Though It Sometime Touches Me
Though It Sometime Touches Me
#0Though It Sometime Touches Me
Posted: 7/27/05 at 12:26pmWhatever happened to Shani Wallis from the film Oliver! I always thought she had such an interesting voice and she was great as Nancy...anybody know or maybe some other things she did???
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
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Posted: 7/27/05 at 12:28pm
Adored her in OLIVER! Simply magnificent.
Just imdb-ed her and it says she is on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS.
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Posted: 7/27/05 at 12:29pm
Well, it's not working...but if you look her up on imdb, it has a list of her credits...
She's still alive,
but the last thing she did was Young and the Restless in 73'
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
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Posted: 7/27/05 at 12:44pmShe was too pretty and clean to be Nancy.
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Posted: 7/27/05 at 12:59pmWow, okay, but no other musicals...hmmm...too bad--thanks!
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
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Posted: 7/27/05 at 1:06pm
She did lots of musicals in London before the film of OLIVER!...CALL ME MADAM, IRMA LA DOUCE, WONDERFUL TOWN. On Broadway she did A TIME FOR SINGING (there is footage of her singing "Let Me Love You" on the Ed Sullivan Show) and she later played Sally in FOLLIES in California with Juliet Prowse, Karen Morrow, Susan Johnston and Yma Sumac. She also toured the world with her excellent cabaret act.
EVIL RUMOUR DEPT: She got the role of Nancy in the movie over Georgia Brown because she was the producer's girlfriend at the time...
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Posted: 7/27/05 at 1:08pmIMDB lists only the year soaps originated - no matter what years actors actually appeared.
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Posted: 7/27/05 at 1:11pm
thanks wildcat! I'll look for those cds...do you know if any of them are available?
of course, i could just look for myself....
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Posted: 7/27/05 at 1:12pmThe PR materials for the film called her the "british Judy Garland". Interesting.
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Posted: 7/27/05 at 1:55pmi don't know about the British Judy Garland, but they have similar vocal qualities i suppose--of course, that is coming from PR materials...lol
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
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Posted: 7/27/05 at 2:05pmEVIL RUMOUR DEPT: Georgia Brown got the role of Nancy because she and Lionel Bart were childhood friends. It is said that Bart wrote "It's A Fine Life" specifically for her.
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Posted: 7/27/05 at 2:24pm
I wonder why they didnt give Nancy to Georgia Brown...
I LOVED Shani Wallis in this role. She was actually quite a popular singer as well, cabaret, etc. in England, from what I understand.
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Beergoggles
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/05
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Posted: 7/27/05 at 5:08pmi thought it was perfect casting... you can sympathise for her because she acts it so well. I mean look at the bit just before as long as he needs me, i've never seen anyone get the character like that before, you can see the devotion she has to saving the child but then ofcourse as long as... shows her battle to do right for everyone! I think she's superb!
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
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Posted: 7/31/05 at 10:26pmI just remembered...Shani was recently in the West End production of ALWAYS , a rather terrible musical about Wallis Simpson (You can hear the producers now, can't you..."But we gotta cast her! Their names are both WALLIS!!"). I think they made a cast album...
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