Anne Rogers (born 29 July 1933) is an English actress, dancer, and singer.[1]
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Career
editAnne Rogers was born in Liverpool and began her stage career at the age of 15. She was in the original London production of The Boy Friend, playing the female lead of Polly Browne for nearly four years.[2]
She was unable to play in the Broadway production of The Boy Friend because of London commitments, but later went to the U.S. to play Eliza Doolittle in the Hollywood and Chicago productions of My Fair Lady, winning the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance. [citation needed][3][4] After two years, she returned to London to play the same role for three years at the Theatre Royal (Drury Lane).[5] She appeared on Broadway in "Half a Sixpence" and "42nd Street." [1] When she played Jessie Matthews in the 2000 West End production of "Over My Shoulder," the Telegraph welcomed her back as a "marvellous old trouper."[6] She played Gladys in the gala New York performance of the musical Busker Alley in 2005, starring alongside Jim Dale, Glenn Close and George S. Irving.
Stage shows
edit- The Boy Friend
- My Fair Lady
- She Loves Me
- I Do! I Do!
- No No Nanette
- Half a Sixpence
- Zenda
- 42nd Street
- Gigi
- Camelot
- A Streetcar Named Desire (in South Africa)
- Over My Shoulder (as Jessie Matthews)
- Busker Alley.
- The Drowsy Chaperone
TV appearances
edit- Elizabeth, The Queen
- Rock and Roll Mom
- Sparkling Cyanide
- Birds on the Wing
- Song of Songs
- Hogan's Heroes
- Doctors (BBC 2008)'
- MacGyver (Season 2 – Three for the Road)
Awards
editReference list
editNotes
- ^ "Anne Rogers". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ Green (1980), p. 40.
- ^ Chicago Tribune
- ^ "My Theatre Club". mytheatreclub.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Anne Rogers – Biography". AllMusic.
- ^ "The Fall of a Showbiz Darling" The Daily Telegraph, 30 October 2003.
Bibliography
- Green, Stanley (1980). Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80113-6.
External links
edit- Anne Rogers at IMDb
- Anne Rogers at the Internet Broadway Database