Marion Bell

Marion Bell was an American actress.

Biography[]

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she studied opera in Rome and performed with the San Francisco Opera Company. She made her screen debut as an extra in A Night at the Opera. She appeared in several stage musicals, and spent several years as a singing teacher from 1990.

Bell passed away in 1997.

Singing[]

Bell sang from a young age as an opera singer, but made her first adult appearance as Violetta in the film Ziegfeld Follies. Soon after she originated the role of Fiona MacLaren in Brigadoon and later Jennie Parsons in Down in the Valley. She also played Maeve Harrigan in Three Wishes for Jamie, having left the musical before its Broadway launch only to return later as a replacement.

Film[]

Ziegfeld Follies (1945)[]

Libiamo ne'lieti calici (duet)

Stage[]

Brigadoon (1947)(originated the role)[]

Waitin' for My Dearie (contains solo lines)
The Heather on the Hill (duet)
Almost Like Being in Love (duet)
From This Day On (duet)
Reprises (duet)
Finale

Down in the Valley (1948)(originated the role)[]

Brack Weaver, My True Love (solo)
The Lonesome Dove (solo)
Down in the Valley (reprise)(contains solo lines)

Three Wishes for Jamie (1952)[]

My Home's a Highway (contains solo lines)
Goin' on a Hayride (contains solo lines)
My Heart's Darlin' (reprise)(duet)
It Must Be Spring (contains solo lines)
Wedding March
What Do I Know? (solo)
It's a Wishing World (duet)
April Face (contains solo lines)
It's a Wishing World