Broadway Actor Linda Balgord Dies At Age 64
Linda Balgord's Broadway credits include The Pirate Queen, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, and more.
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BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of veteran stage actor Linda Balgord, who has died at the age of 64.
Linda Balgord is a Drama Desk nominee for her role in the The Pirate Queen. Balgord is a two-time Helen Hayes Award recipient. She received a Jefferson Award nomination for her portrayal of Norma Desmond in the national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard.
Her notable Broadway appearances include playing the iconic role of Grizabella in the final cast of Cats on Broadway. In 2008, she appeared in the acclaimed revival of Gypsy as standby to Patti LuPone in the role of Mama Rose.
Her other Broadway credits include The Phantom of the Opera, The Pirate Queen, La Cage aux Folles, and Passion.
Her Off-Broadway credits include Death Takes a Holiday, Myths and Hymns, Jerry Springer The Opera in Concert. She has been seen in the national tours of Aspects of Love and The Phantom of the Opera.
Linda Balgord was born on February 18, 1960. A native of New Lisbon, Wisconsin, and an aspiring actress since grade school, Balgord graduated from New Lisbon High School in 1978. She was a 1982 graduate of Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and she received a Master of Fine Arts, Acting, from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
From 1982 to 1984, between her undergraduate graduation and beginning graduate studies, Balgord acted at the Fireside Theatre in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Soon after she finished her graduate studies, Balgord went to Chicago and began acting at the Goodman Theater in Sunday in the Park With George. She moved to New York in 1990 and after five months gained the lead role in a two-year national tour of Aspects of Love. Her Broadway debut came in Passion.
Andrew Lloyd Webber personally chose Balgord to portray Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard.
Balgord married stage manager Andrew Fenton in July 1993. They met when both worked on the production of Aspects of Love in Toronto.
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