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- Birth nameNorma Allison
- Norma Terris was born on November 13, 1900 in Columbus, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Cameo Kirby (1930), Married in Hollywood (1929) and Around the Clock (1934). She was married to Albert D. Firestone, Dr. Jerome Wagner and Max Hoffman Jr.. She died on November 15, 1989 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA.
- SpousesAlbert D. Firestone(September 20, 1987 - November 15, 1989) (her death)Dr. Jerome Wagner(August 20, 1929 - February 3, 1955) (his death)Max Hoffman Jr.(September 14, 1921 - ?) (divorced)
- Because she never made any commercial recordings, the sound of her singing voice may be lost forever, unless the few films that she did make are eventually found. This is not true of Howard Marsh, Helen Morgan, and Jules Bledsoe, all of whom appeared with her in the 1927 production of "Show Boat". (Marsh, however, recorded selections from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas only, not music from "Show Boat".)
- Aside from her singing abilities, she could do impersonations of famous stars, and this routine was somehow worked into the final scene of both productions of "Show Boat" in which she appeared.
- She reprised her dual roles of Magnolia Hawks and the adult Kim Ravenal in "Show Boat" in the 1932 Broadway revival.
- The original Magnolia Hawks and the first adult Kim Ravenal in the first Broadway production of "Show Boat" (1927).
- A theatre in Chester, Connecticut has been named after her.
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