form y separately published work icon Marjorie Lawrence : The World at Her Feet single work   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Marjorie Lawrence : The World at Her Feet
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Marjorie LAWRENCE was born in 1907 and grew up in Winchelsea, country Victoria, Australia, dreaming of becoming an opera star. She went to Paris to study singing in 1928 and became the greatest Wagnerian Soprano in France, before being lured to the USA to perform at the Metropolitan, where she famously rode her horse Grane into Siegfried's pyre in a performance of Wagner's Gotterdammerung. She also performed Salome at the Met, delivering an enticing "Dance of the Seven veils" that shocked and delighted New York audiences, winning critical acclaim. At the height of her career, Marjorie was tragically cut down by polio at the age of 33. Remarkably she partially recovered from the illness and continued singing in a wheelchair. In 1955 M-G-M made a movie of her life, "Interrupted Melody" starring Glenn Ford and Eleanor Parker, which won an Academy Award.' (Production summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Singing the Praises of an Opera Diva David Stratton , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11 December 2021; (p. 13)

— Review of Marjorie Lawrence : The World at Her Feet Wayne Groom , 2021 single work film/TV
Singing the Praises of an Opera Diva David Stratton , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11 December 2021; (p. 13)

— Review of Marjorie Lawrence : The World at Her Feet Wayne Groom , 2021 single work film/TV
Last amended 10 Jan 2022 10:25:42
X