Origin: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Decades: 1980's, 1990's, and 2000's
Most popular to theatre audiences from his title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's version of The Phantom of the Opera, Michael Crawford was in fact a star of the British stage and screen for almost two decades before. Born in Wiltshire, England in 1942, he began singing in the school choir and while still a teenager, changed his name from Dumble-Smith to the more charismatic Crawford and began working in radio, television and film. After first stepping on the London stage in the early '60s, Crawford's ... Read More