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-'''Marianne Faithfull''' (born [[29 December]] [[1946]]) is an [[England|English]] [[singer]], [[songwriter]], [[actor|actress]] and [[diarist]] whose career spans over four decades.+'''''The Rocky Horror Show''''' is a [[Musical theatre|musical]] with music, lyrics and a book by [[Richard O'Brien]]. A humorous tribute to the [[Science fiction film|science fiction]] and [[Horror film|horror]] [[B movie]]s of the late 1940s through early 1970s, the musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple getting caught in a storm and coming to the home of a mad [[transvestite]] scientist unveiling his new creation, a muscle man named Rocky Horror.
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-Faithfull's early work in pop and rock music in the 1960s was overshadowed by her struggle with [[drug abuse]] in the 1970s. During the first two-thirds of that decade, and with little notice, only two studio albums were produced. After a long commercial absence, she returned late in 1979 with the landmark album, ''[[Broken English (album)|Broken English]]''. Faithfull's subsequent solo work, often critically acclaimed, has at times been overshadowed by her personal history.+
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-With a recording career that spans over four decades, Faithfull has continually reinvented her musical persona, experimenting in vastly different musical genres and collaborating with such varied artists as [[Beck]], [[David Bowie]], [[Nick Cave]], [[The Chieftains]], [[Jarvis Cocker]], [[Billy Corgan]], [[Lenny Kaye]], [[Daniel Lanois]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[PJ Harvey]], [[Rupert Hine]], [[Metallica]], Barry Reynolds, [[Keith Richards]], [[Sly and Robbie]], [[Tom Waits]], [[Roger Waters]], and [[Steve Winwood]]. +
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-== Acting career ==+
-In addition to her music career, Faithfull has had a career as an actress in theatre, television and film.+
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-Her first professional theatre appearance was in a 1967 stage adaptation of [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]]'s ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'', at the [[Royal Court Theatre]], London, in which she played Irina, co-starring with [[Glenda Jackson]] and [[Avril Elgar]]. Before that she played herself in [[Jean-Luc Godard]]'s film ''[[Made in U.S.A. (1966 film)|Made in U.S.A.]]'' Faithfull has also appeared in the 1967 film ''[[I'll Never Forget What's'isname]]'' alongside [[Orson Welles]] (where she notably became the first person to say "[[fuck]]" in a mainstream studio picture), in the French television film ''[[Anna (1967 film)|Anna]]'', starring [[Anna Karina]] (in which Faithfull sang [[Serge Gainsbourg]]'s "Hier ou Demain"), as a leather-clad motorcyclist in the 1968 French film ''La Motocyclette'' (English titles: ''[[Girl on a Motorcycle]]'' and ''Naked Under Leather'') opposite [[Alain Delon]], and in [[Kenneth Anger]]'s 1969 film ''[[Lucifer Rising (film)|Lucifer Rising]]'', in which she played [[Lilith]]. In 1969, Faithfull played [[Ophelia]] opposite [[Nicol Williamson]]'s [[Prince Hamlet|title character]] in ''[[Hamlet (1969 film)|Hamlet]]'', directed by [[Tony Richardson]] and featuring [[Anthony Hopkins]] as [[King Claudius|Claudius]]. The original producers of ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'' wanted her to play "Magenta/Usherette", but as [[Patricia Quinn]] (who got the part) stated in an interview ''"She went to India with her guru".''+
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-Her stage work also included [[Edward Bond]]'s ''Early Morning'' at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in which she played a lesbian [[Florence Nightingale]], ''[[The Collector]]'' at [[St Martin's Theatre]] in the West End opposite [[Simon Williams (actor)|Simon Williams]], ''Mad Dog'' at [[Hampstead Theatre]] opposite [[Denholm Elliott]], ''A Patriot for Me'' by ''[[John Osborne]]'', at the [[Watford Palace Theatre|Palace Theatre]], [[Watford]] and the role of Lizzie Curry in N. Richard Nash's ''The Rainmaker'', which toured the UK and in which Faithfull's co-star was [[Peter Gilmore]]. Other film roles in the 1970s included Sophy Kwykwer in Stephen Weeks's ''Ghost Story'' (AKA ''Madhouse Mansion''), released on a newly mastered DVD in the UK in 2009, and Helen Rochefort in ''Assault on Agathon''.+
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-Her television acting in the late 1960s and early 1970s included ''The Door of Opportunity'' (1970) with [[Ian Ogilvy]], adapted from [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s story, followed by [[August Strindberg]]'s ''[[The Stronger]]'' (1971) with [[Britt Ekland]], and ''Terrible Jim Fitch'' (1971) by [[James Leo Herlihy]], which once more paired Faithfull with Nicol Williamson.+
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-In 1993, she played the role of [[Pirate Jenny]] in ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. Later she performed [[Kurt Weill]]'s "The Seven Deadly Sins" with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, a CD of which was released in 1998.+
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-She has played both God and the Devil. She appeared as God in two guest appearances in the British sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' opposite friend [[Jennifer Saunders]], with another close friend, [[Anita Pallenberg]], playing the Devil. In 2004 and 2005, she played the Devil in [[William Burroughs]]' and [[Tom Waits]]' musical, ''[[The Black Rider]]'', directed by [[Robert Wilson (director)|Robert Wilson]], which opened at London's Barbican Theatre, toured to San Francisco, but from which she was forced to withdraw prior to performances at the [[Sydney Festival]], owing to exhaustion.+
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-In 2001 Faithfull appeared with Lucy Russell and [[Lambert Wilson]] in C.S. Leigh's ''Far From China''. She has also appeared in [[Patrice Chéreau]]'s ''[[Intimacy (film)|Intimacy]]'' (2001) and, in 2004, in Jose Hayot's ''Nord-Plage''. Faithfull appeared as Empress [[Maria Theresa]] in [[Sofia Coppola]]'s 2006 biopic, ''[[Marie Antoinette (2006 film)|Marie Antoinette]]''. She starred in the film ''[[Irina Palm]]'', released at the [[Berlinale]] film festival in 2007. Faithfull plays the central role of Maggie, a 60-year-old widow who becomes a sex worker to pay for medical treatment for her ill grandson.+
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-Faithfull lent her voice to the 2008 film ''[[Evil Calls: The Raven]]'', although this was recorded several years earlier when the project was still titled ''Alone in the Dark''. She has appeared in the 2008 feature documentary by Nik Sheehan on [[Brion Gysin]] and the [[dreamachine]], entitled FLicKeR.+
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-In 2008, Faithfull toured readings of [[Shakespeare's sonnets]], drawing on the "Dark Lady" sequence. Her accompanist was the cellist [[Vincent Ségal]].+
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-In 2011 and 2012 Faithfull had supporting roles in the films ''[[Faces in the Crowd (film)|Faces in the Crowd]]'' and ''[[Belle du Seigneur]]''.+
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-Marianne recently starred in a production of [[Kurt Weill]]'s ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins (ballet chanté)|The Seven Deadly Sins]]'' at Landestheater Linz, Austria. The production ran from October 2012 to January 2013.+
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-===Filmography===+
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-====Film and television work====+
-{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9;+
-|- align="center"+
-! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year+
-! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film+
-! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role+
-! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes+
-|-+
-| rowspan="2"| 1967+
-| ''[[Anna (1967 film)|Anna]]'' <small>(TV movie)</small>+
-| Une jeune femme dans la soirée dansante+
-| +
-|-+
-| ''[[I'll Never Forget What's'isname]]''+
-| Josie+
-| Faithfull became the first person to say "[[fuck]]" in a mainstream studio picture. +
-|-+
-| 1968+
-| ''[[The Girl on a Motorcycle]]''+
-| Rebecca+
-|+
-|-+
-| 1969+
-| ''[[Hamlet (1969 film)|Hamlet]]''+
-| [[Ophelia]]+
-|+
-|-+
-| 1972+
-| ''[[Lucifer Rising (film)|Lucifer Rising]]'' <small>(Short)</small>+
-| Lilith +
-| +
-|-+
-| 1974+
-| ''[[Ghost Story (1974 film)|Ghost Story]]''+
-| Sophy Kwykwer+
-|+
-|-+
-| 1975+
-| ''Assault on Agathon''+
-| Helen Rochefort+
-| +
-|-+
-| 1992+
-| ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]''+
-| Narrator+
-|+
-|-+
-| 1993+
-| ''When Pigs Fly (film)|When Pigs Fly''+
-| Lilly+
-|+
-|-+
-| 1994+
-| ''[[Shopping (film)|Shopping]]''+
-| Bev+
-|+
-|-+
-| 1995+
-| ''Moondance''+
-| Mother+
-|+
-|-+
-| 1996+
-| ''[[Crimetime (film)|Crimetime]]''+
-| Club Singer+
-|+
-|-+
-| rowspan="3"|2001+
-| ''[[Intimacy (film)|Intimacy]]''+
-| Betty+
-|+
-|-+
-| ''Far from China''+
-| Helen+
-|+
-|-+
-| ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' <small>(TV series)</small>+
-| [[God]]+
-| – "The Last Shout: Part 1" (1996) <br> – "The Last Shout: Part 2" (1996) <br> – "Donkey" (2001) +
-|-+
-| rowspan="2"|2006+
-| ''[[Paris, je t'aime]]''+
-| Marianne+
-| (segment "Le Marais")+
-|-+
-| ''[[Marie Antoinette (2006 film)|Marie Antoinette]]''+
-| [[Maria Theresa|Queen Maria Theresa]]+
-|+
-|-+
-| 2007+
-| ''[[Irina Palm]]''+
-| Maggie+
-| '''Nominated''': [[European Film Award for Best Actress]]+
-|-+
-| 2011+
-| ''[[Faces in the Crowd (film)|Faces in the Crowd]]''+
-| Dr. Langenkamp+
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-|-+
-| 2012+
-| ''Belle du Seigneur''+
-| Mariette+
-|+
-|}+
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-====Stage work====+
-{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="5" background: #f9f9f9;+
-|- align="center"+
-! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year+
-! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Production+
-! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role+
-! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Location+
-! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes+
-|-+
-| 1967+
-| ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' +
-| Irina+
-| [[Royal Court Theatre]], [[London]]+
-|+
-|-+
-| 1968+
-| ''[[Early Morning]]''+
-| [[Florence Nightingale]]+
-| [[Royal Court Theatre]], [[London]]+
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-|-+
-| 1969+
-| ''[[Hamlet]]''+
-| [[Ophelia]]+
-| The Royal House, [[London]]+
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-|-+
-| rowspan="3"|1973+
-| ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''+
-| [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice]]+
-| [[Theatre Royal, Brighton|Theatre Royal]], [[Brighton]] +
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-|-+
-| ''[[A Patriot for Me]]''+
-| Countess Sophia Delyanoff+
-| [[Palace Theatre, London]]+
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-|-+
-| ''Mad Dog''+
-| Jane Ludlow; Little Ford Fauntleroy (disguised)+
-| [[Hampstead Theatre]], [[London]]+
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-|-+
-| 1974+
-| ''[[The Collector]]''+
-| Miranda+
-| [[Wyvern Theatre]], [[Sweden]]+
-|+
-|-+
-| rowspan="2"|1975+
-| ''[[The Rainmaker (play)|The Rainmaker]]''+
-| Lizzie Curry+
-| [[Kenneth More|Kenneth More Theatre]], [[Ilford]]+
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-|-+
-| ''[[The Seven Descents of Myrtle|The Kingdom of Earth]]''+
-| Myrtle Ravenstock+
-| unknown+
-|+
-|-+
-| 1991+
-| ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]+
-| [[Pirate Jenny]]+
-| [[Gate Theatre]], [[Dublin]]+
-|+
-|-+
-| 2004+
-| ''[[The Black Rider]]''+
-| Pegleg+
-| [[Barbican Centre]], [[London]]+
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-|}+
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The Rocky Horror Show is a musical with music, lyrics and a book by Richard O'Brien. A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the late 1940s through early 1970s, the musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple getting caught in a storm and coming to the home of a mad transvestite scientist unveiling his new creation, a muscle man named Rocky Horror.


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