Liz Callaway was born on April 13,1961 and is an American actress, singer and recording artist, who is best known for having provided the singing voices of many female characters in animated films, such as Anastasia in Anastasia, Odette in The Swan Princess, Jasmine in the Aladdin sequels The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves, adult Kiara in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, and a dancing napkin ring in Beauty and the Beast.
12 Facts About Liz Callaway
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Liz Callaway was the original Ellen in the Broadway production of Miss Saigon.
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Liz Callaway's sister is actress, composer, and singer Ann Hampton Callaway, with whom she sang the theme song for the Fran Drescher comedy series The Nanny, which Ann Hampton Callaway composed.
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Liz Callaway has appeared in a number of cabaret and stage productions with her sister.
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Liz Callaway made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim's short-lived Merrily We Roll Along.
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Liz Callaway performed in The Look of Love, a 2003 musical revue of the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
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Liz Callaway had her own children's television show on WNEV-TV in Boston, Ready to Go, which ran from 1987 to 1991, winning her an Emmy Award.
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Liz Callaway left this series to begin rehearsals for Miss Saigon on Broadway.
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Liz Callaway released her fourth recording, Passage of Time, for the record label PS Classics, on October 20,2009, which featured an appearance with her sister Ann Hampton Callaway.
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In 2022 To Steve with Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim was released, a live performance from 54 Below.
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Liz Callaway was honored at the 25th Annual Bistro Awards in New York City.
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Liz Callaway married theatre director and producer Dan Foster in 1985, a founding producer of the Hudson Stage Company, a nonprofit, professional theatre company in residence at Pace University in Westchester County, New York.