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Elaine Paige
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Elaine Paige
Homepage
http://www.elainepaige.com/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-03-05,Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Gender
Female
Biography
Elaine Jill Paige OBE (née Bickerstaff; born 5 March 1948) is an English singer and actress, best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, Hertfordshire, Paige attended the Aida Foster Theatre School, making her first professional appearance on stage in 1964, at the age of 16. Her appearance in the 1968 production of Hair marked her West End debut. Following a number of roles over the next decade, Paige was selected to play Eva Perón in the first production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita in 1978, which brought her to the attention of the broader public. For this role, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Performance of the Year in a musical. She originated the role of Grizabella in Cats and had a Top 10 hit with "Memory", a song from the show. In 1985, Paige released "I Know Him So Well" with Barbara Dickson from the musical Chess, which remains the biggest-selling record by a female duo. She then appeared in the original stage production of Chess, followed by a starring role in Anything Goes which she also co-produced. Paige made her Broadway debut in Sunset Boulevard in 1996, playing the lead role of Norma Desmond, to critical acclaim. She appeared in The King and I from 2000 to 2001, and six years later she returned to the West End stage in The Drowsy Chaperone. She has also worked sporadically in television. In addition to being nominated for five Laurence Olivier Awards, Paige has won many other awards for her theatre roles and has been called the First Lady of British Musical Theatre due to her skill and longevity. She has released 22 solo albums, of which eight were consecutively certified gold and another four multi-platinum. Paige is also featured on seven cast albums and has sung in concerts across the world. Since 2004 she has hosted her own show on BBC Radio 2 called Elaine Paige on Sunday. In 2014, Paige celebrated her 50 years in show business. Paige announced on her official website a "Farewell" concert tour and a new career-spanning album The Ultimate Collection to mark this milestone in her career. Outside of her work in musical theatre, Paige is a vice-president of The Children's Trust, a UK charity for children with brain injury. Elaine Jill Bickerstaff was born and raised in Barnet, Hertfordshire, where her father Eric worked as an estate agent and her mother Irene was a milliner. Her mother had been a singer in her youth, and her father was an amateur drummer. Paige stands at just under 5 feet (1.5 m) tall, which she says has caused her to lose out on leading roles. Her original ambition was to become a professional tennis player, at which point her headmistress pointed out to her "they'd never see you over the net", but Paige continued to play tennis and has referred to the sport as one of her passions. ... Source: Article "Elaine Paige" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Unexplained Laughter

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Unexplained Laughter
1989-04-25

Elaine Paige at the BBC

5

Elaine Paige at the BBC
2022-01-29

Elaine Paige: I’m Still Here

7

Elaine Paige: I’m Still Here
2015-11-06

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Masterpiece

0

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Masterpiece
2001-09-30

An Audience with Cliff Richard

0

An Audience with Cliff Richard
1999-11-13

Magasinet Special: Chess 1984

0

Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
1984-11-08

I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story

0

I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story
2009-12-13

Show Tunes at the BBC

7

Show Tunes at the BBC
2024-01-27

7.3

Cats
1998-10-05

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh

2

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998-11-07

6.5

Our Cilla
2015-12-25

A Midsummer Night's Dream

5.2

A Midsummer Night's Dream
2016-05-30

A View of Harry Clark

0

A View of Harry Clark
1989-03-21

5.5

A Closed Book
2012-07-13

Adventures of a Plumber's Mate

4.3

Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
1978-07-01

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

6.7

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
1998-06-06

Evita: The Making of a Superstar

0

Evita: The Making of a Superstar
2018-11-24

ABBA: Super Troupe

0

ABBA: Super Troupe
2019-02-19

Des O'Connor: The Ultimate Entertainer

0

Des O'Connor: The Ultimate Entertainer
2020-11-23

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

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The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978-11-01

Musicals: The Greatest Show

9

Musicals: The Greatest Show
2021-02-07

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

0

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021-08-14

5.5

This Morning
1988-10-03

4.6

The One Show
2006-08-14

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

The Paul O'Grady Show

4.6

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004-10-11

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

3.7

The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007-09-03

3.1

Pebble Mill
1991-10-14

3.5

Daytime Live
1987-10-21

All Star Musicals

8

All Star Musicals
2017-12-24

An Audience with...

5.3

An Audience with...
1978-01-08

The Marti Caine Show

0

The Marti Caine Show
1979-01-08

Beautiful People

7.316

Beautiful People
2008-10-02

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

0

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
1988-07-23

Einer wird gewinnen

7

Einer wird gewinnen
1964-01-25

Agatha Christie's Marple

7.616

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004-12-12

4.5

Wogan
1982-05-04

7.467

Life
2020-09-29

Show & Co. mit Carlo

0

Show & Co. mit Carlo
1984-03-29

6

Numéro un
1975-04-05

6.2

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

7.496

Father Brown
2013-01-14

Midsomer Murders

7.5

Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23

The Play on One

6

The Play on One
1988-01-19

Great Performances

5.4

Great Performances
1971-01-28

Strictly Come Dancing

5.9

Strictly Come Dancing
2004-05-15