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Linda Lavin
A 1959 graduate of the College of William and Mary, Linda Lavin played the Widow Huzzit in the 1958 production of The Common Glory. After graduating, she went on to play Alice Hyatt in the hit TV show Alice from 1976 to 1985 and starred in numerous plays and musicals. She was awarded two Golden Globe Awards and received two Emmy Award nominations for her work in Alice. Here is her profile from the program of the 1958 Common Glory:
Linda Lavin intends to pursue a career in the professional theatre as steadfastly as she, in the role of Widow Huzzitt, pursues Cephus Sicklemore; and to those who have seen her performances in the William and Mary Theatre she will very likely, as does the Widow, achieve her goal. She has worked with little theatre groups in her home town of Portland, Maine, and has appeared on television. Miss Lavin has been a vocalist with dance bands and had the feminine lead in a pre-Broadway musical by David Baker and Ira Wallach in 1955. She spent the 1957 season as a resident principal with the St. John Terrell Music Circus in Camden, N. J. In addition to the feminine lead in the 1957 William and Mary Varsity Show and leading roles in the Restorations comedies presented under the auspices of Colonial Williamsburg, Miss Lavin has appeared in several William and Mary Theatre productions: Margo in Dial M for Murder, Rosalind in As You Like It, Rosa Gonzales in Summer and Smoke, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and Mrs. Levi in The Matchmaker. She is president of Theta Alpha Phi drama fraternity and is a senior at the College of William and Mary.
Goldie Hawn
Star of such Hollywood movies as Cactus Flower, Private Benjamin, Foul Play, Protocol, Swing Shift, Overboard, Bird on a Wire, and Death Becomes Her, Goldie Hawn played Joan Finton in the 1964 production of The Founders and was a dancer in the 1963 production of The Common Glory. She won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her work in the 1969 film, Cactus Flower. A native of Washington D.C., Goldie studied acting at American University. Here is her profile from the program of the 1964 Founders production:
GOLDIE HAWN (Joan Flinton) was a dancer last summer in The Common Glory, and while teaching dance and modeling in Washington this past year, studied dance and voice. Her experience includes dancing with the Ballet Russe in an appearance in Washington, and her future plans call for the study of acting, singing and dance in New York.