Sylvia was recently in Las Vegas at the "Mo'Nique Does Las Vegas" Show residency where she was introduced to the Oscar award winning actress. Mo'Nique broke down crying when she met Sylvia saying "Ms. Sylvia, thank you for knocking down doors so that I could do what I do!" It was an emotional evening. Monique invited her to share her residency stage that night and after a spectacular performance, the Oscar winner invited her back to perform the next night for two shows which prompted her to invite Sylvia back to Las Vegas in June. Mo'Nique was impressed all the way around! Sylvia did her first professional show at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC in 1969. She had been doing shows at peoples' houses for birthday parties, weddings, talent shows, school programs and cabarets that were popular during that time. She could hear things like certain bugs when she was a child and could mimic their sound. "I did not know I was an impressionist at that time." I didn't even know what an impressionist was.
SYLVIA TRAYMORE MORRISON
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