Born in New York City in 1936, Marilyn Cooper was an actress best known for her work in musical comedy. She made her Broadway debut in Jule Styne and George Gilbert's musical Mr. Wonderful (1956), playing Little Girl. In 1957, she created the part of Rosalia (one of the Sharks' girls) in the original cast of the landmark musical West Side Story, by Laurents, Bernstein, and Sondheim. As Rosalia, Cooper opened the famo…
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