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Elaine Paige

1948 - Today

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Dame Elaine Jill Paige (born Elaine Jill Bickerstaff, 5 March 1948) is an English singer and actress, best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, Hertfordshire, Paige attended the Aida Foster Theatre School, making her first professional appearance on stage in 1964, at the age of 16. Her appearance in the 1968 production of Hair marked her West End debut. Following a number of roles over the next decade, Paige was selected to play Eva Perón in the first production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita in 1978, which brought her to the attention of the broader public. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elaine Paige is the 1,235th most popular singer (down from 918th in 2019), the 3,575th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,662nd in 2019) and the 133rd most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Elaine Paige ranks 1,235 out of 4,381. Before her are Little Walter, Chayanne, Anohni, Tina Charles, Michèle Torr, and Merle Haggard. After her are Billy Ocean, David Sylvian, Jenny Berggren, Halima Nosirova, Mustafa Sandal, and Claudia Muzio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Elaine Paige ranks 427. Before her are Catherine Millet, Barry Hay, Wu Den-yih, Mohammad Mirmohammadi, Michael Moran, and Argentina Menis. After her are Luciano Sušanj, Vinko Jelovac, Bernd Stange, Erik Schinegger, Sinéad Cusack, and Rula Ghani.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elaine Paige ranks 3,576 out of 8,785. Before her are Martin McDonagh (1970), Albert Bruce Jackson (1876), Brian Ferneyhough (1943), Amanda Abbington (1974), Anne Hutchinson (1591), and John Hick (1922). After her are Robert Edmond Grant (1793), Wilfred Baddeley (1872), Ian Stewart (1949), Winifred McNair (1877), John Phillips (1800), and Tommy Hampson (1907).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Elaine Paige ranks 133. Before her are Mick Hucknall (1960), Emma Bunton (1976), Paul Potts (1970), Jerome Flynn (1963), Anohni (1971), and Tina Charles (1954). After her are David Sylvian (1958), Paul Weller (1958), Dave Davies (1947), Siouxsie Sioux (1957), Nik Kershaw (1958), and Chris Farlowe (1940).

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