She played the Jet girl Velma in the iconic musical productions, then was an acting teacher for many years in New York and Hollywood.

Carole D’Andrea, who portrayed Velma, the Jet girl, in the original 1957 Broadway production of West Side Story and the ...

The star was one of only six actors from the original Broadway cast of West Side Story to appear in the classic feature film.

Actor and dancer ​Carole D'Andrea has passed away at the age of 87. D'Andrea's most celebrated role was as Velma, a member of ...

"I kept thinking, 'Do you want me to bring my abuelita in?'" the "Snow White" actress and singer says of her experience.

This is her West Side Story. So what’s your New York story ... Playing brings me back to the way I felt as a girl — and that’s priceless. Just as the people in the documentary inspired ...

The writers wondered if all they were doing was adding music to “Abie’s Irish Rose,” an early-20th-century play about an Irish Catholic girl ... “East Side Story” became “West Side ...

The mystery has deepened in the case of a 16-year-old girl who was stabbed and beaten to death at a park on Chicago's West Side. The family of Kaylah Love held a Sunday — hoping to move the ...

Chicago police are investigating after a teenage girl was found beaten to death at a park earlier this week on the city's West Side. Police said the girl was found unresponsive just before 5 p.m ...

The family of 16-year-old Kaylah Love, who was found dead at park last week on the West Side, claims officers responded to a 911 call after a report of a fight in the park, but they did not get out of ...

Carole D’Andrea, who portrayed Velma, the Jet girl, in the original 1957 Broadway production of West Side Story and the iconic 1961 film adaptation, has passed away at the age of 87. According ...