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Rosemary Ashe

Rosemary Ashe
Born Rosemary Elizabeth Ashe
(1953-03-28) 28 March 1953 (age 64)
Occupation Stage actress and singer

Rosemary Ashe (born 28 March 1953) is an English stage actress and classically trained opera singer.


She was born to Philip Stephen Ashe and Dorothy May (née Watts).She graduated from Lowestoft Grammar School before studying at the Royal Academy of Music and the London Opera Centre.

Her wealth of theatre roles include Carlotta in the original London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, "Felicia Gabriel" in The Witches of Eastwick at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, "Miss Andrew" in the original London production of Mary Poppins opposite Laura Michelle Kelly, "Madame Thenardier" in Les Misérables, Yum Yum in The Metropolitan Mikado, Widow Corney in Oliver! at the London Palladium, "The Beggar Woman" in a concert version of Sweeney Todd alongside Bryn Terfel and Philip Quast at London's Royal Festival Hall.

She toured the UK in the 2009 25th Anniversary production of Stepping Out by Richard Harris, playing the role of Mrs Fraser.

She has taught at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, the Royal Academy of Music, Guildford School of Acting, Arts Educational, and London School of Musical Theatre.


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