Lisa Mordente (born July 30, 1958) is an American actress, singer, and dancer.
Life
Born in the
Long Island village of New Hyde Park, to choreographer and television director
Tony Mordente and actress/dancer
Chita Rivera (her birth postponed her mother's opening in the West End production of
West Side Story),
[ Chita Rivera website] Mordente made her
Broadway theatre debut opposite
Alexis Smith in the short-lived 1978 musical
Platinum.
Marlowe (1981) was equally unsuccessful, but garnered her a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical. She also was assistant to the choreographer for the 1993 production of
The Who's Tommy, where she met performer Donnie Kehr, whom she married and later divorced.
Mordente's television credits include a regular role on the 1976 summer series Viva Valdez and guest appearances on Starsky and Hutch, Welcome Back, Kotter, Chico and the Man, The Cosby Show, C.P.O. Sharkey and The A-Team. She served as choreographer for the movies The End and Sister Act.
Mordente also sang a duet with Adam Sandler called "Crazy Love" on his 1996 What the Hell Happened to Me? comedy album.
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