- Beth Leavel
Infobox actor
name = Beth Leavel
caption = on the set of "Good Morning San Diego", 2008
birthdate = birth date and age|1955|11|1
birthplace =Raleigh, North Carolina , USA
occupation = Actor
yearsactive = 1970s-present
spouse = John Milne
website = http://www.bethleavel.com
tonyawards = Best Featured Actress in a Musical
2006 "The Drowsy Chaperone "Beth Leavel (born
November 1 ,1955 ) is an American stage and screen actress.Biography
Leavel was born in
Raleigh, North Carolina , and grew up inHarrington Park, New Jersey . [cite news | author= | title=Meredith College presents Alumnae Awards | url=http://www.raleighdurham.com/index.aspx?page=readstories&id=512 | work=Business Leader Media | date=5 June 2007| accessdate=2008-07-14] She attendedMeredith College in her undergraduate years and completed a graduate theatre degree at theUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1980. She acted during college, appearing in productions such as "Cabaret" and "Hello, Dolly!". [cite news | author=Michelle Hines | title=And the Tony Goes to … UNCG Alum Beth Leavel! | url=http://www.uncg.edu/ure/news/stories/2006/June/BethLeavelWinsTony061206.htm | publisher=The University of North Carolina at Greensboro | date=12 June 2006 | accessdate=2008-07-14] Her Broadway debut was in the 1980 production of "42nd Street" as a replacement for Annie. Twelve years later Leavel made her original cast debut in "Crazy for You " as Tess and anunderstudy for Polly Baker. In 1999, she played Mabel and Mrs. Bixby in "The Civil War". Leavel returned to the revival of "42nd Street" in 2001 as a standby for Maggie Jones and Dorothy Brock, eventually playing the latter. She has also been on Nickelodeon.Leavel played the starring role of Beatrice Stockwell in "
The Drowsy Chaperone ", for which she helped to create the character's backstory, she referred to as "a compilation of a lot of different women in theatre." [cite news | author=Kenneth Jones| title=Brief Encounter with Beth Leavel | url=http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/99514.html | work=Playbill | date=31 May 2006 | accessdate=2008-07-14] For her work she received aTony Award - and aDrama Desk Award -for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.Leavel replaced
Andrea Martin as Frau Blucher in the Broadway production of "Young Frankenstein" on July 15, 2008. [cite news | author=Andrew Gans; Kenneth Jones | title=Leavel Will Join Young Frankenstein a Week Early | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119249.html | work=Playbill | date=7 July 2008| accessdate=2008-07-14]tage productions
* "42nd Street" –
St. James Theatre (1980)
* "Crazy For You " –Shubert Theatre (1992)
* "Show Boat " –George Gershwin Theatre (1994)
* "The Civil War " –St. James Theatre (1999)
* "42nd Street " –Ford Center for the Performing Arts (2001)
* "The Drowsy Chaperone " –Marquis Theatre (2006)
* "Young Frankenstein" –Hilton Theatre (2007)References
External links
* [http://www.bethleavel.com Beth Leavel official website]
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*###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
years=2005-2006
for "The Drowsy Chaperone "
before=Jan Maxwell
for "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
after=Debra Monk
for "Curtains "
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