Grazina Frame

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Grazina Frame
Born
Lydia Anna Grazina Obrycha

(1941-11-06) 6 November 1941 (age 83)
Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Other names
  • Grazina Obrychi
  • Grazina (recording name)
Education Aida Foster Theatre School
Occupation(s)Singer, stage and screen actress, voice double
Spouse Mitch Murray (m. 19??-1980; divorced)
Family Mazz Murray (daughter)

Grazina Frame (born Lydia Anna Grazina Obrycha; 6 November 1941) is an English stage and screen actress, singer and voice double [1]

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Early life

Grazina Frame was born as Lydia Anna Grazina Obrycha to Polish parents Zena Frame (mother) and Karol Jan Obrycki (father). She attended the Aida Foster Drama School and began her career as Grazina Obrycki.

Television

She first appeared on television as a servant girl in A Time to be Born, a Christmas play, for BBC Television (24 December 1953). [2]

On television, she appeared as entertainer Gloria Marsh in the 19 October 1969 episode of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) "That's How Murder Snowballs", and in series Up Pompeii! (1970), The Fenn Street Gang (1971), Doctor in Charge (1972) and The Morecambe and Wise Show as a regular from 1971 to 1974, playing supporting roles to the legendary comedians. Her latest screen appearance was in the 1996 television movie Cuts. [2]

Stage

She appeared as Mavis, a Victorian Mermaid, in Follow That Girl , 1959–1960, at Vaudeville Theatre, London. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

She appeared as Carol Blitztein, in Blitz! , the 1962 West End musical by Lionel Bart. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [3] [13]

She appeared in the 1986 London production of Cabaret with Wayne Sleep, Kelly Hunter, Peter Land, and Rodney Cottam. [14]

Music

She recorded a series of singles as Grazina for HMV 1962-1964, and sang with Sir Cliff Richard on several 1960s songs, as a result of having over-dubbed both Carole Gray in film The Young Ones and Lauri Peters in Summer Holiday . [15] [2]

Film

Her film appearances include The Painted Smile (1962), What a Crazy World (1963), The Bargee (1964), Every Day's a Holiday [16] (1965) and The Alphabet Murders (1965). [2]

Personal life

She was married to songwriter and record producer Mitch Murray until 1980, with daughters Mazz and Gina, who would form the girl group Woman. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] Grazina remarried to writer-producer Rob Dallas. She was a friend of the late Bob Monkhouse. [2]

Discography

As Grazina

With Cliff Richard

Television

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  1. ↑ Transport Salaried Staff Journal -1963 Page 203 "Grazina Frame whose photograph we reproduce on this page — qualified for the description as a result of providing the singing voice of ... Grazina's real name is Grazina Obrycha and she was born of Polish parents on November 6, 1941."
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  19. ↑ "Songwriter Mitch Murray (2nd L) is accompanied by daughters Mazz Murray (2nd R) and Gina Murray (L) along with ex-wife Grazina Frame (R) after receiving a CBE from Prince Charles, Prince of Wales during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on December 05, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Jonathan Brady - WPA Pool/Getty Images)". Getty Images. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
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