Actress Olive Moorefield Honored in Vienna with Golden Merit Badge

With her leading role in "Kiss Me, Kate" at the Volksoper, Olive Moorefield contributed to the success of the musical in Vienna in 1956. On Friday, the now 96-year-old singer and actress, who retired from the stage in the early 70s, was awarded the Golden Merit Badge of the State. Laudator Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz praised the native American, according to the release, as a "star of the musical with Broadway roots and a Viennese soul".

(APA/Red)

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