1925 Birthday of one of Broadway's all-time greatest leading ladies, Gwen Verdon (1925-2000). She was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Actress or Featured Actress in a Musical six times, and won four times, including three years in a row, for Damn Yankees, New Girl in Town and Redhead in 1956, 1957 and 1958. She rose to stardom in a featured role in Cole Porter's Can-Can and later created the title role o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM on January 13, 2012