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Frederick Brisson (1912-1984) was a Danish-born producer and actor, known for musicals such as The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees. He was married to Arlette Janssens Josephson and Rosalind Russell, and died of a stroke in New York City.
Frederick Brisson was a Danish-born producer and actor, known for musicals like The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees. He was married to actress Rosalind Russell and later to Arlette Janssens Josephson, and died in 1984.
Learn how Rosalind Russell and Frederick Brisson met, married, and stayed together for 35 years in Hollywood. See photos, videos, and anecdotes of their friendship with Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, and others.
Frederick Brisson, a theater and film producer, died on Monday at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center after a stroke. He was 71 years old. Mr. Brisson...
On October 25, 1941, Russell married Danish-American producer Frederick Brisson (1912–1984), son of actor Carl Brisson. Cary Grant was responsible for the couple having met and was the best man at Frederick and Rosalind's wedding.
The papers of the producer Frederick Brisson, known for such productions as Coco, The Pajama Game, and Damn Yankees. The collection includes correspondence, memos, production files, financial records, scripts, clippings, photographs, and ephemera.
Following military service in the U.S. Army Air Force--where he rose to lieutenant colonel as chief of radio propaganda and a special consultant to the Secretary of War--Brisson became a prominent Broadway producer of the 1950s specializing in major musicals and plays.
