Beth Leavel

Infobox actor
name = Beth Leavel

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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 in Harrington 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 attended Meredith College in her undergraduate years and completed a graduate theatre degree at the University 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 an understudy 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 a Tony Award- and a Drama 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"