Grizabella

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Grizabella is the faded, once-glamorous “Glamour Cat” in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical *Cats*, best known for singing the show’s signature song “Memory.”

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Observed surface forms (1)

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Grizabella the Glamour Cat 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
musical theatre character
stage character
affiliation Jellicle cats NERFINISHED
ageDescriptor older
appearsIn Cats NERFINISHED
associatedWithSong Memory NERFINISHED
basedOn Grizabella the Glamour Cat NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED
basedOnWork Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats NERFINISHED
belongsToWorkType Broadway musical
West End musical
characterType faded glamour cat
outcast
tragic figure
creator Andrew Lloyd Webber NERFINISHED
fandom Cats fandom NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Cats (1981 stage musical) NERFINISHED
gender female
genre musical theatre
hasHairColor mottled
languageOfOriginWork English
musicalBy Andrew Lloyd Webber NERFINISHED
narrativeRole central character
protagonist
nationalityOfOrigin British musical theatre
notableFor singing the song "Memory"
notableSong Memory NERFINISHED
plotFunction chosen to ascend to the Heaviside Layer
portrayedBy Betty Buckley NERFINISHED
Elaine Paige NERFINISHED
Jennifer Hudson NERFINISHED
Leona Lewis NERFINISHED
Nicole Scherzinger NERFINISHED
redemptionArc reaccepted by the Jellicle tribe
setting a junkyard
signatureSong Memory NERFINISHED
species cat
statusInStory social outcast
theme aging
forgiveness
lost glory
memory
redemption
workPremiereLocation London NERFINISHED
workPremiereTheatre New London Theatre NERFINISHED
workPremiereYear 1981

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Memory associatedCharacter Grizabella
Memory associatedCharacter Grizabella
this entity surface form: Grizabella the Glamour Cat
Cats (musical) hasCharacter Grizabella
Cats notableCharacter Grizabella