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Beverley Jean Morrison, better known as Beaver (28 December 1950, in
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at Bruce Sergent'
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Beaver profile at audiocultre.co.nz
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Beverley Jean Morrison, better known as Beaver (28 December 1950, in Lower Hutt
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– 23 May 2010, in Auckland
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), was a New Zealand
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jazz singer. She was an occasional actress who appeared in small roles in television and film.
She was a long running member of the ground-breaking Blerta musical and theatrical co-operative, and later of the similar troupe Red Mole. She played a small role in the 1985 movie
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''Should I be Good'', a New Zealand film based on the Mr. Asia drug ring, and performed the theme song to the TVNZ
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soap opera
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'' Gloss'' (1987–1990).
Awards
Her 1988 album ''Live at Ronnie Scott's'' was voted New Zealand's " Best Jazz Album" that year.Personal life
She had two daughters with fellow New Zealand-born actor Bill Stalker. She died ofsarcoma
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at the age of 59 in Auckland
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.– accessed May 2010
References
External links
at Bruce Sergent'
site * John Dix
Beaver profile at audiocultre.co.nz
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