www.lambertville-music-circus.org/supportingcasts/1964.html |url-status=dead }}
A New York Times Critic said of her, "Luba Lisa, as Addie, the girl of easy virtue, gets to demonstrate her talents as a seductive babe and a lively dancer in a number called 'Addie's at It Again' and in another with a group of lifeguards called 'Boys, Boys, Boys'".{{cite web |url=http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.arts.theatre.musicals/2005-10/msg00400.html |title=Re: Karen Morrow on Luba Lisa |publisher=Newsgroups.derkeiler.com |date=October 7, 2005 |accessdate=October 22, 2012 |archive-date=May 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531135709/http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.arts.theatre.musicals/2005-10/msg00400.html |url-status=dead }} For her role as Addie she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and received a Theatre World Award. Luba danced with Maurice Chevalier in the film Pepe. She was also a television personality.
In 1972 Lisa starred in the Off-Broadway musical revue They Don't Make Em Like That Anymore at the Plaza 9 Music Hall with Arthur Blake.{{cite work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fgOqZWHCLbUC&q=%22Arthur%20Blake%22|title=Off Broadway Musicals, 1910-2007: Casts, Credits, Songs|page=449|author=Dan Dietz|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786457311}} The show was built around Blake's impersonations of celebrities like Marlene Dietrich and Jimmy Stewart.
Death
Luba Lisa died on December 15, 1972, in a plane crash near Colchester, Vermont. The plane was on its way to an airport in Burlington, Vermont. Winter weather hazards during night travel were thought to have caused the crash. All four on board (the pilot, Lisa, and two others) perished. She is interred with her parents at Mount Ararat Jewish Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York.{{cite web|url=http://people.theiapolis.com/actress-FLKL/luba-lisa/ |title=Luba Lisa – American actress -Theiapolis |publisher=People.theiapolis.com |date=December 15, 1972 |accessdate=October 22, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwaytovegas.com/May11,2003.html |title=Broadway To Vegas May 11, 2003 |publisher=Broadwaytovegas.com |accessdate=October 22, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19721218&id=dX4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0qEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3943,862630|title=The Montreal Gazette – Google News Archive Search|accessdate=June 12, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/the-salt-lake-tribune/1972-12-19/page-3|title = NewspaperArchive® | 15,723 Historic Newspaper Archives}}
References
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External links
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:American musical theatre actresses
Category:Actresses from Brooklyn
Category:20th-century American singers
Category:Singers from New York City
Category:Musicians from Brooklyn
Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1972
Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States