Linda Balgord is an award winning American Broadway actress and singer, most notable for playing Norma Desmond in the 1996 United States tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical Sunset Boulevard, being the last actress to portray Grizabella in the original Broadway run of Cats and originating the role of Queen Elizabeth I in The Pirate Queen on Broadway. She has also played the role of Madame Giry in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, previously in the restaged North American tour, and currently on Broadway.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
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She was nominated for a 1990 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Funny Girl", at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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She was nominated for a 1990 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Man of La Mancha", at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook, Illinois.
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