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Helen Gallagher Dies: Two-Time Tony Winner & ‘Ryan’s Hope’ Matriarch Was 98
Helen Gallagher, who won Tony Awards for' 'Pal Joey' and 'No, No, Nanette' and starred on all 13 seasons of daytime soap 'Ryan's Hope,' died November 24 at 98.
Gallagher already was a singing, dancing and acting veteran of numerous Broadway shows when she was cast as Gladys Bumps in the Chicago-set 1952 musical Pal Joey. She went on to appear in such Golden Age Broadway musicals as The Pajama Game, Mame, Finian’s Rainbow and Sweet Charity, earning a second Featured Actress Tony nom for playing Mickie alongside Gwen Verdon and Ruth Buzzi. Gallagher was cast as the patriarch of an American Irish family in New York City in the ABC soap opera Ryan’s Hope, which debuted in July 1975.
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