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Ann Emery (12 March 1930 – 28 September 2016) was a British actress. She was the half-sister of actor and comedian
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. Educated at Mrs Smith's School for Young Ladies and the Cone Ripman School, she excelled in
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, which led to her first stage role as a Babe in ''
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'' at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith. During her career she performed in various theatre roles, including Sir Trevor Nunn's production of ''
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'' ( Royal National Theatre and the
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). She originated the role of Grandma in ''
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'' which she played from 2005–10. Reviewing the musical in ''
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'', Michael Billington noted, "... when Ann Emery, as Billy's gran, sings of her sour memories of her husband, we get on the other side of the stage a collective demonstration of the slow movements of the inebriated working-class male. It is the kind of effect that can only be achieved in a musical." Following her appearance in ''
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'', Emery returned to the role of Grandma which she played until 8 November 2014, when she retired, aged 84. Emery is possibly best known for playing Ethel Meaker in the
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programme ''
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''. She played Ethel Rocket in ''
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'' in 1995 and appeared in the 2007 film ''
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''. In 1992, she had appeared in the national tour of the Kander and Ebb musical ''70 Girls 70'' with
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'', the first series featuring the pop group
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, in which she appeared attempting to dance to one of the group's songs as they rehearsed in the opening scene. She played "Mother Dear" in Sir
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's West End musical comedy ''
Betty Blue Eyes ''Betty Blue Eyes'' is a 2011 stage musical comedy based on the 1984 film ''A Private Function'', and features music by George Stiles, with lyrics by Anthony Drewe. The book was written for the stage by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, adapted from ...
'', based on the 1984 film ''
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'' by
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and Malcolm Mowbray. ''Betty Blue Eyes'' ran at the
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from April to September 2011.


Death

Emery died on 28 September 2016, aged 86, two years to the day after the performance of ''Billy Elliot'' that was live-streamed to cinemas, and subsequently put on DVD as ''Billy Live''.


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External links


Ann Emery profile
bfi.org.uk; accessed 1 November 2016. * 1930 births 2016 deaths British actresses {{UK-actor-stub