| Beverly Sills  AKA Belle Miriam Silverman
Born: 25-May-1929
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Died: 2-Jul-2007
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Gender: Female
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Singer Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Soprano at the New York City Opera Beverly Sills first gained fame as a child star on radio, performing as Bubbles Silverman, before becoming the most famous opera diva of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. She starred in New York City Opera productions of Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus, Douglas Stuart Moore's Ballad of Baby Doe, Jules Massenet's Manon, George Frideric Handel's Giulio Cesare, among many other roles.
Beyond the realm of opera, Sills was known for numerous lighthearted interviews with Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, television appearances alongside her friend, comedian Carol Burnett, and frequent emcee duties on Live from Lincoln Center. Father: Morris Silverman (insurance salesman, d. 1949)
Mother: Shirley Bahn Silverman
Husband: Peter Buckley Greenough (journalist, m. 1956, d. 2006, one son, one daughter)
Son: Peter Greenough Jr. ("Bucky", mentally retarded, b. 1961)
Daughter: Meredith Greenough ("Muffy", multiple sclerosis and severe hearing loss, b. 1959)
High School: Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, NY
High School: Professional Children's School, New York City, NY
New York City Opera Member, 1955-80
New York City Opera General Director, 1979-88
New York City Opera President, 1989-91
New York Metropolitan Opera Board Member, 1991-2005
New York Metropolitan Opera Chair, 2002-05
Lincoln Center Chair, 1994-2002
Emmy 1975 Outstanding Classical Music Program for Profile in Music: Beverly Sills Festival
Grammy 1976 Best Classical Vocal Performance, Herbert: Music Of Victor Herbert
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1980
Kennedy Center Honor 1985
National Medal of Arts 1990
National Women's Hall of Fame 1998
Member of the Board of American Express
Member of the Board of Macy's
Wedding: Rudy Giuliani and Judi Nathan (2003)
Jewish Ancestry
Romanian Ancestry Paternal
Russian Ancestry
Ukrainian Ancestry Maternal
Author of books:
Bubbles: A Self-Portrait (1976, memoir)
Beverly: An Autobiography (1987, memoir, with Lawrence Linderman)
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