In 1974, Lawrence entrusted Mary Lou with a solo number titled, "Dear Mr. She also joined forces with Jack Imel as a dance team, as their light comedic dance numbers became a very popular stable of the show. Mary Lou also took part in novelty numbers with Gail Farrell, and later the duo teamed together with Sandi Griffiths as the Sandi, Gail and Mary Lou trio. After singing in mostly group and choral numbers, the training paid off when she took lead vocals with her Betty Boop voice with Bob Lido's Hotsy Totsy Boys and in 1971, got her first solo number, "No No Nanette" which later was released as a single by Ranwood Records. She also found the time to audition for Lawrence Welk to be a part of the musical family, where she made her debut on the Mother's Day show iin 1970 and was enrolled in the organization's "Youth Oppurtunity Program" to train her to be a singer and all out performer.
While attending Temple University, perhaps it's second most famous alum after Bill Cosby, Mary Lou headed out to Southern California after being seen by a talent scout for the "All American College Show" for which she taped three shows with. That role was very successful, which the production went to 113 cities for a total of 229 performances. Her first exposure to acting came was as Lee Proctor in the community theater production of "A Guest In The House" and a year while performing in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" was recommened for the role of Amaryllis in the National Touring Company's production of Meredith Wilson's "The Music Man".
At the age of seven, she began performing professionally on the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which by that time the Metzgers made Philadelphia their home. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 13, 1950.the only child of Helen and Ernie Metzger. That's Mary Lou Metzger in a nutshell, who's been a Welk music maker since 1970. She's a bundle of energy that wears alot of hats singer, comedianne, dancer, actor and producer with a lot of beauty and talent added in.
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