Elaine Stritch Leaving NY: Quotable Quotes
I afraid it’s true: Elaine Stritch is moving back to her native Michigan. At 88, the consummate Broadway broad is giving up her apartment in NY’s Carlyle Hotel. Here, a brief history of her life and career, along with some of the world’s favorite quotes and anecdotes. Sample: in 1958, Stritchie cast as Trixie Norton in the pilot for The Honeymooners. She claims she was fired for acting too much “like Jackie Gleason in drag.â€
