Elizabeth Larner (29 October 1932 – March 11, 2022) was a British actress and singer with a powerful soprano voice. While her main career was the musical theatre, appearing both in

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's West End and on Broadway, she also played Ammonia in the

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situation comedy '' Up Pompeii!''. She later appeared in ''

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'', supporting Ronnie Barker as "Piggy Malone" and Ronnie Corbett as "Charley Farley" in the 1981–1982 comic detective mystery serial ''Band of Slaves''. Larner appeared on television from the mid-1950s. Her singing gained notice in the original London Coliseum production of '' Kiss Me, Kate'' when the star of the show

Patricia Morison Eileen Patricia Augusta Fraser Morison (March 19, 1915 – May 20, 2018) was an American stage, television and film actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood and mezzo-soprano singer. She made her feature film debut in 1939 after several years on ...

was ill. Larner was her understudy; she had previously been a member of the chorus. She then toured as Kate/Lilli in ''Kiss Me, Kate'' with

Christopher Hewett Christopher George Hewett (5 April 1921 – 3 August 2001) was an English actor and theatre director best known for his role as Lynn Aloysius Belvedere on the ABC sitcom ''Mr. Belvedere''. Career Hewett was born in Worthing, Sussex to Chris ...

as Fred/Petruchio, and played leading roles in West End productions of ''

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'', '' Kismet'', and ''

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'' with

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as Arthur. She recruited millions more admirers with her numerous television appearances. She recorded an album of "vocal gems" from ''

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'' and ''

Rose-Marie ''Rose-Marie'' is an operetta-style musical with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. The story is set in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and concerns Rose-Marie La Flemme, a Fren ...

'' with Andy Cole in one of HMV's (

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) first stereo recordings. . She continued to contribute to the various HMV/EMI studio recordings of musicals up until the late 60s. Her film work in the 1970s includes appearances in ''

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'' (1970) and ''

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'' (1975). During the 1980s, she was living in the New York City area and appeared in two Broadway productions: as Mrs. Bumble/Mrs. Bedwin in the 1984 Cameron Mackintosh revival of ''

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'' with Ron Moody and

Patti LuPone Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer best known for her work in musical theater. She has won three Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, two Grammy Awards, and was a 2006 inductee to the American Theater Hall of Fa ...

, and as Lady Diss/Mrs. Brown in the 1986 first American production of '' Me and My Girl'' with Robert Lindsay, Maryann Plunkett and Jane Connell. She also appeared in an Off-Off-Broadway cabaret revue, ''Don't Cry, Baby, It's Only a Movie'', with lyrics by Fran Landesman and music by Jason McAuliffe. By the 1990s, she had retired to Venice, Florida. Larner died there on March 11, 2022, at the age of 89.

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