Georgia Brown
Biography
Georgia Brown was an English singer and actress who moved from London nightclubs into musical theater and film. Born in the East End of London in 1933, she recorded for Decca and created the role of Nancy in the original 1960 London production of Oliver!, then repeated it on Broadway in 1963 and earned a Tony Award nomination. Her earlier stage breakthrough came as Lucy in The Threepenny Opera in London's West End in 1956. Her screen work included A Study in Terror (1965), The Fixer (1968), Lock Up Your Daughters (1969), The Raging Moon (1971), earning her a BAFTA Award nomination, Nothing but the Night (1973), Tales That Witness Madness (1973), and The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976). On television she helped create and starred in Shoulder to Shoulder in 1974, and she later earned an Emmy Award nomination for Cheers. She returned to Broadway in Side by Side by Sondheim and played the lead in 42nd Street in 1984.
58years old at death
- Born Whitechapel
- Died London
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Lilian Claire Laizer Getel Klot (birth name)Also credited as Lilian Klot
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 11 years1965 to 1976
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About the name
While singing in nightclubs early in her career, she chose Georgia Brown as her professional name, taking it from two songs she liked to perform, "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Georgia on My Mind".
Big break
Brown's breakout role came in musical theater as Lucy in The Threepenny Opera, staged at the Royal Court Theatre in a 1956 West End revival. The next year she took the same part in the off-Broadway production.
Beyond film
Brown shared a flat with singer Annie Ross, and together they belonged to the vocal quartet Lambert, Hendricks, Ross & Brown. After Brown quit the group, it carried on as the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.
Georgia Brown movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Tales That Witness Madness1973 Horroras Fay Patterson (segment "Mr. Tiger")
IMDb rating 5.62.5K votes
Worked with
Georgia Brown shares two films with Donald Houston, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Donald Houston's page
Christopher Lee's page
Malcolm McDowell's page
Christopher Plummer's page
Robert Duvall's page
Donald Pleasence's page
Herbert RossDirector, 1 film, 1976
All films by Herbert Ross
James HillDirector, 1 film, 1965
All films by James Hill
All films by Freddie Francis
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Official profiles and reference pages.