Val Diamond
Val has had a long and varied theatrical career including many years with Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, which she joined in 1978. She was a featured performer on the Academy Awards presentation and the PBS special Sing Out America with Bobby Mc Ferrin and Judy Collins. She received two Critic's Circle Awards and four Cabaret Gold Awards, Outstanding Female Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year, for her concerts at the Great American Music Hall and the Venetian Room. Val's movie roles include Nine Months with Hugh Grant and Metro with Eddie Murphy and two upcoming films, Valley of the Heart's Delight and The Darwin Awards. Her TV work includes roles on Nash Bridges and many national and regional voiceover and on-screen commercials. She was a guest on The Merv Griffin Show four times and was seen on several music videos, among her favorites Tom Waits' "Blow Wind Blow"; Most recently Val was a featured soloist with the Oakland East Bay Symphony.
