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11 Facts About Donna King

1.

Donna King was born on 1957 and is an American dancer and musical theatre performer who appeared in Broadway musicals in the 1970s and 1980s and has lived and worked mostly in England since the 1980s.

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Donna King is an actress and has appeared in theatre as well as on film and television.

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Originally from Kansas City, King trained at the Miller Marley School of Dance in Overland Park, Kansas.

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Donna King worked briefly on a revue in Las Vegas before starting at Studio 54, New York City, on its opening night in 1977.

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In September 1982, the New York Magazine ran a feature on Donna King, who was pictured as Bombalurina in a window display at Bergdorf Goodman.

6.

Donna King played a Shark in the Mediterranean Tour of West Side Story.

7.

Donna King was a lead dancer in the film Grease 2.

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8.

In 1984, Donna King married John Napier, a British theatre designer who had designed the set and costumes for Cats, and they had two children, James and Jessica.

9.

In 1991, Donna King appeared in the lead role of May in a revival of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love at the Timber Street Studios, London.

10.

Donna King had a notable part in Jilly Cooper's The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous.

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Donna King now has a studio in Camden Town and teaches music, theatre, and film students.