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Known for:	Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin, Tonight!, The Steve Lawrence-Eydie Gorme Show
Birth name:	Edith Gormezano
Birthday:	16 August 1931,The Bronx, New York, USA

Mother of 'David Nessim Lawrence' Was a high school classmate of Stanley Kubrick. Graduated high school in 1946. Worked at the United Nations due to her fluency in Spanish. Had a huge pop hit in 1963 with "Blame It on the Bossa Nova." She and Steve retired from performing for a time, distraught over the early death of one of their sons. They eventually returned to the limelight but at a slower pace. Eydie was considered for the role of Fanny Brice in the Broadway show "Funny Girl" but turned it down when the producers would not cast husband Steve Lawrence in the part of Nicky Arnstein. Later came Barbra Streisand and the rest is history. Cousin of Neil Sedaka. Is portrayed by Debbie Shapiro Gravitte in Isn't She Great

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