Tony-Winning Actress Loudon Dies at 70 - AP

[mdshayne]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 5:59pm

So sad to hear about her passing. The link goes to an interview conducted by David Levy with a couple of pictures and a listing of her recordings.

http://www.brucekimmel.com/loudonbio.html.htm
Updated On: 11/15/03 at 05:59 PM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 6:05pm

What a loss!! Such a talented lady.

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 6:14pm

Very sad. She'll be greatly missed.

[dotmarie]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 6:30pm

That's so sad and hard to believe. She will be missed.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 6:38pm

Yes, I will miss Dorothy Louden, however, she hadn't done much in the past few years. I guess she'd been ill.

"May flights of angels sing her to her rest."

[bk]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 8:20pm

Just heard the news and am terribly sad. I adored her so much - we did three albums together in recent years and, in fact, she was supposed to appear on the album I produced last June, and she cancelled just two weeks before the sessions because she wasn't feeling well enough. She was a wonderful person, as talented as they come, and warm and funny and a delight to be around. She'll be missed.

[DofB5]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 8:53pm

This has not been a good year. We're losing our treasures right and left.

Very sad news.

My sincere condolences to both her family and friends.

D

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 8:55pm

How long was she out of the Broadway spotlight?

[bk]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 9:13pm

I think the last thing she did was the Roundabout show - was it Dinner at Eight? She had to pull out during previews because of her health.

[Amneris]

Posted: 11/16/03 at 12:11am

is anyone else in total shock? all the good ones just keeping dying.

[alterego]

Posted: 11/16/03 at 12:56am

All too sad. The original and best ever Miss Hannigan. No one else has even come close to Dorothy Loudon. May she rest in peace.

[SONDHEIM8]

Posted: 11/16/03 at 4:00am

Broadway has lost a wonderful talent.
I first saw Dorothy Loudon in the national company of LUV. She was wonderful.
Her Miss Hannigan in ANNIE was a comic masterpiece.
When it was announced that she and George Hearn would replace Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou in SWEENEY TODD I wondered if she could pull it off. She did. Brilliantly.










LINK: Tracy, you look beautiful behind bars!

TRACY: It must be the low-watt institutional lighting!

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 11/16/03 at 8:05am

But she hadn't been in anything for quite a while before she was announced for DINNER AT EIGHT.

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 11/16/03 at 8:32am

Such a unique talent gone! Such a loss!

Michael

[tpdc]

Posted: 11/16/03 at 3:10pm

I think Loudon's last stage appearances were the Leading Ladies concert and OVER & OVER at Signature in Virginia. She was in fine form in OVER & OVER. That was in 1999.