- Liz Robertson
Liz Robertson (born
May 4 ,1954 ) is a British actress and singer.Born in
Ilford inEssex , Robertson began training at the Finch Stage School at the age of three. Her first professional employment was as acabaret dancer atLondon 'sSavoy Hotel at the age of sixteen. Shortly after she joined a dance group called The Go-Jo's, and a year later she became the lead singer and dancer ofBBC Two 's "The Young Generation".Robertson's West End career began with "
A Little Night Music ", directed byHal Prince , and therevue "Side By Side By Sondheim ", which she subsequently took toToronto withGeorgia Brown . Other London theater credits include "I Love My Wife ", "My Fair Lady ", "Jerome Kern Goes toHollywood ", "Song and Dance ", "The Phantom of the Opera", and "The Music Man ".Robertson made her Broadway debut in "
Dance a Little Closer ", the disastrous 1983 musical adaptation of "Idiot's Delight " byCharles Strouse and her husband,Alan Jay Lerner , that closed on opening night. Three years later she returned with the Kern revue, which ran for only 24 performances and proved to be her last Broadway appearance. She starred in an extensive US tour of "The King and I " and performed at theKennedy Center before President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan.Robertson presented her one-woman show, "Just Liz", at the
Chichester Festival Theatre and theDuke of York's Theatre in London. It later was taped and broadcast byTelevision South . She is also a regular performer (and part of the original cast) of the long-running touring play "Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners " produced byMarc Sinden .External links
* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=81861/ Internet Broadway Database link]
* [http://www.reallyuseful.com/rug/shows/song/cast/LizRobertson.htm/ Really Useful bio]
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