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Joanna Simon

Born: October 20, 1936•New York City, New York, USA•
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Biography

Joanna Elizabeth Simon, oldest sisterĀ of singer Carly Simon, was an American mezzo-sopranoĀ and TV journalist. As a singer, Simon was known for possessing a distinctively "smoky-voiced mezzo-soprano".Ā She performed regularly in operas and concerts internationally from 1962 through 1986, and thereafter made only periodic performances into the late 1990s. In 1962, she won the regional division of theĀ Metropolitan Opera National Council AuditionsĀ and theĀ Marian Anderson Award, also making her opera...