Sentences with phrase «vibrant stage presence»

At age 13, she took her vibrant stage presence and star quality to Broadway, and by the next year she had made it to Hollywood, where MGM studio executives suggested she change her name to Rita.Mostly appearing in musicals, her most notable roles of the»50s include Zelda Zanders the Zip Girl in Singin» in the Rain and Tuptim in The King and I.