Georgia Brown (English singer)

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Cover of 2003 rerelease of two 1963 albums - Georgia Brown and Georgia Brown sings Gershwin.
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Cover of 2003 rerelease of two 1963 albums - Georgia Brown and Georgia Brown sings Gershwin.

Georgia Brown (born Lillian Klot, 21 October 1933, died 1992) was a British singer and actress.

After an early association with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross [citation needed], she moved onto the stage. She made her first London appearance in a 1956 version of The Threepenny Opera at the Royal Court Theatre.

Brown starred in Oliver! in the West End as well as on Broadway. She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for Oliver! in 1963 as well as for "The Threepenny Opera" in 1990. She is best known for her stirring rendition of "As Long as He Needs Me" from Oliver!. She created the title role in Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane's 1979 musical Carmelina.

Brown was nominated for a BAFTA award for the 1971 film The Raging Moon, and nominated for an Emmy award for a guest appearance in Cheers. She also appeared in The Fixer (film) and as Mrs. Freud in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution.

She portrayed Helena Rozhenko, foster mother of Worf, in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "Family" and "New Ground". The latter was her final television appearance.

In addition to a number of original cast recordings, Brown recorded several albums including Georgia Brown and Georgia Brown Sings Gershwin.


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