Gale Dixon is an American

United States

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 actress and singer who had a brief but active career in theatre, television, and film from the late 1960s through the mid 1970s. She made her Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 debut in 1966 as Francine in Robert Fisher

Robert Fisher

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 and Arthur Marx

Arthur Marx

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's The Impossible Years

The Impossible Years

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. She returned to Broadway two years later to appear as Millie in the original production of John Sebastian

John Sebastian

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's Jimmy Shine

Jimmy Shine

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, sharing the stage with Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

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 and Rue McClanahan

Rue McClanahan

Rue McClanahan was an American actress, best known for her roles on television as Vivian Harmon on Maude, Fran Crowley on Mama's Family, and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls, for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1987.-Early life:McClanahan was born Eddie Rue...

. In 1969 she portrayed the role of Lorry, the mother of a kidnapped child, in her first film The Tree.

In 1970 Dixon returned to Broadway as Noelle in Alan Jay Lerner

Alan Jay Lerner

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 and André Previn

André Previn

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's musical Coco

Coco (musical)

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with actress Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

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. She next guest starred on the television series Nichols in the episode "Bertha" (1972). She also appeared in the television movie

Television movie

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 Katherine with Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

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 and Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler

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in 1975.

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