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Birthday: Apr 13, 1961
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Liz Callaway

Liz Callaway is a Tony nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer and recording artist. She made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in Baby, and for five years won acclaim as Grizabella in Cats. She has also starred in the original Broadway casts of Miss Saigon, The Three Musketeers, and The Look of Love. Liz sang the Academy Award-nominated song “Journey to the Past” in the animated feature Anastasia and is also the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin and the King of Thieves and The Return of Jafar. Other film work includes the singing voice of the title character in The Swan Princess, Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride, Beauty and the Beast, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars and The Rewrite with Hugh Grant. She received an Emmy Award for hosting Ready to Go, a daily, live children’s program on CBS in Boston. Other TV credits include In Performance at the White House, Inside the Actor’s Studio: Stephen Sondheim, In Performance at the White House, Christmas with the Boston Pops, The David Letterman Show, and Senior Trip (CBS Movie of the Week). Liz has released eight solo albums: Anywhere I Wander: Liz Callaway Sings Frank Loesser, The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On and Off-Broadway, The Beat Goes On, Passage of Time, Merry and Bright, The Essential Liz Callaway, Comfort and Joy: An Acoustic Christmas, and her latest, To Steve with Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim. Her numerous other recordings include Sibling Revelry, Boom! Live at Birdland, The Maury Yeston Songbook, Dreaming Wide Awake: The Music of Scott Alan, Hair in Concert, and the complete recording of Allegro produced by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Adult Kiara (singing voice) (uncredited) 1998
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street Mrs. Primm (singing voice) 1987
Ukraine: Answering the Call Self 2022
The Rewrite Mrs. Lerner 2014
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess Jasmine (singing voice) 2006
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party Jasmine (singing voice) 2005
Bartok the Magnificent Ensemble cast 1999
Beauty and the Beast Additional Voices (voice) 1991
Anastasia Anastasia (singing voice) 1997
The Swan Princess Princess Odette (singing voice) 1994
The Return of Jafar Princess Jasmine (singing voice) 1994
Senior Trip Judy Matheson 1981
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened... Self 2016
Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim 2020
Follies: In Concert Young Sally 1986
Series Cast Year
Stars in the House Self 2020
Stars in the House Self - Special Guest 2020
Great Performances Young Sally 1971
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