* 1986 – The musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.

Her episodes featured musical interludes showcasing her singing performances.

Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big ( 1924 ), Show Boat ( 1926 ; made into the celebrated 1927 musical ), Cimarron ( 1929 ; made into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture ), and Giant ( 1952 ; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie ).

Her autobiography details how the young actress had an instinctive ear for recreating musical sounds.

Her story of the doomed trumpet player Rick Martin was inspired, she wrote, by " the music, but not the life " of Beiderbecke, but the image of Martin quickly became the image of Beiderbecke: His story is about " the gap between the man's musical ability and his ability to fit it to his own life.

Her next film, At Long Last Love ( 1975 ), a musical again directed by Bogdanovich, also flopped.

Her research finds that anything — math, musical composition, business dilemmas — may get solved during dreaming.

Her musical style contains elements of jazz and alternative rock.

Her maternal grandparents were Millicent Green, a dancer with the George White's Scandals, a series of 1920s musical revues similar to the Ziegfeld Follies, and Johnny McAfee, a multireedist and vocalist of the big band era ; her grandparents met while touring with Johnny Hamp and his orchestra.

Her first performing experience on film was at age three where she appeared in the final scene of the 1949 musical In the Good Old Summertime.

Her appearance opposite Robert De Niro in the 1977 musical drama film, New York, New York however, gave Minnelli her best known signature song.

" Her musical style and choreography have influenced and inspired a younger generation of recording artists.

Her name is added to a list of great artists and notables in the popular Broadway musical " Rent " in the song " La Vie Boheme ".

Her voice has been described as mezzo-soprano, of near-flawless tonal quality, capable of lending itself to a variety of musical styles with apparent ease.

People published a commemorative issue in honor of Selena's memory and musical career, titled Selena 1971 – 1995, Her Life in Pictures.

Her Majesty's Theatre in Haymarket ( London ) | Haymarket, home to Andrew Lloyd Webber ’ s The Phantom of the Opera ( 1986 musical ) | The Phantom of the Opera.

She has made numerous appearances in the West End including the role of Miss Trant in the 1974 musical version of The Good Companions at Her Majesty's Theatre.

Her next project was Sadie Thompson, a Vernon Duke / Howard Dietz musical adaptation of a W. Somerset Maugham short story, but Merman found she was unable to retain the lyrics and resigned twelve days after rehearsals began.

While famous for classic recordings from Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rolling Stones and The Allman Brothers, recent hit songs such as " Before He Cheats " by Carrie Underwood and " I Loved Her First " by Heartland continue the city's musical legacy.

After returning to work in Europe, Renoir made a trilogy of color musical comedies on the subjects of theater, politics and commerce: Le Carrosse d ' or ( The Golden Coach ) ( 1953 ) with Anna Magnani, French Cancan ( 1955 ) with Jean Gabin and María Félix and Eléna et les hommes ( Elena and Her Men, 1956 ) with Ingrid Bergman and Jean Marais.

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.

From 1846 to 1852 Balfe was appointed musical director and principal conductor for the Italian Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre.

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

Her career also faced turmoil as a result of her marriage to Parks, and the two spent much of the 1950s doing theatre and musical variety shows.

Her life story was published in book form, before being turned into musical which had a run in London's West End.

Her medal also meant the breakthrough for sporting women in Morocco and other mostly Muslim countries.

Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business.

Her breakthrough came when she spotted the pinup model Lillian Müller and photographed her for " Playboy ".

Her breakthrough performance was as Stef Steinbrenner in the 1985 feature film The Goonies.

Her international breakthrough came with La Dentelliere ( 1977 ), for which she won a BAFTA award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles.

Her 1991 album, Solace, was her mainstream breakthrough in Canada, spawning the hit singles " The Path of Thorns ( Terms )" and " Into the Fire ".

Her breakthrough role was in the 2000 film Traffic, for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture.

Her breakthrough role, however, was as Liz, the friend and would-be lover of the eponymous character played by Tom Courtenay in Billy Liar ( 1963 ), which earned her a BAFTA Award nomination.

Her breakthrough role proved to be that of the porn starlet " Roller Girl " in 1997's Boogie Nights, in which she appeared in scenes with frontal nudity and received several award nominations.

Her breakthrough role was as a tough girl in the generational classic youth film Täältä tullaan elämä ( 1980 ) by Tapio Suominen.

Her breakthrough came in the early 1990s when she played Estrellita Montenegro, the main character in Cara Sucia, her most successful telenovela as the lead actress.

Her notable films include Lady Hamilton ( 1921 ; her breakthrough role ); Lucrezia Borgia ( 1926 ); Die Csardasfürstin ( 1927, based on the operetta by Emmerich Kálmán ); and the talkies Das Lied ist aus ( The Song Is Ended ) ( 1930 ) and Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn ( 1936 ).

Her breakthrough role came when she was chosen to play Trinity in the 1999 box office success The Matrix.

Her work The Ladder of Vision was acclaimed as a breakthrough in Dantean studies, upon its publication in the 1960s.

Her second studio album, platinum-plus selling Fear of Flying was released in 2000 and became a worldwide success, with single " Case of the Ex " becoming Mýa's breakthrough hit ; topping the Australian Singles Chart for two consecutive weeks.

Her final breakthrough came in 1999 with the German preselections for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Her breakthrough film was I Wanted Wings in 1941, a major hit in which Lake played the second female lead and was said to have stolen scene after scene from the rest of the cast.

Her breakthrough role was as a journalist in The Godfather, Part III.

Her breakthrough role was that of Barbara in the unconventional 1968 movie Zur Sache, Schätzchen ( Go for It, Baby ), which captured the spirit of the times in that it presented youthful protest against the German establishment and hinted at the loosening of morals in the wake of the sexual revolution.

Her breakthrough was winning the " Maiden of Finland " beauty pageant in 1993 and getting to the semi-finals in Miss World the same year.

Her first major breakthrough came when her singing ability was recognized by Igor Stravinsky ; her operatic career began when he invited her to perform in the 1956 Venice festival.

Her breakthrough role was in the 2002 sadomasochistic romance Secretary, for which she received critical acclaim and a Golden Globe nomination.

Her art found its expression in Nordic art's modern breakthrough towards a more truthful depiction of reality, e. g. in Blue Ane ( 1882 ) and The Girl in the Kitchen ( 1883 – 1886 ).

Her breakthrough role came in 2002, when she portrayed Éowyn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.