One of the best old Broadway musicals, Damn Yankees, is about a man who sells his soul to the Devil so that his team can finally defeat the Yankees.

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Virginia-born Lady Astor was on hand for these ceremonies, calling Americans "my compatriots" and joking with a Southerner from Georgia, Private Billy Harrison, about their superiority to "damn Yankees" from New York.

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Other musicals and plays included "Bells Are Ringing, " ''Rhinoceros" and Damn Yankees, " in which her performance and the nasal tone she used in "All in the Family" attracted Mr. Lear's attention and led to his auditioning her for the role of Archie's wife.

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