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3 unusual facts about Dorothy Loudon


Jenny O'Hara

In the 1960s she appeared in the dramatic play Dylan opposite Sir Alec Guinness, and in the short-lived musical The Fig Leaves Are Falling with Dorothy Loudon.

Julius Monk

Many unknown performers who worked at Monk's cafe revues, including Ken Berry, Ruth Buzzi, Mary Louise Wilson, Liz Sheridan, and Dorothy Loudon, among others, went on to achieve varying degrees of fame.

Oh, Coward!

A Coward revue at the 1968 Vancouver International Festival called And Now Noël Coward…: An Agreeable Impertinence, was created and directed by Roderick Cook and starred Dorothy Loudon.


I Wanna Be Around

Tony Bennett's 1963 recording remains the best known version of the song, (#14 pop, #5 easy listening); however, it has been recorded by many other artists, including Dorothy Loudon (in her album "Saloon"), Patti Page, James Brown, Buddy Greco, Dinah Washington (for her final album Dinah '63), and John Cale (for the 2002 album Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues).


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