Brett sommers biography
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Brett Somers
(1924-2007)
Who Was Brett Somers?
An actress, singer, and comedienne, Brett Somers was born Audrey Johnston in 1924 in New Brunswick, Canada.
She changed her first name to Brett after the lead female character in the novel The Sun Also Rises. Somers married actor Jack Klugman, the future star of TV shows Quincy and The Odd Couple, in 1953.
Brett sommers biography
She made appearances on The Odd Couple and Match Game and had a one-woman show in 2003.
Early Years
Brett Somers was born Audrey Johnston on July 11, 1924, in New Brunswick, Canada, and grew up in Portland, Maine.
She ran away from home at age 17 and settled in Greenwich Village in New York City. She changed her first name to Brett after the lead female character in the Ernest Hemingway novel The Sun Also Rises. Somers was her mother's maiden name.
She also became a U.S. citizen.
In 1958, Somers made her Broadway debut in a flop play called Maybe Tuesday, which also featured future TV star Alice Ghostley, who p