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Peggy Ann Jones is an English opera singer and actress, best known for her performances in the mezzo-soprano roles of the Savoy operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. During a fifteen-year career with that company, beginning at age 19, she was particularly known for her interpretations of the title role in Iolanthe, Pitti-Sing in The Mikado, Phoebe Meryll in The Yeomen of the Guard, and Mad Margaret in Ruddigore. She later performed on television, in films and in musicals in London's West End. Jones's best-known recordings include the role of Pitti-Sing on both the 1973 D'Oyly Carte Mikado and the company's 1966 film version of The Mikado.
Born
Sunday, 22 January 1939
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Prisoner of Honor | Audience Member | 1991 |
The Brief | Dolly | 1984 |
Bless Me, Father | Beryl Turner | 1978 |
Grange Hill | Dinner Lady | 1978 |
The Sweeney | Lady | 1975 |
BBC2 Playhouse | Alice Smithers | 1974 |
Play for Today | Housemother | 1970 |
Mantovani and His Concert Orchestra | Self | 1968 |
Ruddigore | Mad Margaret / Mad Margaret (voice) | 1967 |
The Mikado | Pitti-Sing | 1967 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Prisoner of Honor | Audience Member | 1991 |
The Brief | Dolly | 1984 |
Bless Me, Father | Beryl Turner | 1978 |
Grange Hill | Dinner Lady | 1978 |
The Sweeney | Lady | 1975 |
BBC2 Playhouse | Alice Smithers | 1974 |
Play for Today | Housemother | 1970 |
Mantovani and His Concert Orchestra | Self | 1968 |
Ruddigore | Mad Margaret / Mad Margaret (voice) | 1967 |
The Mikado | Pitti-Sing | 1967 |