Maria's swim suit pictures are amazing, because she had a weight
    problem when she was a child, over which her mother tortured her.
    This became part of the pathology that drove her to greatness and
    misery.

    Maria’s stage mother could have made Gypsy Rose Lee’s stage mother
    a saint by comparison.


    Barry Gloger

    That indicates to me she had exceptional will power to lose the
    weight.

    Paul Lamar



    Every thing she accomplished in her life was achieved thru that
    great willpower

    At one time she weighed well over 200 lbs and Rudolph Bing called
    her monstrously fat; In 1953 she developed an eating disorder and
    lost 80 lbs, which some critics claim hurt her voice.   Her eating
    disorder aggravated her Dematomyositis which caused the rapid
    deterioration in her voice and early death at 53.

    Barry Gloger

    A real tragedy. I did not know all that. Perhaps because of the
    smoking.

    Are there any good books on her life?

    Paul Lamar


   PS - My daughter is a little-known, albeit professional opera singer

   She’s in this cast photo of Madama Butterfly in Japan


   Barry Gloger

   Must be hard walking on those shoes :-)


   Paul Lamar

Look similar to Dutch wooden shoes, or colgs.
Dale Davies


How did she get that Gig  in Japan Barry?

Paul Lamar


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