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Jane Lapotaire, 81, Actress Hailed Across the Atlantic for ‘Piaf,’ Dies
A distinguished British stage veteran, she won an Olivier award in London and a Tony in New York for her dramatic portrayal of the French singer Édith Piaf.
Jane Lapotaire, a British actress who moved deftly between classical and contemporary roles, won Tony and Olivier awards for her electrifying portrayal of the singer Édith Piaf, and returned to the stage after recovering from a brain aneurysm in 2000, died on March 5. She was 81.
Her death was confirmed in an email by the film director Roland Joffé, a former husband, but he did not provide the location or cause.
Ms. Lapotaire was best known for her work on British stages, including the Bristol Old Vic, the National Theater, when it was run by Laurence Olivier, and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Jane Lapotaire obituary
Stage and screen actor hailed for her work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for her TV role as Marie Curie
There was a streak of European exoticism in the voice and acting of Jane Lapotaire, who has died aged 81. Her poise and the lustrous sheen of her acting led her to the top of the Royal Shakespeare Company tree, where she was an honorary associate artist, and to leading roles at the National Theatre under Laurence Olivier.
On television she seemed perfect casting as, say, the Dowager Empress Dagmar of Russia in the Edward the Seventh (1975) miniseries starring Timothy West, or as an irresistible Cleopatra opposite Colin Blakely’s Antony in 1981, directed by Jonathan Miller, though, surprisingly, she never played that role on stage and was terrified of snakes (discovered when playing Charmian in the 1972 film version with Charlton Heston).
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Obituary: Jane Lapotaire – actor
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