![]() We like this blond lady and hate to see her leave El Paso.” This week she puts over a ‘blues’ number that is splendid. Miss Vance has demonstrated her ability to sing ballads. In this show, she throws off some of the restraint that has handicapped her acting before and throws herself into the business of making herself beautiful and human. The El Paso Evening Post buzzed, “Vivian Vance proves a pleasant surprise. Her gestures, her inflection of voice, her mannerisms - all Vivian Vance and all the business of a finished actress.”Įven before that, in 1930, she was getting rave reviews while performing in Whose Baby Are You in El Paso, Texas. Of the latter, the Albuquerque Journal enthused, “It was Vivian Vance’s night. ![]() ![]() It was then that she changed her last name to Vance and began performing at the Albuquerque Little Theatre in 1930, where her credits would include This Thing Called Love, The Cradle Song and, in 1932, See Naples and Die. Nonetheless, as a teenager, Vivian moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she fared much better. The above was not exactly a ringing endorsement. ![]()
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