Elizabeth Larner

lovegod · April 13th, 2008, 10:37 PM

Born: October 29, 1932 in Wigan, Lancashire, England
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488370/

Elizabeth Larner a British actress and a singer with a powerful soprano voice.
While her main career was the musical theatre, appearing in both London's West End and on Broadway, television picked to play the part of "Ammonia" in the BBC situation comedy ..."Up Pompeii ". starring opposite Frankie Howard. She also appeared in The Two Ronnies sketches.... "Charley Farley" and "Piggy Malone" .

Elizabeth achieved great popularity in the mid-50s, with her many
TV appearances.
Her delightful singing first enthralled audiences when she had the
courage to step from the chorus of the original London Coliseum
production "Kiss Me Kate" to play the leading role;
The star of the show, Patricia Morrison was ill, and so was her understudy —
It seemed inevitable that the show would be cancelled but Elizabeth
stepped forward and gave a word-perfect performance that set her
on the road to fame and fortune.
She has since played leading roles in "Wish you were here" and “Kismet," .
She has also recorded an album of "vocal gems" from the
"New Moon" and Rose Marie" .

lovegod · April 13th, 2008, 11:31 PM

Elizabeth Larner in Up Pompei

go here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZXwMFn-5cs

**COP11** · October 22nd, 2014, 09:55 PM

skullorchard · May 18th, 2019, 02:09 PM

A few more from Up Pompeii.

**Joszka** · September 5th, 2020, 04:10 PM

"Up Pompei" BBC series, 1970, promo pic.

April 13th, 2008, 10:37 PM	#1
lovegod Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 630 Thanks: 775 Thanked 10,131 Times in 586 Posts	Elizabeth Larner Born: October 29, 1932 in Wigan, Lancashire, England http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488370/ Elizabeth Larner a British actress and a singer with a powerful soprano voice. While her main career was the musical theatre, appearing in both London's West End and on Broadway, television picked to play the part of "Ammonia" in the BBC situation comedy ..."Up Pompeii ". starring opposite Frankie Howard. She also appeared in The Two Ronnies sketches.... "Charley Farley" and "Piggy Malone" . Elizabeth achieved great popularity in the mid-50s, with her many TV appearances. Her delightful singing first enthralled audiences when she had the courage to step from the chorus of the original London Coliseum production "Kiss Me Kate" to play the leading role; The star of the show, Patricia Morrison was ill, and so was her understudy — It seemed inevitable that the show would be cancelled but Elizabeth stepped forward and gave a word-perfect performance that set her on the road to fame and fortune. She has since played leading roles in "Wish you were here" and “Kismet," . She has also recorded an album of "vocal gems" from the "New Moon" and Rose Marie" .

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lovegod Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 630 Thanks: 775 Thanked 10,131 Times in 586 Posts	Elizabeth Larner in Up Pompei go here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZXwMFn-5cs Last edited by Wendigo; May 1st, 2016 at 10:04 AM.. Reason: added info on clip

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