Carole D’Andrea, who portrayed Velma, the Jet girl, in the original 1957 Broadway production of West Side Story and the iconic 1961 film adaptation, has passed away at the age of 87. According ...

Though offscreen “ghost” singers subbed for actors in the 1961 movie — Marni Nixon ... saying she uses Auto-Tune. Zegler was cast in “West Side Story” a few weeks later, the ultimate ...

“There’s confusion because I don’t have a single ounce of Latin in my name,” Zegler said. “When I was in the running for ...

She was married to Tony winner and Mad Men star Robert Morse from 1961 until their 1981 divorce. D'Andrea was one of only six actors from the original Broadway cast of West Side Story to appear in ...