I love her. I met her just before she left NYC for Company in London. We were star struck college kids who saw Company lots of times in NYC. We brought her flowers on her last week, we ran into her on the street before the show and she invited us backstage after the show. She took us on the set. I will never forget that!

Stritch even said herself that Mermen was never off the stage for any health reasons, certainly not concerning her voice. The woman was invincible, simply because she lived by this rule

Stritch was a Great Lady and a Great Performer. Like Merman.. Channing.. Lansbury.... No one else quite like her!

Well, she's right. And so was Merman. I don't know about Broadway, but most opera singers live like hermits because they have to protect their voices. The public wants to see a great performance, they don't give a shit if you were out partying.

good ol elaine stritch.....a real broad's broad....i remember watching one of the emmy after broadcasts on E n this women was drunk as a skunk on live tv being interviewed and the reporter interviewing her did not knw she was so drunk when she approached her it was hysterical...

My favorite Merman anecdote, this one about WW2. "I know there's a war going on. I read Variety."

I recently had a conversation with a young man about to complete medical school who was up for a job at a major New York City hospital and asked me about the possibility of dating, and possibly marrying, a Broadway actress. I tried to explain that when they were in a play running on Broadway, they only can date on Monday night because the other 6 evenings of the week they would be on stage performing. The only time available for social events and mundane things like grocery shopping, doing laundry, etc. other that Monday was in the afternoon on Tuesday, Thursday Friday or Saturday, since Wednesday and Sunday afternoons were the matinee performances. Further, regardless of who they themselves might be professionally, if she became a success and well-known, he would be treated by most people when they were in public together as if he were the "Invisible Man" (unless he too was a well known actor). "Aunt" Elaine Stritch was a life-long family friend but if we were in public and she was recognized, in the eyes of those who recognized her, I practically disappeared. People would literally push me away from her so that they could get a Selfie picture with her, or look at me and ask me "Are you anybody?".

R.I.P. Elaine Stritch

Elaine Stritch! True theatrical stalwart. My late great Mother was a fan and although they never met, referred to her simply as Elaine. This question is ironic as Ms. Stritch was the matinee alternate Martha for Uta Hagen for "Virginia Woolf " cuz an 8 show week was deemed 2 demanding for the evening cast.

Yup!! (I'd comment more, but saving my voice)

She’s so right!

A young green Mike Reidal who is now a radio talk show assistant to NY sports media icon, Len Berman.

She and Merman are right, all partying will ruin your biggest asset, your vocal chords.

Elaine was the original idea for Dorothy on the Golden Girls. You know Hollywood at the last minute though....

Have u watched elaine stritch at "liberty"????!! Apparently not ....gawd

That's why it's always better to party and vacation when you finish your run on a show. After taling a well deserved break and fun, you go back and find new jobs

Katharine Hepburn called playing a role in the theater a prison sentence because of the strict regime that had to be kept.

That's the exact recipe for having optimum physical health, energy, quality of life, and not aging prematurely.

This isn’t the Stritch who drank Judy Garland under the table in their pub crawling days!

A f*king nun? I suppose this is an oxymoron! Or maybe not. Who knows?

What a load of CRAP! She partied her ASS off for YEARS!!! Up late boozing it up night after night! Too funny...God bless her, but boy these interviewers knew it too...

Aw, hush. Try working for a living.

Notice the limp wrist on that fairy, Miss Riedel. Such a Mary

Uh no elaine blew the interview she's changed lines & inserted profanity THATS why she didnt get the "Dorothy" role!!!!!!!

Gripe, gripe gripe. If you don't like, go pick vegetables in a hot field for twelves hours, earning less than minimum wage.

Wish Elaine would not swear