b. 17 February 1941, Enfield, Middlesex, England. An actress, singer, and director, Julia McKenzie is one of the most accomplished leading ladies in the British (and occasionally Broadway) musical theatre. She started to perform at an early age, and attended the Sylvia Spriggs Dancing School. She was about to begin training to become a French teacher when she was offered a scholarship to study opera. After spending four years at the Guildhall School of Music, she performed in provincial theatres and toured in operettas and musical comedies for a good number of years before com...