Acting credits
20
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Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Frances Ruffelle
Acting
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Movies: 15Series: 5
TMDB ID: 132992
IMDb ID: nm0749270
Known for: Acting
Born: August 29, 1965
Age: 60
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2021
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q466934
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).
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Frances Ruffelle.
5.2
Locked Down
as Neighbour
2021 Movie
4.8
Long Forgotten Fields
as Sue Foster
2017 Movie
How to be Human
as Maria
2017 Movie
3.6
Devil's Tower
as Kim
2014 Movie
7.8
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
as Self
2013 Movie
7.3
Les Misérables
as Whore 1
2012 Movie
Les Mis at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Dream
as Self
2010 Movie
8.3
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
as Eponine (1985 Cast)
2010 Movie
8.0
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
as Eponine Thénardier (segment "Les Misérables")
2004 Movie
7.6
Secrets & Lies
as Young Mother
1996 Movie
Marks
as Christening Guest
1982 Movie
7.0
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
as Eunice
1982 Movie
3.9
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
as Angela Hall / Princess Roxanne
1980 Movie
6.8
The Hiding Place
as Sarah Van Der Weghe (uncredited)
1975 Movie
Les Misérables: In Concert at Hylands Park
as Eponine
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Frances Ruffelle.
