Nancy Dussault Biography
Nancy Dussault is an American actress and singer. She is best known for The In-Laws (1979), The Nurse (1997), Alias (2001), and her role in the sitcom Too Close for Comfort (1980–1987).
Nancy graduated from Washington-Lee High School (W-L) where she was an actress and singer in the W-L drama program. The program was under director Jack Jeglum and a choral singer in the nationally known Washington-Lee High School Choir and also Madrigal Singers under director Florence Booker. She is also a Northwestern University alumna.
Nancy Dussault Age
Dussault was born on June 30, 1936 in Penscola, Florida, U.S. She is 82 years old as of 2018. Dussault is still alive.
Nancy Dussault Family
She was born to George Adrian, a naval officer of French-Canadian descent and Sarah Isabel.
Nancy Dussault Wife
Dussault has been married to Valentine Meyer since 24 February 1985. She was previously married to James Dunton Travis on October 4, 1958 and divorced in 1982.
Nancy Dussault Career
Dussault stepped into the role of Maria in the Broadway production of The Sound of Music in 1962. She had received a Tony Award nomination in 1961 for Best Featured Actress (Musical) for Do Re Mi and was also nominated for her performance in Bajour (1965). Of her performance in Do Re Mi and later career, Bloom and Vlastnik wrote: “Confidently clowning alongside such pros as Phil Silvers and Nancy Walker…she never faded into the scenery. Equally comfortable as a pure soprano or a rangy high belter, her versatility was well captured on the…cast album…Well cast as a situation comedy wife, she spent much of the 1970s and 80s in California.”
Her other stage shows included Quality Street in 1965 at the Bucks County Playhouse in Pennsylvania. Nancy also appeared in the City Center Gilbert & Sullivan NYC Company which was directed by Dorothy Raedler, with such Metropolitan Opera singers as Nico Castel, Muriel Costa-Greenspon, and Frank Poretta, Sr. Dussault took over as the Witch in Into the Woods on Broadway (1987–1989). Dussault had appeared twelve years earlier in the revue Side by Side by Sondheim on Broadway.
Nancy Dussault Television
On television, Nancy was a regular on the 1970s series The New Dick Van Dyke Show and also the long running CBS game show Match Game.
Nancy Dussault Too Close For Comfort
She also played Ted Knight’s wife in the role of the photographer Muriel Rush on the 1980s situation comedy Too Close for Comfort.
Nancy Dussault Good Morning America
Dussault was part of the first anchor team of Good Morning America, paired with David Hartman, when the show launched in 1975.
Nancy Dussault Net Worth
Nancy’s net worth is not yet revealed.