Jane Lapotaire (born 26 December 1944, Ipswich, Suffolk) is a British actress.She studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the 1960s. Her role in the title role of Marie Curie (1977) first brought her to wide attention. In 1978 she performed the title role Édith Piaf for Pam Gems's play Piaf, directed by Howard Davies for the Royal Shakespeare Company, in Stratford-upon-Avon and in London at the Warehouse Theatre, Covent Garden in 1979. In 1981 the show moved to New York's Plymouth Theatre on Broadway. Lapotaire won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
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