Susan Jane Tanner (or Sue Jane Tanner) is an English theatre actress, best known for playing the role of Madame Thénardier in the original London cast of Les Misérables and Jellylorum in the original London version of Cats. She reprised her role in the 1998 video version. Tanner also spent a season with the Royal Shakespeare Company, with roles including Audrey in As You Like It and Mrs Peacham in The Beggar's Opera.
She currently lives in Dorset with her husband.
Selected works
Theatre Year Production Role Original theatre 1981 Cats Jellylorum and Griddlebone New London Theatre 1983 All's Well That Ends Well Violenta Martin Beck Theatre 1985 Les Misérables Mme. Thénardier Barbican Theatre 1990 As You Like It Jacques Everyman Theatre, Liverpool 1996 Martin Guerre Madame De Rols Prince Edward Theatre 2000 Hard Times (musical) Miss Fidget/Mrs Sparsit Theatre Royal Haymarket 2008 Gone with the Wind Aunt Pittypat New London Theatre
Films Year Production Role Notes 1998 Cats Jellylorum
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