Stephanie Putson

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Stephanie Putson (born August 1973) is an English film, television, and stage actress.

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Born on Teesside, [1] after taking to the stage Putson gained her first screen role in the Tyne Tees Television serial The Gambling Man (1995) in which she had the lead role of Janie, opposite Robson Green. [2] Since then, she has mostly appeared on television and stage.

Putson originated the part of Billy’s Mum in the London stage production of Billy Elliot the Musical , which ran from 2005 until 2016. [3]

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Notes

  1. ”PUTSON STEPHANIE /COBBY / TEESSIDE 1B 2268” in General Index to Births for England and Wales, 1973
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Stephanie Putson at bfi.org.uk, accessed 9 May 2020
  3. Thomas S. Hischak, The Mikado to Matilda: British Musicals on the New York Stage, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020), p. 24

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