Sarah Payne (actress)
Sarah Payne (born 1959)[1] is a British actress and soprano. She has worked extensively in London's West End, and has played various roles in theatre, comedy, musical theatre, and opera. She is best known for the role of Lina Lamont in the 1983 West End production of Singin' in the Rain; a role for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award.
Career
[edit]Payne initially trained as a musician, and studied music at Durham University.[citation needed] She was offered a part in a musical, and within two years she received a Best Actress of the Year in a Musical Olivier Award nomination for creating the role of Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain (1983) at London's Palladium Theatre.[2][3] She returned to that theatre in 1985 in the title role of pantomime Cinderella.[4]
Her major theatre credits also include such shows as The Rocky Horror Show (1979), Barnum (1981), Cricket (1986), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1987), Risky Kisses (1990), The Marriage of Figaro (1991), Showtune (1998, then titled The Best of Times), High Spirits (2001), and Follies (2006).[5] She also appeared in the 1985 Royal Variety Performance.[6]
Payne sings on the 1986 studio cast recording of the concept musical Josephine,[7] and on the 1992 London concert album of Nine.[8] She sang Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Greenwich Theatre in 1990.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Sebastian Lassandro (2021). Tommy Steele: A Life in the Spotlight. Fonthill Media. ISBN 9781781558478.
- ^ Kurt Gänzl (2001). "Singin' in the Rain". The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre: O-Z. Schirmer Books. p. 1869. ISBN 9780028655741.
- ^ "Oliviers:Olivier Winners 1983". officiallondontheatre.co.uk. 24 April 2008.
- ^ Anthony Inglis (2023). Sit Down, Stop Waving Your Arms About!. Troubador Publishing Limited. p. 141. ISBN 9781803138121.
- ^ "Sarah Payne". Theatricalia. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Bernard Baron Delfont (1989). Curtain Up!: The Story of the Royal Variety Performance. Robson. p. 206. ISBN 9780860516293.
- ^ "Josephine". castalbums.org. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Broadway, Movie, TV, and Studio Cast Musicals on Record: A Discography of Recordings, 1985-1995. Bloomsbury Academic. 1996. p. 114. ISBN 9780313298554.
- ^ "Don Giovanni". London Theatre Record. 10: 192. 11 February 1990.
External links
[edit]- Sarah Payne film and television acting credits at the BFI
- Sarah Payne at IMDb
- 1959 births
- Living people
- British stage actresses
- British musical theatre actresses
- British television actresses
- English operatic sopranos
- 20th-century British women opera singers
- 21st-century British women opera singers
- 20th-century English actresses
- 21st-century English actresses
- Alumni of Durham University