Georgia Brown
About
Biography
Filmography
Family & Companions
Notes
Brown received a 1963 Tony nomination as Best Actress for her work onstage in "Oliver!".
Biography
First attracted attention on the nightclub and cabaret scene for her bluesy jazz intonations and later enjoyed considerable success on the Broadway and London stages. Brown made her breakthrough with a London staging of "The Threepenny Opera" in 1956 and is perhaps best remembered for originating the role of Nancy in the smash London and Broadway hit, "Oliver!," intorducing the now standard "As Long As He Needs Me." (She lost out to Shani Wallis when Carol Reed adapted the musical to film in 1968.)
Although Brown began acting in films in 1957, the 1970s marked her busiest period. Typically cast in blowsy, bawdy roles, she enlivened such features as "The Fixer" (1968), "Tales That Witness Madness" (1973) and "The Seven Per-Cent Solution" (1976) and also appeared in the PBS miniseries "Shoulder to Shoulder" (1975) and "The Rebel" (1976). Late in life Brown returned to the London stage to perform in "42nd Street" and "Greek," and to Broadway in the title role of "Roza" (based on the 1977 film "Madame Rosa") and the 1989 revival of "Threepenny Opera" starring Sting. She also lent her distinctively husky voice to the animated TV programs "Rick Moranis in Gravedale High" and the short-lived "Fish Police" before her sudden death at age 58.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Cast (Special)
Music (Special)
Life Events
1950
Made stage debut in a girls club pageant in London
1956
London stage debut as Lucy Brown in "The Threepenny Opera"; later reprised role in New York
1957
Made film debut in "Murder Reported"
1960
Originated the role of Nancy in the London and New York versions of the smash hit stage musical, "Oliver!"
1964
Had title role in the London musical "Maggie May"
1968
Appeared in "The Fixer"
1975
Played suffragette Annie Kenney in a PBS miniseries, "Shoulder to Shoulder"
1982
Wrote and starred in the stage show "Georgia Brown and Friends"
1987
Last film, "Love at Stake"
1989
Played Mrs. Peachum in the New York revival of "The Threepenny Opera" headlined by Sting
1990
Supplied a voice for the NBC animated children's show, "Rick Moranis in Gravedale High"
1992
Supplied a voice for the short-lived primetime CBS animated comedy, "Fish Police"
Family
Companions
Bibliography
Notes
Brown received a 1963 Tony nomination as Best Actress for her work onstage in "Oliver!".
