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Mary Testa, American singer and actress
Mary Testa is an American stage and film actress. She is a three-time Tony Award nominee, for performances in revivals of Leonard Bernstein's On the Town (1998), 42nd Street (2001) and Oklahoma (2019). Testa left school to move to New York in 1976 to pursue a performing career.
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Mary Testa was born in 1955. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Mary Testa's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1955 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.29 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $10,950 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $6,200 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $0.75 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $0.50 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.03 | $0.73 |
| Population | 165.3M | 341 million |
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