Josie de Guzman

Josie de Guzman, also known as Jossie de Guzman, is an American actress and singer of Puerto Rican descent, best known for work in the theatre.

Career Josie de Guzman graduated from the Academia del Perpetuo Socorro. After studying at the Boston Conservatory of Music, Guzman made her Broadway debut in 1978 as Lidia in the original production of Elizabeth Swados's Runaways. She returned to Broadway the following year to portray Gia Campbell in the original production of Joseph Stein and Alan Jay Lerner's Carmelina.

In 1980 she was handpicked by Leonard Bernstein to portray Maria in the 1980 revival of West Side Story for which she received her first Tony Award nomination. She returned to Broadway in 1992 to portray Sarah Brown in Jerry Zaks's critically acclaimed revival of Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls with Nathan Lane, Peter Gallagher, and Faith Prince. For her performance she earned a second Tony Award nomination. 1979 Carmelina Gia Campbell Broadway 1980 West Side Story Maria Broadway

Fuente Ovejuna Laurencia Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger Nick & Nora Maria Valdez Broadway 1992 Guys and Dolls Sarah Brown Broadway 1997 Carmen Carmen Court Theatre (Chicago) 2001 The Music Man Marian Paroo Cherry County Playhouse 2003 Diosa Amber Hartford Stage 2004 Nine Luisa North Shore Music Theatre

The Man Who Came to Dinner Maggie Cutler

Rock 'n' Roll Esme 2010 Mrs. Mannerly Mrs. Mannerly

August: Osage County Barbara Fordham And Then There Were None Vera Claythorne

The Seagull Arkadina Noises Off Belinda Blair Black Coffee Barbara Armory Death of a Salesman Linda Loman

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club Club Secretary The Hollow Lady Lucy You Can't Take It with You Penelope Sycamore

Communicating Doors Ruella Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Masha A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas Spirit of Christmas Past

All My Sons Kate Keller The Other Place Juliana

The Nether Detective Morris Agatha Christie's Spider's Web Clarissa Hailsham-Brown A Midsummer Night's Dream Hippolyta, Titania