Frances Ruffelle
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).
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- Top of the Pops (1964) as Self
- The Equalizer (1985) as Sylvie
- Stars in the House (2020) as Self
- An Audience with... (1978) as Self
- Les Misérables (2012) as Whore 1
- Strangers (1978) as Elsie
- Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story (2013) as Self
- Secrets & Lies (1996) as Young Mother
- Objects of Affection (1982) as Christening Guest
- Locked Down (2021) as Neighbour
- The Hiding Place (1975) as Sarah Van Der Weghe (uncredited)
- Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010) as Eponine (1985 Cast)
- The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980) as Angela Hall / Princess Roxanne
- P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982) as Eunice
- Devil's Tower (2014) as Kim
- Broadway's Lost Treasures II (2004) as Eponine Thénardier (segment "Les Misérables")
- Les Mis at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Dream (2010) as Self
- Marks (1982) as Christening Guest
- How to be Human (2017) as Maria
- Long Forgotten Fields (2017) as Sue Foster
- Les Misérables: In Concert at Hylands Park as Eponine