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. Through this site, you will find links, pictures, and other information regarding
Mr. Crawford and his works.
Questions you might be asking yourself:
Q: Who is Michael Crawford?
A: Michael Crawford is a brilliant stage/screen/tv actor/singer/dancer. The man can do it all, and proved it in Barnum!. For more information regarding his filmography, bio, or pictures, please visit the Extras section of this site.
Q: What is a fanlisting?
A: A fanlisting is a place for all fans of a particular show, movie, actor/actress, singer, etc. to come together and build the biggest listing of people from all around the world who are fans of that subject.
Q: OMG, do you KNOW Michael Crawford?
A: OMG, no... but I _am_ a huge fan of his works. He is not affiliated with this site, nor does he know who I am. *sniffles* Although, my dream is to sing with him some day. *sighs* I did create all the graphics, here, though... and would appreciate if wanting to use them, you would ask permission first. :) Thank you!
Michael Crawford was born on January 19, 1942, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He began his professional career as a soprano in Benjamin Britten's "Let's Make an Opera". After numerous television appearances and over 500 radio broadcasts he became the popular star of the television program " Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life", which, combined with his screen performance in "The Knack", earned him the Variety Club Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Juggling both film and stage careers, Michael went on to star in the films "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "The Jokers", "How I Won the War" with John Lennon, "The Games", "Hello and Goodbye", "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Condorman". In 1969, he charmed international filmgoers as the juvenile lead, Cornelius Hackl, in the motion picture version of "Hello Dolly!" starring Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau, directed by the late Gene Kelly, who remained a lifelong friend and admirer.
Crawford became a favorite with international audiences during the long-running comedy, "No Sex Please -- We're British", which was one of the London stage's most popular tourist attractions. He later captured the hearts of television audiences as the star of the long-running BBC-TV comedy series, "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em", which first aired in the 70s and is still being shown -- and receiving top ratings -- in countries around the world. For this series, Michael was voted the Funniest Man on Television by readers of TV Times, and Television Actor of the Year by the Sun. In 1981, Michael starred in the London company of the hit Broadway musical, "Barnum", at the London Palladium. That performance won him his first Olivier Award and a video was made for the U.S. and U.K. markets.
In 1986, fate took over, and Crawford opened in "The Phantom of the Opera", beginning one of the most widely acclaimed and memorable performances in theatre history. "The Phantom" solidified Crawford's position in the hierarchy of entertainment stars in the United States, earning him an astonishing catalogue of critical recognition including Broadway's Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, and the Los Angeles Dramalogue Award and Drama Critics Award. After opening in "Phantom" on October 9, 1986, he was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) by the Queen, as well as receiving his second Olivier Award for the Best Actor in a Musical. After five-and-a-half-years as the Phantom in London, New York and Los Angeles Michael Crawford delighted concertgoers in sold-out houses throughout the United States, Australia and Great Britain as the special guest star of "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber".
Michael's solo recording career started soon after the opening of "Phantom". "Songs From the Stage and Screen" and "With Love", both released in the UK on the Telstar Label (reissued by Altantic Records in 1992) moved quickly to platinum status, but his next recording, "Michael Crawford Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber", released by Atlantic Records in November 1991, proved to be even more of a runaway success, having sold more than three million albums worldwide to date. The striking combination of Michael's soaring, romantic voice and Andrew's rich compositions earned the album RIAA gold status. Two years later, Michael recorded another hit album, "A Touch of Music in the Night", on which he sings duets with Barbra Streisand and Patti LaBelle. To date, this album has sold over two million albums worldwide, winning Michael another gold record.
Most recently, Michael Crawford starred in the MGM Grand musical EFX. This $40+ million extravaganza featured a cast of 70. EFX was a high-tech journey through space and time in an musical adventure filled with stunts and special effects. An injury forced Michael out of EFX and in December of 1996, he underwent hip-replacement surgery. In 2002, Crawford returned to the Broadway stage in the musical comedy "Dance of the Vampires". In the musical based on the 1967 Roman Polanski film horror spoof "The Fearless Vampire Killers", Michael played Count von Krolock.
Note: Biography taken from Michael Crawford Online (not his official site)
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A few links for Michael. Please remember to also visit: Internet Movie Database and the Internet Broadway Database for further information. :) If any links are broken, please report them to me: heather@zingela.com
Michael Crawford International Fan Association
Michael Crawford Internet Mailing List
Lisa's Michael Crawford Homepage
Michael Crawford Phans Forever
