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Muriel O'Malley, also known by her married name Muriel Roet, (19 May 1907 – 21 August 1994) was an Australian-born American actress and contralto who had an active performance career in musicals, operas, and concerts from the 1920s through the 1960s. She is best remembered for her work on Broadway; including creating roles in the original productions of two musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein: Grandma Taylor in Allegro (1947) and Sister Margaretta in The Sound of Music (1959). She was also a leading performer with the St. Louis Municipal Opera and the New York City Opera. With the latter company she portrayed the role of Celeste in the world premiere of William Grant Still's Troubled Island in 1949. She starred in television films of two operettas; portraying Aurelia Popoff in The Chocolate Soldier on the NBC anthology series Musical Comedy Time in 1950 and Dame Carruthers in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard on the Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1957.