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Elaine Orbach

Elaine Orbach attended George Balanchine's School of the American Ballet. After a year of training, she headed to Broadway for a twenty-year career. When Bob Fosse asked Elaine to stand by for the role of Velma Kelly in the original production of Chicago , she met Jerry Orbach. Three years later they were married and she chose to hang up her dancing shoes.