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Jill Martin

Jill Martin (25 April 1938 – 24 December 2016) was an English actress and singer who made her career in West End theatre from the 1950 to the 2000s. Born in Redruth, Cornwall, she was educated at The Lawn School at St Austell and a song teacher at the school believed her to have an opera singer's voice. Martin debuted in the theatre in 1950 and was an understudy to several actresses. She was the only actor to appear in all three runs of ''My Fair Lady'' and produced a studio cast recording in 1966''.'' Other musicals that Martin portrayed characters in were ''Fiddler on the Roof,'' ''Side by Side by Sondheim'', ''The Baker's Wife,'' ''Les Misérables'' and ''Allegro''. Provided by Wikipedia