{{Short description|American actress (1928–2019)}} {{Infobox person | name = Libi Staiger | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Elizabeth Anne Staiger | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|1|10|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Harrisburg, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|9|25|1928|1|10}} | death_place = Austin, Texas, U.S. | other_names = | spouse = Jerome Eskow | years_active = 1953–1985 | occupation = Actress }} '''Elizabeth Anne Staiger''' (January 10, 1928 – September 25, 2019), known as '''Libi Staiger''', was an American actress who primarily worked on stage. Her career, which included roles on Broadway from 1953, was ended by the failure of her first starring vehicle, 1963's ''Sophie'', a musical-comedy life story of entertainer Sophie Tucker.<ref>Mordden, Ethan, ''Open a New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s''. New York: Palgrave, 2001, p. 122.</ref>
Staiger was born in Harrisburg, Illinois, and died in Austin, Texas.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/libi-staiger-dead-actress-broadway-dennys-commercials-was-91-1244041|title = Libi Staiger, Actress on Broadway and in Denny's Commercials, Dies at 91|work = The Hollywood Reporter|date = September 27, 2019|accessdate = September 27, 2019|last = Barnes|first = Mike}}</ref>
==Performances== ===Theatre=== * ''Sophie'' (Sophie), Winter Garden Theatre, New York, April 15–20, 1963. * ''Destry Rides Again'' (Chloe; standby for Frenchie), Imperial Theatre, New York, April 23, 1959 - June 18, 1960. * ''The Most Happy Fella'' (Cleo), London Coliseum, London, opened April 21, 1960.
===Film=== *''Hanky Panky'' (1982) - Buck's Wife
===Television=== * ''Kate & Allie'' in episode ''Dressed to Kill'', December 23, 1985.
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0821549}} * {{IBDB name}}
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