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I agree.FROM: PRESS DEFT. WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY, INC. MARGUERITE PIAZZA ?√ß > i" ?√ß?√ß!?√ß?╜?√ß ?√ß?? i l<H ii-iii.Mn.il mi nil il T li I ill litlH.n Marguerite Piazza, even before her spectacular success in the world of supper-clubs, launched In the winter of 1955 at the Hotel Pierrers Cotillion Room in New York, was known to millions of TV fans, concert and opera lovers as that rare canary who combines a beautiful voice with the glamour of a Hollywood star and the acting ability of a Broadway actress. Yet if it hadn't been for 2 flop shows on Broadway, she might still be a young struggling singer, When M rguerite arrived in Hew York a few years ago she was already a home-town success. She had won several singing competitions in her native New Orleans, frid been Queen of one of its Mardi Gras balls, and had her own show on iadio for over a year. Arriving in Now York, she was overwhelmed by the big town, and too shy to present the letters of introduction she had been given. She sat in her hotel room, writing letters home to mot1 er recounting all the exploits she was too much aprisoner of her own timidity to try to start. Sensing something wrong her mother came to Mew York to see for herself, and discovered the truth# One of llarguerit^fs letters of introduction had been to producer Eddie Dou"Kng# W th the moral support of her mother's presence, she went to see him, and he was responsible for her first j ob - a season of stock in summer operetta. Feeling herself now somewhat established, Marguerite auditioned at City Cen ter Opera, and won a contract, performances as Violetta, in Traviata, Donna Elvira in "Don Giovanni11 etc., brought raves from the critics about both her voice and her acting. When (more)