The Broadway star originated the role of foul-mouthed dancer Valerie Clark.
News of her death was confirmed by friends on social media, including herA Chorus Linecostar Baayork Lee.
“We always wrote to one another no matter where we were on that day.

Pamela Blair.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
What a colorful character she was as depicted in the Val monologue in the show.”
Born in Vermont on Dec. 5, 1949, Blair made her Broadway debut in 1968’sPromises, Promises.
The latter earned her a Daytime Emmy nomination.

Pamela Blair in ‘A Chorus Line’.Bettmann Archive/Getty
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