Kathe Green Explained

Kathe Jennifer Green (born September 22, 1944) is an American actress, model and singer. She is the daughter of composer and conductor Johnny Green and Bunny Waters. She has a younger sister, Kim Meglio.

Early years

Born in Los Angeles, California,Kathe Green traveled for several years in the mid-to-late 1960s with the nonprofit encouragement singing group Up With People. During her time in Up With People, Kathe was part of a small singing group called the Green Glenn Singers, consisting of herself, Glenn Close, Jennie Dorn, and Vee Entwistle. The group's stated mission was "to write and sing songs which would give people a purpose and inspire them to live the way they were meant to live".[1]

Career

Green appeared in Blake Edwards's 1968 film The Party, and then dubbed all of Mark Lester's singing voice in Oliver!.[2] She signed to Deram label and used a line of poetry bestowed on her by close friend Richard Harris as the title for her album Run the Length of Your Wildness. Released in 1969, it was a collaborative effort with orchestral arrangements handled by John Cameron and production by Wayne Bickerton. The album produced one single, Primrose Hill, released the same year on Deram.

In 1971 she recorded the song "Marianne", which was played over the opening credits to the film Die Screaming, Marianne, starring Susan George. Green recorded for the Motown label in the mid-1970s, but afterwards stepped away from the music business.

Selected discography

Studio albums

Singles

Selected filmography

References

  1. Web site: Seymour. Steve. Glenn Close Recorded in U.P.. Rock n Roll Graffiti. January 25, 2007. June 3, 2017. October 16, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171016070610/http://rocknrollgraffiti.blogspot.com/2007/01/glenn-close-recorded-in-u-p.html. live.
  2. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-12-19/oliver-twists-voice-dubbed-by-girl-report/605010 ABC News: "Oliver Twist's voice dubbed by girl: report", 19 December 2004

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