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Gillian Lynne
English dancer, choreographer (1926–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dame Gillian Barbara Lynne DBE (née Pyrke; 20 February 1926 – 1 July 2018) was an English ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director, noted for her theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-running shows in Broadway history, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. At age 87, she was made a DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 New Year Honours List.
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Born | Gillian Barbara Pyrke (1926-02-20)20 February 1926 |
Died | 1 July 2018(2018-07-01) (aged 92) Marylebone, London, England |
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Years active | 1963–2011 |
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The New London Theatre, where the original West End production of Cats played, was officially renamed the Gillian Lynne Theatre in 2018. This made Lynne the first non-royal woman to have a West End theatre named after her.