![]() ![]() Interned at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, regional Theatre, many summer stock shows after that to Opryland, working with Bob Eubanks and Cruise Ships from the Islands to Japan, to movies with Ray Stevens and Harvey Keitel to DisneyWorld to numerous radio and TV voice overs and commercials. ![]() Earned the Best Actress Award in High School, state speech competitions, which led me to College where I got my BFA in Theatre Performance. Then at Age 1 she brought me on as the ‘ New Year Baby‘ on her TV Show….And I performed throughout my childhood since then doing Shirley Temple songs, voraciously studied Judy Garland Shows and tapes, Marilyn, Betty Boop, Mae West, and more Greats of that era, which prompted my Celebrity Look Alike shows in the future. Before I was born, she recalled how I kept a ‘steady rhythm’ in her belly- kinda like I was ‘dancing to a beat’ – when she was pregnant with me…which prompted her nickname for me, which she Still calls me to this day: ‘Vigerolla Thumper’ ( me thinks it be in reference to that little Thumper in the Bambi movie □ My Mama recalls how I began performing around 4 months old when I began to whistle (with no teeth yet- ha! ha!) for whoever would be around us. In how many years have you’ve been working as an actress/writer? Your next question will help clarify that last statement…… □ I have literally felt ‘performing’ in my DNA since I was born, and have been told even before that. I have been given ‘signs’ that I was born from her for a special reason. She worked with Carl Perkins and Minnie Pearl for many charity events while they were still here. ![]() Through ‘osmosis’ I learned the ‘magic’ of ad lib performing with my Mom on Telethons throughout the years and on the road. And my sister Cindie is a very talented actress in L.A. I grew up with my 3 siblings on her LIVE Children’s TV Show in Jackson, TN called ‘The Cousin Tuny Show’. However, the Greatest Influence was my Mother. My Granddaddy tap danced in Vaudeville, and I heard that on the other side of my family folks sang and played in bands. Guess you could say it runs in my ‘blood’ □ I come from a Show Biz family. When you’re visit Dollywood you have to visit Miss Lillian Chicken Lady…Before the Dollywood era you might have seen this great actress Connie Freeman Prince in movies like Get Serious and Finding Graceland, commercials, DisneyWorld and Opryland etc. ![]()
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