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Phyllis Frelich's Birth Card: The 9 of Clubs
The Humanitarian Builder
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a Tony Award.
In the record
Phyllis Annetta Frelich (February 29, 1944 – April 10, 2014) was a deaf American actress. The birth-card coordinate for February 29 is the 9 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1980 Best Actress in a Play (Children of a Lesser God) win.
Tony Award record (leading acting)
- 1980 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play — Children of a Lesser God as Sarah Norman
The 9 of Clubs coordinate
Phyllis Frelich's birthday maps to the 9 of Clubs (The Humanitarian Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Tony Award and not a verdict on Phyllis Frelich. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You let a used-up framework go and keep the part that still works.
Phyllis Frelich in the public record
She was the first deaf actor to win a Tony Award. Frelich was born to deaf parents Esther (née Dockter) and Philip Frelich. She was one of nine siblings. Her parents were alumni of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. At Gallaudet University she completed a degree in library science, but also participated in theater. It was there that she was seen performing by David Hays, one of the founders of the National Theater of the Deaf, who asked her to join the theater company. Frelich originated the leading female role in the Broadway production of Children of a Lesser God, written by Mark Medoff. That play was specially written for her, and based to some extent on her relationship with her husband Robert Steinberg.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Phyllis Frelich (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in Phyllis Frelich's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 9♣ — Birth Card: The Humanitarian Builder
- 6♦ — Karma — Environment: The Generous Provider
- Q♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Devoted Nurturer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 9♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- K♥ — Life Spread — Mars
- K♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 6♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 4♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- J♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 8♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- 2♦ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Financial Partner
- A♦ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Wealth Pioneer
- 6♣ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Nurturing Creator
- 4♠ — PRC Life Spread — Jupiter: The Rigid Truth
- 10♥ — PRC Life Spread — Saturn: The Community Heart
- 10♦ — PRC Life Spread — Uranus: The Wealthy Master
- 8♠ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Powerful Mind
- A♥ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Emotional Pioneer
Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.
No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 9♣, 6♦, Q♥, 2♦, A♦, 6♣, 9♠, 2♥, K♥, K♦, 6♥, 4♣, J♠, 8♣, 4♠, 10♥, 10♦, 8♠, A♥. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast a Tony.
Also on the record
- Children won the Tony for Best Play; Frelich won the 1980 Best Actress Tony Award and her co-star, John Rubinstein, won the Best Actor Tony Award.
- Frelich was the first deaf actor or actress to win a Tony Award.
- Marlee Matlin played Frelich's role in the film version, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
- Frelich later starred in other plays written by Medoff, including The Hands of Its Enemy and Prymate.
Other leading Tony winners with this card
- Al Pacino — 1977 Best Actor in a Play (The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel)
- Anthony LaPaglia — 1998 Best Actor in a Play (A View from the Bridge)
- Carol Channing — 1964 Best Actress in a Musical (Hello, Dolly!)
- Cliff Gorman — 1972 Best Actor in a Play (Lenny)
- Helen Gallagher — 1971 Best Actress in a Musical (No, No, Nanette)
- Judi Dench — 1999 Best Actress in a Play (Amy's View)
- Judy Holliday — 1957 Best Actress in a Musical (Bells Are Ringing)
- Maureen Stapleton — 1971 Best Actress in a Play (The Gingerbread Lady)
- Stephen Dillane — 2000 Best Actor in a Play (The Real Thing)
FAQ
- What is Phyllis Frelich's birth card?
- The 9 of Clubs. February 29 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict a Tony Award?
- No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.
- Where do Phyllis Frelich's dates come from?
- Birth date 1944-02-29 is the day-precision date on Phyllis Frelich's Wikipedia person page, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Wikipedia dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Tony Award wins come from the Wikipedia leading-acting lists, which record the Tony Awards. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Sources: Tony Awards (tonyawards.com) + Wikipedia leading-acting lists + Wikidata CC0 (Q7188555) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Phyllis Frelich). Birth date 1944-02-29 is the Wikipedia person-page day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).