Georgia Brown

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Biography

First attracted attention on the nightclub and cabaret scene for her bluesy jazz intonations and later enjoyed considerable success on the Broadway and London stages. Brown made her breakthrough with a London staging of "The Threepenny Opera" in 1956 and is perhaps best remembered for originating the role of Nancy in the smash London and Broadway hit, "Oliver!", intorducing the now standard "As Long As He Needs Me". (She lost out to Shani …
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Job Title

Actor, Music

Born

October 21, 1933

Career Milestones

1992

Supplied a voice for the short-lived primetime CBS animated comedy, "Fish Police"

1990

Supplied a voice for the NBC animated children's show, "Rick Moranis in Gravedale High"

1989

Played Mrs. Peachum in the New York revival of "The Threepenny Opera" headlined by Sting

1987

Last film, "Love at Stake"

1982

Wrote and starred in the stage show "Georgia Brown and Friends"

1975

Played suffragette Annie Kenney in a PBS miniseries, "Shoulder to Shoulder"

1968

Appeared in "The Fixer"

1964

Had title role in the London musical "Maggie May"

1960

Originated the role of Nancy in the London and New York versions of the smash hit stage musical, "Oliver!"

1957

Made film debut in "Murder Reported"

1956

London stage debut as Lucy Brown in "The Threepenny Opera"; later reprised role in New York

1950

Made stage debut in a girls club pageant in London

Awards

1990

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Comedy Series in Cheers

1971

BAFTA Award for Supporting Actress in The Raging Moon