Julia Migenes

Julia Migenes born March 13 1949 is an American soprano working primarily in musical theatre repertoire She was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Juan and Julia Migenes parents of Puerto Rican and Irish descent respectively Her stepfather Costas Makis was of Greek descent She is sometimes credited as Julia MigenesJohnson She attended The High School of Music Art in New York City Migenes played Tevyes second daughter Hodel in the original Broadway production of the longrunning musical Fiddler on the Roof She played Ciboletta in the 1973 film Eine Nacht in Venedig rereleased 2008 She also starred in the 1984 film of Carmen Migenes year of birth has been disputed with the years 1943 supported by the 1950 United States census and by the plausibility of known milestones in her career 1945 1948 which she has used and 1949 used in most reference sources all being cited As a child Migenes performed the role of Ngana in the first national tour of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific she alternated in the role with her sister Maria Also in the cast were her brother John 19401993 in the role of Jerome and her halfsister Jeanette 19262003 as Bloody Marys assistant and understudy to Bloody Mary Reportedly the siblings made enough money from the tour to buy their family a small house in the Bronx She made her Broadway debut in the musical Carnival She was a replacement understudy for the lead role of Lili Migenes performed the role from April 2 to April 14 1962 when lead actress Anna Maria Alberghetti took vacation Migenes then took on the leading role of Maria in the 1964 Broadway revival of West Side Story which played a limited run from April 8 to May 2 1964 at City Center Migenes created the role of Hodel the second oldest of Tevyes daughters in the original Broadway cast of Fiddler on the Roof While the production ran for almost eight years lasting over 3200 performances and winning nine Tony Awards Migenes tenure extended from the productions first preview on September 17 1964 through April 1 1967 Mimi Turque succeeded her in the role of Hodel Migenes has been married four times The first time was in 1962 as a teenager to William L Dean Jr a singer with Coral Records Company and the Fred Waring Orchestra the union was annulled in 1963 Her second marriage to Danjo Hotnik ended in divorce but brought Migenes her first daughter Martina Michaela born 1974 In 1979 Migenes married Jervis Johnson with whom she had a second daughter Jessica Allegra born 1981 She married Hungarian film director Peter Medak in 1988 they divorced in 2003 Source Article Julia Migenes from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA