Actress Carole D’Andrea, who played Velma in West Side Story, died at 87 from heart ... portraying the famous Jet girl who falls for Riff. In 1961 she reprised the role in the movie musical ...

She was married to Tony winner and Mad Men star Robert ... She was cast as Velma, a rich girl who falls for Riff (Michael Callin), in West Side Story, which premiered in September 1957 at the ...