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Josephine Premice, the coarse-voiced actress who sang salty Yip Harburg lyrics in Broadway's Jamaica, died April 13, according to a death notice in The New York Times.
Ms. Premice was an actress, dancer and singer whose work was seen on and Off-Broadway and in nightclubs. She made her Broadway debut in the 1945 revue, Blue Holiday, and would later appear in Caribbean Carnival (1947), Mister Johnson (1956) and as the wry, wise Ginger in the satirical musical comedy, Jamaica, by lyricist Yip Harburg and composer Harold Arlen. The 1957 Caribbean-set show was a romantic vehicle for Lena Horne and Ricardo Montalban, but allowed Harburg the chance to spoof modern life and capitalistic folly, however incidental to the plot. Ms. Premice's performance is captured on the cast album. She sang "Leave de Atom Alone" (about man playing God in the nuclear age), "Yankee Dollar" (an uptempo about American tourists and their dough) and "Little Biscuit" (about the trap of love), as well as "What Good Does It Do."
Ms. Premice also acted in the Off-Broadway revival staging of House of Flowers (as Madame Fleur) and in Broadway's Bubbling Brown Sugar and stagings of A Hand Is on the Gate, Cherry Orchard and American Night Cry.
Ms. Premice was born in Brooklyn July 21, 1926, and
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Premice, Josephine 1926–2001
Broadway actress, singer, dancer
Launched Career on Broadway
Marriage Changed Her Career
Family Life Degraded as Career Restarted
Selected works
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Josephine Premice was one of the premier stage actresses of the 1940s and 1950s. She appeared in numerous Broadway plays including Blue Holiday, Jamaica, A Hand is on the Gate, and Bubbling Brown Sugar, twice garnering Tony award nominations for her performances. She was also known for her calypso music which she often performed at night clubs between acting stints, and would go on to record for Virgin Records. Though she left the acting business for close to six years in the mid 1960s, she came back strong in the 1970s, performing not only on the stage but branching out into television as well with roles on popular programs such as The Jeffersons and A Different World. When Premice died in 2001, she was hailed by many in the acting industry as a role model of how to survive through adversity and how to change with the times to keep an acting career alive.
Josephine Mary Premice was born in Brooklyn, New York, ón July 21, 1926. Her parents were Haitian immigrants and part of the aristocracy of their birth country. Her father, Lucas Premice, who allegedly had claim to the tit