Her impromptu spoken-word poetry received three encores from the enthusiastic crowd.

The West End production opened on February 11, 1953 at Her Majesty's Theatre and ran for 477 performances.

Her episodes featured musical interludes showcasing her singing performances.

Her early performances brought her immediate success in Britain, but she remained largely unknown in other parts of the world until the release of Gone with the Wind.

The 1958 European premiere at the Manchester Opera House transferred to London, where it opened at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End on Friday December 12, 1958 and ran until June 1961 with a total of 1, 039 performances.

Her live performances of the song throughout the decade began to take on a theatrical intensity not present on the album's single.

It was first performed in England on 24 May 1856 in Italian at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, where it was considered morally questionable, and " the heads of the Church did their best to put an injunction upon performance ; the Queen refrained from visiting the theatre during the performances, though the music, words and all, were not unheard at the palace ".

Her performances in Seventh Heaven ( the first of twelve movies she would make with actor Charles Farrell ) and both Sunrise, directed by F. W. Murnau, and Street Angel ( in 1927, also with Charles Farrell ) earned her the first Academy Award for Best Actress in 1928.

Next, it had a run of 76 performances at Her Majesty's Theatre, in London, beginning on 26 December 1865, in an adaptation by J. R. Planché.

Her recent public performances have included charitable functions to promote products such as Zamu.

Her occasional acting ventures were limited to theater and included performances on Broadway and in London in The Irregular Verb to Love ( 1963 ); The Kingfisher ( 1978 ) in which she co-starred with Rex Harrison, and Frederick Lonsdale's Aren't We All?

The musical's original West End production opened on April 14, 1949, at Her Majesty's Theatre, running for 685 performances.

Her background and performances earned her the nickname " the Flying Housewife ".

Her performances often featured elaborate show-dance choreography, and she made many appearances on French and Italian TV.

Her revue, with future TV pioneer Danny Thomas as her opening act, included songs from her films, performances on her musical saw ( a skill she had originally acquired for stage appearances in Berlin in the 1920s ), and a pretend " mindreading " act.

Her performances in the Broadway musical Black and Blue earned Brown a Tony Award, and the original cast recording won a Grammy Award.

Her big screen debut was in Hue and Cry, in 1947, followed with performances in Nicholas Nickleby, The Winslow Boy, The History of Mr Polly, Scott of the Antarctic, Mother Riley Meets the Vampire and Dickens ' The Pickwick Papers.

Her late career includes Oscar-nominated performances in the independent films Afterglow ( 1997 ) and Away from Her ( 2006 ).

Her first televised performances were in the mid-and late 1950s with the Drinkard Singers on local television stations in New Jersey and New York City.

Her Royal Shakespeare Company performances are:

Her National Theatre performances have included:

Her stage experience enhanced many of her film performances when the " silents " segued to the " talkies ".

Her productions were plagued by controversy and other problems, although the controversy ensured that West stayed in the news and most of the time this resulted in packed performances.

Her performances were often heralded by the critics, who cited her diction and stage experience as assets to the then-new medium of " talking pictures ".

Her performance of the song " Embraceable You " impressed Styne and his partner, Sammy Cahn and they recommended her for a role in Romance on the High Seas, which they were working on for Warner Brothers.

Her performance at one club impressed a theatrical producer, and he cast her in a play in New York, but that production did not open.

Her natural intelligence and breadth of knowledge always impressed her teachers, who were nonetheless disappointed in her because she was a poor student.

Her work impressed him, and he praised it highly in a review on articles about women's liberation.

Her lively, zestful and fiery performances have impressed many audiences.

Her 2009 album " AMIT " impressed the judges of the 21st Golden Melody Awards, where she clinched 6 awards, including " Best Female Vocalist ", an award she long awaited for 8 years.

Her singing for the Italian Cultural Society in Bucarest so impressed the Italian Ambassador, the Consul and the Press Attaché that they quickly arranged for her to study in Italy, and in March 1947 she travelled to Milan to work with the great tenor Aureliano Pertile.

Allen was so impressed with Herlihy's voice that he used him in several of his films in the 1980s, including Hannah and Her Sisters, Radio Days and Zelig ; his other film credits included Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy and Tim Burton's Pee-wee's Big Adventure.

Her academic qualifications impressed the people at NASA to the extent that she was offered the position of NASA Scientist.

Her powerful and emotion-filled vocals impressed the panel of judges and she was unanimously passed through to the next round of the contest, before making it through to the live finals.

Her maturity impressed Elizabeth so much that they became friends.

Her first taste of the stage was school productions, but as she came from a theatrical family, it was inevitable that another family friend, an agent who was visiting the Howes family for dinner, became impressed with her and not long after suggested the young Sally Ann for a role in a movie.

McCartney called " And I Love Her " " the first ballad I impressed myself with.

Her humility and willingness to yield greatly impressed the people and the officials in government, and as the incompetence of Emperor Ai became apparent, the people and the officials — who were largely against the Wangs during the reign of Emperor Cheng — all clamored for the return of the Wangs.

Her employers were so impressed that they recoded her singing and sent the tape to a record company.

Her acting prowess did not go completely unnoticed and in her rare non-sexual roles, she impressed critics and audiences, such as her portrayal of a wife hurt by her role in her husband's rape of their maid ( which she passively allowed by not preventing his entering the maid's bathroom and standing " guard " during the shameful act, to prevent embarassment to their family ) in Alaigal Oivathillai ( 1981 ).

Her uncle went away impressed, because she had used more than just skills to fight him, she had used her friends, battlefield obstacles and resources.