Actor
Elaine Paige
March 5, 1948 · Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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.
Notable work
Often works with
John Mills
2 titles together
Cats, Tales of the Unexpected
Julia McKenzie
2 titles together
Agatha Christie's Marple, Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Hugo Speer
2 titles together
Agatha Christie's Marple, Father Brown
Christopher Biggins
2 titles together
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate, The Best of the Adventures
Prudence Drage
2 titles together
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate, The Best of the Adventures
Jonathan Adams
2 titles together
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate, The Best of the Adventures
Full filmography · 17
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Mistress Quince
2016
A Closed Book
as Canvasser
20125.5
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Grizabella
1998
Cats
as Grizabella
19987.2
Unexplained Laughter
as Betty
1989
A View of Harry Clark
as Anne Clark
1989
Chess Moves
as Florence
1985
The Best of the Adventures
as Susie (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
as Kim
1978
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
as Susie
19784.2