Karla DeVito
Karla DeVito was born in Mokena, Illinois, United States on May 29th, 1953 and is the Rock Singer. At the age of 70, Karla DeVito biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Karla DeVito (born August 29, 1953) is an American actress and singer.
Early life and education
In Mokena, Illinois, DeVito was born. She attended Willow Crest Grade School in Mokena and Lincoln-Way High School in New Lenox. She studied at Loyola University Chicago and majored in theater. She appeared on Godspell's Chicago cast members during her freshman year. Karla studied with Jo Forsberg at the Second City Company in Chicago and was part of Bill Murray's Second City Children's Theatre company. In 1973, she appeared in the musical Hair cast.
Personal life
DeVito married actor, director, guitarist, and educator Robby Benson on July 11, 1982. The couple have two children, a son, and a daughter.
Career
DeVito started her career in 1972, joining the national company of Godspell. A few years later, she became the lead singer of the band Orchestra Luna, and through that joined the cast of Jim Steinman's show Neverland, which had a run as a workshop production at the Kennedy Center in 1977.
Two months later, DeVito went on tour with Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman with their album Bat Out of Hell. She is seen singing with Meat Loaf in the video clip of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and "Bat Out of Hell", synced to the original vocal by Ellen Foley. After completing this tour, she returned to theatre in an off-broadway version of Cole Porter's Jubilee and LaMama's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. She then moved on to playing the lead role in The Pirates of Penzance on Broadway where she met future husband, Robby Benson.
She performed on Jim Steinman's only solo album, Bad for Good, on the track "Dance in My Pants" and its subsequent music video.
In 1981, DeVito released her debut solo album, Is This a Cool World or What? and the track Bloody Bess was intended to be a rock musical about a female pirate in the 17th Century.
DeVito also contributed background vocals for some groups such as Blue Öyster Cult and the band Sorrows. As a solo performer, she opened shows for Hall & Oates and Rick Springfield in the 1980s.
DeVito's second album, Wake 'Em Up in Tokyo was released by A&M in 1986. Her song, "We Are Not Alone", was featured in the motion picture The Breakfast Club (1985). In 1989, DeVito performed in South Carolina and returned in 1990 as part of "An Evening of Andrew Lloyd Webber". In 1990, DeVito co-starred in the film Modern Love and sang on two of the songs for the soundtrack. In 2002, DeVito sang the part of Elizabeth for the CD recording of Graham Russell's rock opera The Heart of the Rose which had a limited release on CD. In 2016, she contributed vocals to Meat Loaf's Braver Than We Are.