Julia Kathleen Nancy McKenzieCBE (born 17 February 1941) is an English actress, singer, presenter, and theatre director. She has premièred leading roles written by both Alan Ayckbourn and Stephen Sondheim. On television, she is known for her BAFTA Award nominated role as Hester Fields in the sitcom Fresh Fields (1984–1986) and its sequel French Fields (1989–1991), and as Miss Marple in Agatha Christie's Marple (2009–2013).
McKenzie has also starred in numerous musicals, receiving a 1977 Tony Award nomination for her work in the Broadway revue, Side by Side by Sondheim. A six-time Olivier Award nominee, she has twice won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical; for the 1982 revival of Guys and Dolls and the 1993 revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. She also starred in the original London productions of the Sondheim musicals Follies (1987) and Into the Woods (1990). Her film appearances include Bright Young Things (2003) and Notes on a Scandal (2006).
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Julia Kathleen Nancy McKenzie CBE (born 17 February 1941) is an English actress, singer, presenter, and theatre director. She has premièred leading roles...
Marple, usually referred to as Marple. Geraldine McEwan starred in the first three series. JuliaMcKenzie took over the role in the fourth season. The adaptations...
Anita Brookner's novel Hotel du Lac, a role that one of her co-stars, JuliaMcKenzie, has said "could have been written for her". Massey is also well-known...
Detroit, JuliaMcKenzie as Adelaide, Ian Charleson as Sky and Julie Covington as Sarah. The production won five Olivier Awards, including for McKenzie and...
Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2015. "JuliaMcKenzie returns as the fictional sleuth Miss Marple, in her seventh film The...
the quirky next-door neighbour on the comedy Fresh Fields, starring JuliaMcKenzie and Anton Rodgers. Beach won a scholarship to RADA at the age of 16...
Three awards Imelda Staunton Two awards Barbara Dickson Maria Friedman JuliaMcKenzie Joanna Riding Samantha Spiro Katie Brayben Seven nominations Imelda...
song in Sunday in the Park with George, it was devised by Sondheim and JuliaMcKenzie. The revue has received several productions, beginning with its premiere...
Sue Blane, and orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. The cast featured JuliaMcKenzie as the Witch, Ian Bartholomew as the Baker, Imelda Staunton as the Baker's...
broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on February 15, 1997. The cast starred JuliaMcKenzie (Sally), Donna McKechnie (Phyllis), Denis Quilley (Ben) and Ron Moody (Buddy)...
Staunton has won the Olivier for Best Actress in a Musical three times. JuliaMcKenzie, Joanna Riding, Maria Friedman, Samantha Spiro and Katie Brayben have...
Lorraine Chase, Paul Daniels, Percy Edwards, Diane Keen, Roy Kinnear, JuliaMcKenzie Show 4 (27 September 1979) - Lennie Bennett, Rolf Harris, John Inman...
Mackintosh saw the benefit revue, which featured Millicent Martin, JuliaMcKenzie, Kernan, and Sherrin as the narrator, and agreed to produce it. In the...
role in a fifth series episode of Marple, The Pale Horse, alongside JuliaMcKenzie. Her role was Bella Ellis – the town's local witch and cook to Thyrza...
played Mark Easterbrook in the TV film Marple: The Pale Horse, starring JuliaMcKenzie as Miss Marple. Cake is currently[when?] appearing as Mark Antony in...
in the 1980s and performing the revue Side by Side by Sondheim with JuliaMcKenzie and David Kernan in 1977, for which she was nominated for the Tony Award...
for radio and broadcast on BBC Radio 2 with Denis Quilley as Todd and JuliaMcKenzie as Mrs. Lovett. The second episode of the BBC Radio comedy series 1835...
first season, including but not limited to Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, JuliaMcKenzie, Deborah Findlay and Barbara Flynn reprised their roles, with Jonathan...
air date 14 1 21880 29 October 1979 (1979-10-29) Celebrity Guests: JuliaMcKenzie, Lorraine Chase, Roy Kinnear, George Layton 15 2 21882 5 November 1979 (1979-11-05)...
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