<p>Dame Gillian Lynne&nbsp;(20 February 1926 – 1 July 2018) was an English ballerina, dancer, choeographer, actress, and theatre&nbsp;&amp; television director, noted for her theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-running shows on Broadway - <em>"Cats"</em> and <em>"The Phantom of The Opera"</em>.&nbsp;At age 87, she was made a DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of The British Empire in the 2014 New Years Honours List. The New London Theatre, where the original production of&nbsp;"<em>Cats"</em>&nbsp;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.</p><br><p>Ex-dancer and now Boom Light radio presenter, Susie Sharp, visited Dame Gillian in her London home, a few years before she died.</p><p>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/20-questions-with">http://supporter.acast.com/20-questions-with</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>