Julia Kathleen Nancy McKenzie, CBE (born 17 February 1941) is an
English actress, singer, presenter, and theatre director. She has
premièred leading roles written by both Alan Ayckbourn and Stephen
Sondheim. On television, she is known for her BAFTA Award nominated
role as Hester Fields in the sitcom Fresh Fields (1984â€"1986) and its
sequel French Fields (1989â€"1991), and as Miss Marple in Agatha
Christie's Marple (2009â€"2013).McKenzie has also starred in numerous
musicals, receiving a 1977 Tony Award nomination for her work in the
Broadway revue, Side by Side by Sondheim. A six-time Olivier Award
nominee, she has twice won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a
Musical; for the 1982 revival of Guys and Dolls and the 1993 revival
of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
She also starred in the original London productions of the Sondheim
musicals Follies (1987) and Into the Woods (1990).McKenzie was born on
17 February 1941, in Enfield, Middlesex, England, the daughter of
Kathleen Rowe and Albion McKenzie. She attended Tottenham County
School, sometimes known as Tottenham County Grammar School, a
co-educational grammar school.
English actress, singer, presenter, and theatre director. She has
premièred leading roles written by both Alan Ayckbourn and Stephen
Sondheim. On television, she is known for her BAFTA Award nominated
role as Hester Fields in the sitcom Fresh Fields (1984â€"1986) and its
sequel French Fields (1989â€"1991), and as Miss Marple in Agatha
Christie's Marple (2009â€"2013).McKenzie has also starred in numerous
musicals, receiving a 1977 Tony Award nomination for her work in the
Broadway revue, Side by Side by Sondheim. A six-time Olivier Award
nominee, she has twice won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a
Musical; for the 1982 revival of Guys and Dolls and the 1993 revival
of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
She also starred in the original London productions of the Sondheim
musicals Follies (1987) and Into the Woods (1990).McKenzie was born on
17 February 1941, in Enfield, Middlesex, England, the daughter of
Kathleen Rowe and Albion McKenzie. She attended Tottenham County
School, sometimes known as Tottenham County Grammar School, a
co-educational grammar school.
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