Elaine Stritch (born February 2 1926) is an Emmy and Tony Award-winning American actress, perhaps most famous for her trademark performance of "The Ladies Who Lunch" in Company. Biography Early life Stritch was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Mildred (née Jobe), a homemaker, and George Joseph Stritch, a business executive.http://www.filmreference.com/film/84/Elaine-Stritch.html Her family was wealthy and devoutly Roman Catholic.http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1252/is_9_129/ai_86140152http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/music/features/elaine-stritch.shtml Stritch's father was of Irish descent and her mother was of Welsh descent, and Stritch is the niece of Samuel Cardinal Stritch, the former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago.http://www.thebostonphoenix.com/bostorts/theater/documents/04220728.aspStritch trained at t

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