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Elaine Paige (Grizabella)

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Elaine Paige - with and without her makeup

Actress and singer Elaine Paige was born in Barnet in 1948.  She made her West End debut in Hair in 1969 after training at the Aida Foster drama school.  Her 30-year career has been dominated by musicals, she has recorded 14 solo albums; "I know him so well", which she sang with Barbara Dickson in Chess, is in the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest-selling record by a female duo( see the pictures below).  In 1995, she was awarded an OBE.

She has played Grizabella since 1981, and Susan Jane Tanner (Jellylorum in video) has played Jellylorum since 1981 with her in the same theatre.   Well, her voice  is really good, you can see her in the video "The celebration of Andrew Lloyd Webber ".

Productions:  Sunset Boulevard, The Misanthrope, Piaf, Anythins goes, Chess, Abracadabra, Cats, Evita, Billy, Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair, Nuts, Rock Carmen, Roar like a dove.

Elaine has also performed in CATS video, Hey! Mr.Producer, and Andrew Llyod Webber's 50 years old ceremory, playing Grizabella.

Elaine is now performing "The King And I" at the London Palladium.

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Elaine in Royal Varitey show - The King and I

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Elaine played Evita in Evita ( in the left picture, it's the end of the first act of Evita in Hal Prince's memorable 1978 London production.  Elain Paige is Evita and Joss Ackland is Peron)

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Paige kicks up her heels in the "Buenos Aires" member in Evita

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A rehearsal for Evita (the same scene as the picture above)

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Elaine Paige and Jason Scott Lee in "The King And I"

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Another picture of Elaine and Jason Scott Lee in "The King And I"

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A very experienced actress

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Elain is singing "I knew him so well"

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Elaine and Barbara Dickson are singing the very famous song "I knew him so well"

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A nice picture of young Elaine

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Barrymore interviewed Elaine in Winter Garden Theatre

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In Evita

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In Evita

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Elaine in The King And I

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Elaine in The Making of Cats

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In The Making of Cats

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In recording studio

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doing makeup

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