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[[File:Actress_Olga_Lowe.jpg|thumb|right|Olga Lowe]]'''Olga Lowe''' (14 September 1919 – 2 September 2013) was a British [[film]], stage and television actress.<ref name=stage/> She made her film debut in an uncredited role in the 1949 film ''[[Trottie True]]''.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|title=Olga Lowe|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10302945/Olga-Lowe.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=11 September 2013|accessdate=29 September 2013}}</ref>
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After the Second World War, she returned to Britain and worked in regional [[Repertory theatre|rep]], before appearing at the [[London Palladium]], as a stooge to [[Harpo Marx]], in 1949.<ref name=independent/>
Lowe’s big break came in the original London production of the musical ''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]'' in 1954, in the small role of a reporter, performing the humorous song ''Zip''.<ref name=independent/> On the second night, her applause delayed the scene that followed by several minutes. Her success continued the following year in the original London run of ''[[The Pajama Game]]'' at the [[London Coliseum|Coliseum]].<ref name=stage/> Later stage work included [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s production of ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' at the [[Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)|Lyric, Hammersmith]] in 1991, and as part of [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]]'s company at the [[Old Vic]] in 1997.<ref>https://theatricalia.com/play/9j/uncle-vanya/production/cts</ref><ref>https://theatricalia.com/person/13n1/olga-lowe</ref>
Olga Lowe was a childhood friend of actor [[Sid James]].<ref name=stage>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2013/olga-lowe/|title=Olga Lowe - Obituaries - The Stage|date=18 September 2013|publisher=}}</ref> Lowe and her first husband, John Tore, were considered to be instrumental in launching James' film career after he moved to Britain in 1947.<ref name=telegraph/> In 1976, she was performing opposite James in ''The Mating Season'' at the [[Sunderland Empire Theatre]] on the night he suffered a fatal heart attack on stage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/olga-lowe-3cm96q56t5q|title=Olga Lowe|date=23 September 2013|publisher=|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}</ref>
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