# Libi Staiger

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{{Short description|American actress (1928–2019)}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Libi Staiger
| image        =
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| birth_name   = Elizabeth Anne Staiger
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1928|1|10|mf=yes}}
| birth_place  = [Harrisburg, Illinois](/source/Harrisburg%2C_Illinois), U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2019|9|25|1928|1|10}}
| death_place  = [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_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](/source/Broadway_theatre) from 1953, was ended by the failure of her first starring vehicle, 1963's ''Sophie'', a musical-comedy life story of entertainer [Sophie Tucker](/source/Sophie_Tucker).<ref>[Mordden, Ethan](/source/Ethan_Mordden), ''Open a New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s''.  New York: Palgrave, 2001, p. 122.</ref>

Staiger was born in [Harrisburg, Illinois](/source/Harrisburg%2C_Illinois), and died in [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_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](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|date = September 27, 2019|accessdate = September 27, 2019|last = Barnes|first = Mike}}</ref>

==Performances==
===Theatre===
* ''Sophie'' (Sophie), [Winter Garden Theatre](/source/Winter_Garden_Theatre), New York, April 15–20, 1963.
* ''[Destry Rides Again](/source/Destry_Rides_Again_(musical))'' (Chloe; standby for Frenchie), [Imperial Theatre](/source/Imperial_Theatre_(Broadway)), New York, April 23, 1959 - June 18, 1960.
* ''[The Most Happy Fella](/source/The_Most_Happy_Fella)'' (Cleo), [London Coliseum](/source/London_Coliseum), London, opened April 21, 1960.

===Film===
*''[Hanky Panky](/source/Hanky_Panky_(1982_film))'' (1982) - Buck's Wife

===Television===
* ''[Kate & Allie](/source/Kate_%26_Allie)'' in episode ''Dressed to Kill'', December 23, 1985.

==References==

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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0821549}}
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Category:1928 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Illinois
Category:American musical theatre actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:People from Harrisburg, Illinois
Category:21st-century American women

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