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Virginia Vestoff

1939-1982 US
Composer of Soundtrack

Virginia Vestoff (December 9, 1939 – May 2, 1982) was an American actress of film, television and Broadway.Vestoff was born into a family of vaudeville performers in New York City. Both her Russian immigrant father and mother, who was the great niece of American composer Stephen Foster, died and left Virginia an orphan at the age of nine. She coped with the loss by acting, and took third prize on The Ted Mack Amateur Hour, which launched a professional career with the Children's Chorus of the New York City Opera.Vestoff succumbed to cancer in New York City at age 42.