What is Gillian Lynne?
{{Infobox person | name = Dame Gillian Lynne | honorific_suffix = [[DBE]] | image = File:Gillian Lynne Olivier Awards2013.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Gillian Lynne at the Olivier Awards in 2013 | birth_name = Gillian Barbara Pyrke | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|2|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Bromley]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|7|1|1926|2|20|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Marylebone]], [[London]], England | occupation = Ballerina, dancer, actress, theatre-television director, choreographer | spouse = Patrick Back (1949–19??; divorced)<br>{{marriage|[[Peter Land]]|1980|2018|reason=her death}} | yearsactive = 1963–2011 }} '''Dame Gillian Barbara Lynne''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE}} (née '''Pyrke'''; 20 February 1926 – 1 July 2018) was a British ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and [[theatre direction|theatre]]-television director. She was known for her popular choreography with ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' and ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''. She was made a DBE (Dame Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]]) in the 2014 New Year Honours List. Lynne died at a hospital in [[Marylebone]], [[London]] from [[pneumonia]] on 1 July 2018 at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wild |first1=Stephanie |title=Director and Choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne Passes Away at 92 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Director-and-Choreographer-Dame-Gillian-Lynne-Passes-Away-at-92-20180701 |access-date=1 July 2018 |work=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/60728/supplements/7 ''London Gazette'' notice of damehood]; london-gazette.co.uk; accessed 22 March 2014. * {{Official website|http://www.gillianlynne.com/career.htm}} * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528852/ Gillian Lynne profile], imdb.com; accessed 17 March 2014. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lynne, Gillian}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:E