Gillian Lynne

Dame Gillian Barbara Lynne DBE (née Pyrke; 20 February 1926 – 1 July 2018) was an English ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director, noted for her theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-running shows in Broadway history, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. At age 87, she was made a DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 New Year Honours List.

Dame Gillian Lynne

DBE
Gillian Lynne at the Olivier Awards in 2013
Born
Gillian Barbara Pyrke

(1926-02-20)20 February 1926
Bromley, Kent, England
Died1 July 2018(2018-07-01) (aged 92)
Marylebone, London, England
Occupations
  • Ballerina
  • dancer
  • actress
  • theatre-television director
  • choreographer
Years active1963–2011
Spouses
  • Patrick Back
    (m. 1949; div. 19??)
Peter Land
​
(m. 1980)​

The New London Theatre, where the original West End production of Cats played, was officially renamed the Gillian Lynne Theatre in 2018. This made Lynne the first non-royal woman to have a West End theatre named after her.

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