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Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet

Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet

# From Victorian farm girl to one of the world’s greatest opera sopranos
Documentary
📜 Overview: Marjorie grew up in Winchelsea in country Victoria, Australia, dreaming of becoming an opera star like Dame Nellie Melba. In 1928 she went to Paris to study opera without knowing a word of French and having never heard of Richard Wagner. In 1941, at the height her success, she was tragically cut down by polio and became completely paralysed. With the help of Australian nurse, Sister Kenny, Marjorie regained movement in her upper body and resumed her career in a wheelchair. In 1955, MGM made a movie of her life, "Interrupted Melody", starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford, which won an Academy Award.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2021-12-16
⌚ Running Time: 80 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 0.0

Beloved Cast

Kiri Te Kanawa original image
Narrator
Kiri Te Kanawa
Ita Buttrose original image
Self
Ita Buttrose
Richard Bonynge original image
Self
Richard Bonynge
Brian Castles Onion original image
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Brian Castles Onion
Miki Oikawa original image
Self
Miki Oikawa
John Bolton-Wood original image
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John Bolton-Wood

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