Frances Ruffelle

Acting

Frances Ruffelle

Overview

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Acting
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Birthday
Aug 29, 1965 (60 years old)

Frances Ruffelle

Known For

Locked Down
1h 58m
DOLBY
Movie 2021

Locked Down

During a COVID-19 lockdown, sparring couple Linda and Paxton call...

Long Forgotten Fields
1h 20m
DOLBY
Movie 2017

Long Forgotten Fields

On Sam's return from military service, Lily sets her heart...

How to be Human
12min
DOLBY
Movie 2017

How to be Human

If you were forced to flee your own war-ridden country,...

Devil's Tower
1h 22m
DOLBY
Movie 2014

Devil's Tower

Abused, broke and down on her luck, Sarah is given...

Les Mis at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Dream
1h
DOLBY
Movie 2010

Les Mis at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Dream

Les Miserables is the world's best-loved musical. It has been...

Secrets & Lies
2h 22m
DOLBY
Movie 1996

Secrets & Lies

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist,...

Biography

Frances Ruffelle (born 29 August 1965) is an English musical theatre actress and singer. She won a Tony Award in 1987, and represented the United Kingdom in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free)", finishing 10th. The song became a UK Top 30 hit. In 1984, Ruffelle starred as Dinah in the original West End production of Starlight Express. From 1985, she was the original Éponine in the first English-language productions of Les Misérables in the West End and on Broadway, winning the 1987 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Other stage roles include Yonah in Children of Eden (1991), Roxie Hart in Chicago (2003–04, 2007), the title role in Piaf (2013), Bella in The A–Z of Mrs P (2014), and Queenie in The Wild Party. Her albums include Fragile (1994), Frances Ruffelle (1998), Showgirl (2004), Imperfectly Me (2010), and I Say Yeh-Yeh (2015).