Celebrity impressions? Celebrity look alikes?

[Sandee Cohen]

Has anyone ever told you that you look like a certain celebrity? If so, who.

Can you do any celebrity impressions? I do Ethel Merman.

Next time you see me, ask me to do it.

[Szalam]

I've been told I look like James Van Der Beek before, but that's probably because we're both tall, white, almost blond, and almost good looking.

[Nancy OShea]

Voice impressions:

Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/388401/Born-Yesterday-Movie-Clip-Practically-Blind.html

2nd Munchkin in the Lollipop Guild

A Munchkin Welcome - The Wizard Of Oz - YouTube

[Sandee Cohen]

I can do a pretty good Coroner Wizard Of Oz Munchkin Coroner - YouTube

But what's freaky is the Lollipop Guild and Coroner were all electronically manipulated.

[Sandee Cohen]

Judy Holiday is one of the hardest impressions to get right. It's the dumb blonde, combined with Noo Yawk, combined with a stuffed nose.

[Nancy OShea]

And she squeaks a little & is totally out of my range so I can't do it for long.

[Sandee Cohen]

Have you ever seen her in The Solid Gold Cadillac? One of my favorites.

[Nancy OShea]

Yup!  Big fan.

How about Bells are Ringing  -- song "The Party's Over"  (film 1960, director Vincent Minnelli)

or The Marrying Kind (1952)?

She was before my time so I never got to see her on stage.  

Merman isn't easy to do either.  Huge voice, lots of vibrato and a really big personality.

Nancy O.

[kimsforum]

my 13 year old niece dressed up as Merman for Halloween, I must ask what inspired that!

[Sandee Cohen]

Merman in what? Gypsy? Annie Get Your Gun?

[kimsforum]

sorry I jumped in too early, she dressed as Rosemary Clooney

[Pariah Burke]

I have this one recurring student who swears I look like the actor Ben Foster (3:10 to Yuma, X-Men: The Last Stand). I don't see the resemblance, though.

[Sandee Cohen]

Usually people never think they look like the celebrity they are compared to.

I think with a little work you could look like Jared Leto. But not when he played the drag queen in "Dallas Buyer's Club."

[chanaart]

I can do different ones... I was told I look like Jackie O.....maybe 30 years ago.

Lets have an impression party at MAX

[Sandee Cohen]

I'll do at least 8 measures of Ethel Merman. And I'll let anyone pick the song just to prove it's not my only song.

Also sometimes I do Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men.

[KShinabery212]

Ha ha ha... you know I worked on the NY auditions for NBC's Next Best Thing back in the day!  People really take impersonations seriously!  But it was lot of fun.  I really miss working in film, television and commercials in NYC!  So many stories I could tell!

Now I am strictly doing Advertising, PR, Events, blah blah blah in Germany.  Miss the fun times on set!