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.”
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grizabella the Glamour Cat | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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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
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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
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forgiveness ⓘ lost glory ⓘ memory ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| workPremiereLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPremiereTheatre | New London Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPremiereYear | 1981 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Grizabella the Glamour Cat