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Elaine Paige‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1948-03-05

Popularity

star4.5

Elaine Paige

Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Elaine Paige

Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1948-03-05

Popularity

star4.5

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.

Movie Credits

Unexplained Laughter

Unexplained Laughter‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

Elaine Paige at the BBC

Elaine Paige at the BBC‌
star5.0
calendar 2022

Elaine Paige: I’m Still Here

Elaine Paige: I’m Still Here‌
star7.0
calendar 2015

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Masterpiece

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Masterpiece‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

An Audience with Cliff Richard

An Audience with Cliff Richard‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Magasinet Special: Chess 1984

Magasinet Special: Chess 1984‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

I Dreamed a Dream: the Susan Boyle Story

I Dreamed a Dream: the Susan Boyle Story‌
star0.0
calendar

Show Tunes at the BBC

Show Tunes at the BBC‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

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

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh‌
star2.0
calendar 1998

Cats

Cats‌
star7.3
calendar 1998

Our Cilla

Our Cilla‌
star6.5
calendar 2015

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream‌
star5.2
calendar 2016

A View of Harry Clark

A View of Harry Clark‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

A Closed Book

A Closed Book‌
star5.5
calendar 2012

Adventures of a Plumber's Mate

Adventures of a Plumber's Mate‌
star4.2
calendar 1978

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration‌
star6.7
calendar 1998

Evita: The Making of a Superstar

Evita: The Making of a Superstar‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

ABBA: Super Troupe

ABBA: Super Troupe‌
star0.0
calendar 2019

Des O'Connor: The Ultimate Entertainer

Des O'Connor: The Ultimate Entertainer‌
star0.0
calendar 2020

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Musicals: The Greatest Show

Musicals: The Greatest Show‌
star8.0
calendar 2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

Tv Credits

This Morning

This Morning‌
star5.7
calendar 1988

The One Show

The One Show‌
star4.6
calendar 2006

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

The Paul O'Grady Show

The Paul O'Grady Show‌
star4.6
calendar 2004

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show‌
star3.7
calendar 2007

Pebble Mill

Pebble Mill‌
star3.1
calendar 1991

Daytime Live

Daytime Live‌
star3.5
calendar 1987

All Star Musicals

All Star Musicals‌
star8.0
calendar 2017

An Audience with...

An Audience with...‌
star5.3
calendar 1978

The Marti Caine Show

The Marti Caine Show‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Beautiful People

Beautiful People‌
star7.4
calendar 2008

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Einer wird gewinnen

Einer wird gewinnen‌
star7.0
calendar 1964

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple‌
star7.7
calendar 2004

Wogan

Wogan‌
star4.5
calendar 1982

Life

Life‌
star7.6
calendar 2020

Show & Co. mit Carlo

Show & Co. mit Carlo‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Numéro un

Numéro un‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

Father Brown

Father Brown‌
star7.5
calendar 2013

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders‌
star7.5
calendar 1997

The Play on One

The Play on One‌
star5.5
calendar 1988

Great Performances

Great Performances‌
star4.9
calendar 1971