Norma Terris

[2] Born in Columbus, Kansas, Terris was named after the heroine of Bellini's opera Norma.

[5] In vaudeville, Terris headlined two-a-day programs, appearing in productions by Schubert and Ziegfeld.

She made two films during the early days of talking pictures - Married In Hollywood, and the 1930 version of Cameo Kirby, which was, like Show Boat, a riverboat musical involving a gambler.

Cameo Kirby appears to be lost, and only twelve minutes of Married in Hollywood apparently survive.

[7] She performed two one-woman shows, An Evening with Norma Terris (1969 and 1971) and A Tribute To Jerome Kern (1985).

[3] In 1984, Goodspeed Musicals created a second performance venue in Chester, Connecticut, which is named the Norma Terris Theatre.