Linda Balgord
Linda Balgord (February 18, 1960 – March 5, 2024) was an American Broadway actress and singer, most notable for playing Norma Desmond in the 1996 United States tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard, being the last actress to portray Grizabella in the original Broadway run of Cats, and originating the role of Queen Elizabeth I in The Pirate Queen on Broadway. She also played the role of Madame Giry in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, in both the restaged North American tour and on Broadway.[1]
Linda Balgord
February 18, 1960
March 5, 2024 (aged 64)
Actress
Early life[edit]
Linda Balgord was born on February 18, 1960.[2] A native of New Lisbon, Wisconsin, and an aspiring actress since grade school, Balgord graduated from New Lisbon High School in 1978.[3] She was a 1982 graduate[4] of Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and she received a Master of Fine Arts, Acting, from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.[5]
Personal life and death[edit]
Balgord married stage manager Andrew Fenton in July 1993. They met when both worked on the production of Aspects of Love in Toronto.[4]
Linda Balgord died in Naples, Florida, on March 5, 2024, at the age of 64.[8][9]