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Mary Millar

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Mary Millar

Irene Mary Wetton (26 July 1936 – 10 November 1998), better known by her stage name Mary Millar, was an English actress and singer best remembered for her role as the second actress to play Rose in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances from 1991 to 1995 and for originating the role of Madame Giry in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera.

Infobox

Born
Irene Mary Wetton(1936-07-26)26 July 1936Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died
10 November 1998(1998-11-10) (aged 62)Brockley, London, England
Occupation(s)
Actress, singer
Years active
1952–1998
Spouse
mw- Rafael Frame (m. 1962)
Children
1
Occupations
Actress, singer

Tables

· Works › Television
1953
Those Were the Days
1963, 1964
Role(s)
The Dick Emery Show
1963–71
Role(s)
The Stanley Baxter Show
1967
Titipu
Role(s)
Yum-Yum
Notes
BBC2 production
1968
Iolanthe
Role(s)
Phyllis
Notes
BBC2 production
1970
Rookery Nook
Role(s)
Poppy Dickie
1991–95
Role(s)
Keeping Up Appearances
Notes
Rose
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1953
Those Were the Days
1963, 1964
The Dick Emery Show
1963–71
The Stanley Baxter Show
1967
Titipu
Yum-Yum
BBC2 production
1968
Iolanthe
Phyllis
BBC2 production
1970
Rookery Nook
Poppy Dickie
1991–95
Keeping Up Appearances
Rose
series 2 to series 5
· Works › Theatre
1952, 1954–55
1952, 1954–55
Year
1952, 1954–55
Play
Babes in the Wood
Role
Principal character
Theatre
The Empire Theatre, Sheffield (1952) Derby Hippodrome Theatre (1954–55)
1957, 1959
1957, 1959
Year
1957, 1959
Play
The Desert Song
Role
Margot Bonvalet
Theatre
His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
Notes
1967 studio recording
1958–59
1958–59
Year
1958–59
Play
Old Chelsea
Role
Mary Fenton
Theatre
King's Theatre, Glasgow
1960
1960
Year
1960
Play
Camelot
Role
Queen Guenevere
Theatre
Majestic Theatre, Manhattan
Notes
Julie Andrews' understudy
1962
1962
Year
1962
Play
Lock Up Your Daughters
Role
Cloris
Theatre
Mermaid Theatre Her Majesty's Theatre
1963
1963
Year
1963
Play
See You Inside
Theatre
Duchess Theatre
1963–64
1963–64
Year
1963–64
Play
All in Love
Role
Lydia Languish
Theatre
Mayfair Theatre
Notes
Based on The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1965
1965
Year
1965
Play
Dearest Dracula
Role
Lucy
Theatre
Olympia Theatre, Dublin
1966
1966
Year
1966
Play
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Role
Milly
Notes
1966 recording
1967–68, 1971
1967–68, 1971
Year
1967–68, 1971
Play
Bless the Bride
Theatre
Richmond Theatre
Notes
1967 studio recording
1967
1967
Year
1967
Play
Love From a Stranger
Role
Cecily Harrington
Theatre
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1967
1967
Year
1967
Play
Virtue in Danger
Role
Berinthia
Theatre
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1968
1968
Year
1968
Play
The Rivals
Role
Lydia Languish
Theatre
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1969
1969
Year
1969
Play
The Real Inspector Hound
Role
Cynthia
Theatre
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1969
1969
Year
1969
Play
Black Comedy
Role
Clea
Theatre
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1969
1969
Year
1969
Play
Ann Veronica
Role
Ann Veronica Stanley
Theatre
Cambridge Theatre
Notes
Cast recording
1970
1970
Year
1970
Play
Spider's Web
Role
Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
Theatre
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1972
1972
Year
1972
Play
Popkiss
Role
Poppy Dickie
Theatre
Globe Theatre Cambridge Arts Theatre
1973
1973
Year
1973
Play
The Importance of Being Earnest
Role
Honourable Gwendolen Fairfax
Theatre
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1975
1975
Year
1975
Play
Small and Brassy
Theatre
King's Head Theatre Wyndham's Theatre
1978
1978
Year
1978
Play
Lark Rise
Role
Emma Timms
Theatre
Royal National Theatre
1984
1984
Year
1984
Play
Pack of Lies
Role
Barbara Jackson
Theatre
Lyric Theatre, London
Notes
Replacing Judi Dench
1985, 1993–94
1985, 1993–94
Year
1985, 1993–94
Play
Follies
Role
Sally Durant Plummer
Theatre
Forum Theatre, Wythenshawe Brighton Dome Haymarket Theatre
1986–90
1986–90
Year
1986–90
Play
The Phantom of the Opera
Role
Madame Giry
Theatre
Her Majesty's Theatre
Notes
Leader of bible studies between shows, cast recording
1993
1993
Year
1993
Play
Jack and the Beanstalk
1995
1995
Year
1995
Play
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Role
The Wicked Witch
1996
1996
Year
1996
Play
Follies: In Concert
Theatre
National Concert Hall, Dublin
1997–98
1997–98
Year
1997–98
Play
Beauty and the Beast
Role
Mrs Potts
Theatre
Dominion Theatre
Notes
Cast recording
Year
Play
Role
Theatre
Notes
1952, 1954–55
Babes in the Wood
Principal character
The Empire Theatre, Sheffield (1952) Derby Hippodrome Theatre (1954–55)
1957, 1959
The Desert Song
Margot Bonvalet
His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
1967 studio recording
1958–59
Old Chelsea
Mary Fenton
King's Theatre, Glasgow
1960
Camelot
Queen Guenevere
Majestic Theatre, Manhattan
Julie Andrews' understudy
1962
Lock Up Your Daughters
Cloris
Mermaid Theatre Her Majesty's Theatre
1963
See You Inside
Duchess Theatre
1963–64
All in Love
Lydia Languish
Mayfair Theatre
Based on The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1965
Dearest Dracula
Lucy
Olympia Theatre, Dublin
1966
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Milly
1966 recording
1967–68, 1971
Bless the Bride
Richmond Theatre
1967 studio recording
1967
Love From a Stranger
Cecily Harrington
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1967
Virtue in Danger
Berinthia
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1968
The Rivals
Lydia Languish
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1969
The Real Inspector Hound
Cynthia
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1969
Black Comedy
Clea
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1969
Ann Veronica
Ann Veronica Stanley
Cambridge Theatre
Cast recording
1970
Spider's Web
Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1972
Popkiss
Poppy Dickie
Globe Theatre Cambridge Arts Theatre
1973
The Importance of Being Earnest
Honourable Gwendolen Fairfax
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1975
Small and Brassy
King's Head Theatre Wyndham's Theatre
1978
Lark Rise
Emma Timms
Royal National Theatre
1984
Pack of Lies
Barbara Jackson
Lyric Theatre, London
Replacing Judi Dench
1985, 1993–94
Follies
Sally Durant Plummer
Forum Theatre, Wythenshawe Brighton Dome Haymarket Theatre
1986–90
The Phantom of the Opera
Madame Giry
Her Majesty's Theatre
Leader of bible studies between shows, cast recording
1993
Jack and the Beanstalk
1995
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Wicked Witch
1996
Follies: In Concert
National Concert Hall, Dublin
1997–98
Beauty and the Beast
Mrs Potts
Dominion Theatre
Cast recording
Pal Joey
The King and I
Anna
Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
The Mating Game
An Evening with Mary Millar
One-woman showTalking about her Christianity, life and work[citation needed]

References

  1. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-mary-millar-1184508.html
  2. Playbill
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131019222714/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/41944-Mary-Millar-First-Giry-of-UK-Phantom-Dies-of-Cancer-Nov-10
  3. The Guardian
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-mary-millar-sweet-charity/169673878/
  4. Birmingham Evening Mail
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-evening-mail-understudy-takes/169759017/
  5. The Phantom of the Opera
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130727012438/http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/the-show/the-original-cast/mary-millar
  6. Manchester Evening News
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/manchester-evening-news-actress-to-leave/169759362/
  7. Sunday Mercury
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-mercury-skirts-stay-up-for-appear/169758910/
  8. Toledo Blade
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19981113&id=Ww4wAAAAIBAJ&pg=2330,5084222&hl=en
  9. Evening Standard
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-mary-millar-weds-in-min/169759145/
  10. AP News Archive
    https://web.archive.org/web/20181227181519/https://apnews.com/f5509ebca1b92d5154a95eba923f6de7
  11. The Herald
    http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/mary-millar-1.318965
  12. "Mary Millar, "Rose" from Keeping Up Appearances"
    http://afternoontea.mpt.org/tea-time-tidbits/archives-2011/
  13. Light and Lighting and Environmental Design
    https://books.google.com/books?id=Aac1AQAAIAAJ
  14. Vaudeville Postcards
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131104013445/http://www.vaudeville-postcards.com/index.php/d6-derby-hippodrome-1954.html
  15. The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia
    https://books.google.com/books?id=CsbEP_Mu50EC&pg=PA350
  16. THE DESERT SONG [musical show]
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.smor.19261130/default.html
  17. AusStage
    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/83932
  18. Catholic Herald
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131101235052/http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/22nd-march-1963/8/short-measure
  19. Over the Footlights
    http://www.overthefootlights.co.uk/1964musicals.pdf
  20. West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London
    https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&pg=PA209
  21. gilmore-stallybrass.eu
    http://www.gilmore-stallybrass.eu/html/peter/theatre/musicals/pg_musicals_all_in_love.htm
  22. PlayographyIreland
    http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=2470
  23. Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010
    https://books.google.com/books?id=32-FBgZ1Ct4C&pg=PA284
  24. Seven brides for seven brothers
    https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/047147181
  25. musical-theatre.net
    https://web.archive.org/web/20010227205856/http://www.musical-theatre.net/html/recordcabinet/vivianellis/blessthebride.html
  26. "Love from a Stranger 1967"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131101183204/http://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/archive/archive/lovefromastranger1967.htm
  27. "Virtue in Danger 1967"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071020112238/http://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/archive/virtueindanger1967.htm
  28. "The Rivals 1968"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131101183042/http://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/archive/archive/therivals1968.htm
  29. "The Real Inspector Hound and Black Comedy 1969"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071020035041/http://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/archive/therealinspectorhoundandblackcomedy1969.htm
  30. guidetomusicaltheatre.com
    http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_a/annveronica.htm
  31. Ann Veronica: original London cast recording
    https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/35049694
  32. Theatricalia
    http://theatricalia.com/person/13vh/mary-millar
  33. "Spider's Web 1970"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071025084058/http://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/archive/spidersweb1970.htm
  34. Theatre Review
    https://books.google.com/books?id=RTJaAAAAMAAJ
  35. "The Importance of Being Earnest 1973"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131101183122/http://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/archive/archive/theimportanceofbeingearnest1973.htm
  36. The Stage Struck Me!
    https://books.google.com/books?id=qnoorKDgtdkC&pg=PA258
  37. Theatricalia
    http://theatricalia.com/play/8f4/lark-rise/production/nbv
  38. "Follies at the Forum Theatre"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131101135738/http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/play_sub_details?notes2=&theatre2=Forum%20Theatre,%20Wythenshaw&season2=1984-1985&play_title2=Follies&author_id=316&unique_key=2592&composer_id=122&designers_id=392&director_id=440
  39. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/26/style/26iht-london_3.html
  40. The Phantom of the Opera: The First Year Backstage
    https://books.google.com/books?id=XxHcwnwsCDgC&pg=PA19
  41. Midweek Visiter
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/midweek-visiter-resort-lights-up-for-chr/169761279/
  42. Reading Evening Post
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/reading-evening-post-talent-packed-perfo/169761372/
  43. Disney's Beauty and the beast: the new hit musical: original London cast recording
    https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/320376465
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