A long, full life:
In later years, Carlisle frequently repeated her mother's opinion of her chances of show business success: "You're not the prettiest girl or the best singer, or the best actress. But if you put them all together, you should do well in musical comedy. And we'll find you a husband on the stage."
...In 2002, at age 91, she was still performing around the country in her one-woman show, "My Life on the Wicked Stage," featuring songs and anecdotes about American musical theater. It grew out of material she had developed in 1996 for a talk about the genre at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
She was still touring in 2006. And to celebrate turning 96 that September, the ageless Carlisle planned to perform five nights at Feinstein's at the Regency, a Manhattan club.
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