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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1930-04-05

Place of Birth

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Mary Costa

Biography

Mary Kathleen Costa is a retired American opera singer and actress. Her most notable film credit is as the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney animated film Sleeping Beauty. She was named a Disney Legend in 1999. Costa is an operatic soprano. Costa is a recipient of the 2020 National Medal of Arts.

Known for

Climax!

Climax!

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to June 1963. The series was sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors and its theme song, sung by Shore, was "See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet", which continued to be used in Chevrolet advertising for several more years after the cancellation of the show.

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.

The Oscars

The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

The Jim Nabors Hour

The Jim Nabors Hour

The Jim Nabors Hour is an American variety television series hosted by Jim Nabors that aired on the CBS television network from 1969 to 1971. Fresh from his success with Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., which put his backwoods "Gomer Pyle" character from The Andy Griffith Show in a military context, the show not only built on that success, including Ronnie Schell and Frank Sutton, two of Nabors' old co-stars, but also displayed his baritone singing voice, which had been used on the Pyle show on occasion and had gotten Nabors several gold records in the late 1960s. The show was consistently in the top thirty and performed strongly in its time slot, but fell victim to the infamous CBS "rural purge" and was axed by the network.

The Don Knotts Show

The Don Knotts Show

The Don Knotts Show was a variety program aired by NBC as part of its 1970-71 lineup. Long relegated to the role of sidekick, which he had portrayed for many years in several television series and films, Don Knotts was the headliner here. Each week, he and his guests put on standard TV variety fare of the era. Two recurring features were a skit about the effort involved in putting a weekly television series on the air, much in the spirit of The Jack Benny Show, and The Front Porch, in which Don and a guest would sit in rocking chairs and quietly discuss their philosophies of life. Notable regulars in his cast included Elaine Joyce and Gary Burghoff, who had previously portrayed "Radar O'Reilly" in the film version of M*A*S*H and was about to achieve his greatest fame in reprising that role for the television version of it.

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

Television version of the Lehar operetta.

Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas

Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas

Bing Crosby hosts this music holiday special featuring performances by Mary Costa, Robert Goulet, the Mitchell Boys Choir and the Crosby family.

The Big Caper

The Big Caper

A con artist moves into a small town to spearhead a payroll robbery.

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party

It's an enchanted royal tea party, and your little princess is the guest of honor! There, she can sing along with all her favorite Disney Princesses as they perform their best-loved songs. Plus, she'll be the belle of the ball as she learns wonderful dance moves and sings karaoke-style too!

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream

Sound the trumpets and prepare for the ultimate celebration of magic, music and dreams come true! Introduce your little princess to the one special collection that features all her favorite Disney Princesses performing their most cherished songs from Disney's award-winning classics

The Great Waltz

The Great Waltz

A musical based on the life and music of Johann Strauss, Jr.

Disney's DTV Valentine

Disney's DTV Valentine

A Valentine's Day special featuring rock and roll music set to scenes from Disney animation.

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'

Documentary about the making of Disney's Animated Classic.