Frances Ruffelle

Frances Ruffelle

  • Birthday: 1965-08-29
  • Place of birth: London, England, UK

Biography

Frances Ruffelle (born 29 August 1965) is an English musical theatre actress and singer. She won a Tony Award in 1987, and represented the United Kingdom in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free)", finishing 10th. The song became a UK Top 30 hit. In 1984, Ruffelle starred as Dinah in the original West End production of Starlight Express. From 1985, she was the original Éponine in the first English-language productions of Les Misérables in the West End and on Broadway, winning the 1987 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Other stage roles include Yonah in Children of Eden (1991), Roxie Hart in Chicago (2003–04, 2007), the title role in Piaf (2013), Bella in The A–Z of Mrs P (2014), and Queenie in The Wild Party. Her albums include Fragile (1994), Frances Ruffelle (1998), Showgirl (2004), Imperfectly Me (2010), and I Say Yeh-Yeh (2015).

Filmography

Les Misérables

2012

As Whore 1

Devil's Tower

2014

As Kim

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

1980

As Angela Hall / Princess Roxanne

Secrets & Lies

1996

As Young Mother

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

2004

As Eponine Thénardier (segment "Les Misérables")

Locked Down

2021

As Neighbour

How to be Human

2017

As Maria

The Hiding Place

1975

As Sarah Van Der Weghe (uncredited)

Long Forgotten Fields

2017

As Sue Foster

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