Jean Palmerton

Jean Palmerton was an American theater and television actress. Palmerton's career began in musical theater and progressed to include guest appearing roles in some of the top television series.Palmerton was raised in upstate New York and initially studied music, becoming, at the age of nine, the first child to be trained on the violin by Arturo Toscanini's concert master and renowned violinist Mischa Mischakoff, at the Chautauqua Institution School of Music. She later began to study acting and voice, which encouraged her to pursue a career outside the orchestra pit and in the late 50's, Palmerton left her small Catskills Mountains town and went to New York City to audition for roles in Broadway productions, during which she became a voice student of Felix Knight. One of Palmerton's first professional jobs was in 1960, with the national tour of Once Upon a Mattress, which also marked the Broadway debut of Carol Burnett. Palmerton was in the ensemble, as well as the understudy for the ... [Details Intro]