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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 impromptu performances impressed The Beatles and others.

Her and several
Her blond hair was frowzy, her dress torn in several places, and her shoes were so completely worn out that they were practically no protection.
Her journals, which span several decades, provide a deeply explorative insight into her personal life and relationships.
Her suitor then sent out several searchers, among them a certain Delphinus.
Her foremast, already in bad shape before the battle, was struck by several French cannonballs, and her pumps, already overtaxed in an attempt to keep her afloat, were badly damaged by shots " between wind and water ".
Her history is told in the first person through several letters to friends detailing her life as a courtesan.
Her confidence improved steadily as she formed strong friendships with several members of the Scoobies.
Her divorce earned her negative publicity, and she was romantically linked with several men.
Novello was portrayed in Robert Altman's 2001 film, Gosford Park, by Jeremy Northam, and several of his songs were used for the film's soundtrack, including " Waltz of My Heart ", " And Her Mother Came Too ", " I Can Give You the Starlight ", " What a Duke Should Be ", " Why Isn't It You?
During the group's early years, it recorded under several other names, including Johnny Clifton and His String Band, The Four Aces of Western Swing, and Reno Browne and Her Buckaroos ( although Browne, a female matinee idol of the time, did not actually appear on the record ).
Her business interests have included launching several product lines for Koala Blue and co-owning the Gaia Retreat & Spa in Australia.
Her husband had unsuccessfully approached several companies for help until he had a chance meeting with Sir Robert Robinson at a business dinner.
There he made several public appearances as a solo harpsichordist at benefit concerts for two local musicians, a singer and a harpist, and served as conductor ( from the keyboard ) at the King's Theatre ( Her Majesty's Theatre ), Haymarket, for at least part of this time.
Her success as a live performer led to her recording several albums at Capitol Records: Liza!
Her father's earlier business venture had depended at least in part upon slave labour, and the outcome of the American Civil War caused the family to live in near-poverty for several years before Nancy was born.
Her subjects included several ultimately famous personages, and her subjects provided a description of what she observed in her Saturday salons at 27 Rue de Fleurus: " Ada " ( Alice B. Toklas ), " Two Women " ( The Cone Sisters, Claribel Cone and Etta Cone ), Miss Furr and Miss Skeene ( Ethel Mars and Maud Hunt Squire ), " Men " ( Hutchins Hapgood, Peter David Edstrom, Maurice Sterne ), " Matisse " ( 1909, Henri Matisse ), " Picasso " ( 1909, Pablo Picasso ), " Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia " ( 1911, Mabel Dodge Luhan ), and " Guillaume Apollinaire " ( 1913 ).
Her carriage was approaching an explosive device known as the " Machine infernale ", which was hidden in a wine cask and placed in a cart attached to a mare, when it exploded, killing several bystanders and damaging nearby houses.
Her career went through several periods of eclipse, and she admitted that her success had often been at the expense of her personal relationships.
" Her memoir concluded with a letter to her daughter, in which she addressed her several times as " Hyman ", and described her actions as " a glaring lack of loyalty and thanks for the very privileged life I feel you have been given ".
Her environmentalism has been especially well received ; several episodes featuring her have won Genesis and Environmental Media Awards, including a special " Board of Directors Ongoing Commitment Award " in 2001.
Stead's Letty Fox: Her Luck, often regarded as an equally fine novel, was officially banned in Australia for several years because it was considered amoral and salacious.
Basie toured in several acts between 1925 and 1927, including Katie Krippen and Her Kiddies as part of the Hippity Hop show ; on the Keith, the Columbia Burlesque, and the Theater Owners Bookers Association ( T. O. B. A.
Her third son, Reginald Pole, studied abroad in Padua ; he was dean in Exeter and in Dorset, and canon in York, as well as several other livings, although he had not been ordained a priest.
Her ambition alienated the chroniclers of her day, who blamed her for several of the king's decisions.
Her salary is the subject of several jokes, as she and other characters frequently point out that she " earns next to nothing ".
Her headdress consisted of several broad bands that in all probability were made of cotton and trimmed with amaranth seeds.

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