Background
Marand, was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in New York City, the daughter of Patrick and Justine Marandino.
Marand, was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in New York City, the daughter of Patrick and Justine Marandino.
She also appeared in the 1952 musical Wish You Were Here. She was a regular on The Merv Griffin Show. Her birth name was Patricia Marandino, and she had a brother Robert.
She made her Broadway debut in South Pacific as a replacement for Lieutenant
Genevieve Marshall. She then starred as Teddy Stern in the 1952 musical Wish You Were Here, opposite Jack Cassidy. She was back on Broadway in The Pajama Game in 1955 as a replacement in the role of Brenda.
The press called her "A statuesque, red haired beauty with an unforgettable rich, smooth and melodic soprano voice, Marand’s iconic performances epitomized legendary Broadway theatre with memorable grace and style."
A regular in summer stock, she toured in 1981, starring opposite Yul Brynner, as Anna in The King and I. In other stage roles, she played Aldonza in Manitoba of Louisiana Mancha opposite Alfred Drake and had leading roles in Kiss Maine, Kate, Guys & Dolls, Oklahoma! and Kismet, among others She was a regular on The Merv Griffin Show and appeared as a guest several times on The Editor Sullivan Show and The Johnny Carson Show.
She also sang in concerts with the Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New Haven and Minneapolis Symphonies, and sang in long-running engagements at supper clubs at such venues as New York"s Pierre and Saint Regis Hotels.
She guest starred as Helen Barone in The Sopranos (2000). Marand married lawyer Irving Salem in 1984 and died in 2008 at the age of 74, in New York City, from brain cancer. She is buried at Greenwood Union Cemetery in Harrison, New New York