April Olrich - Revision history

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			\| caption = April Olrich in 1998
			\| birth_name = Edith April Oelrichs
			\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1931\|07\|17\|df=y}}
			\| birth_place = [[Zanzibar]]
			\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2014\|04\|15\|1931\|07\|17\|df=y}}
			\| death_place = London
			\| nationality = British
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			\| occupation = Ballerina, actress
			\| spouse = {{Marriage\|[[Nigel Pegram]]\|1968}}
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	'''April Olrich''' (17 July 1931 – 15 April 2014), born '''Edith April Oelrichs''', was an English ballerina and actress, born in [[Zanzibar]], now part of Tanzania.		'''April Olrich''' (17 July 1931 – 15 April 2014), born '''Edith April Oelrichs''', was an English ballerina and actress, born in [[Zanzibar]], now part of Tanzania.

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	She died in 2014, in London, aged 82.<ref>[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4098962.ece "Obituary: April Olrich"] ''The Times'' (23 May 2014).</ref>		She died in 2014, in London, aged 82.<ref>[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4098962.ece "Obituary: April Olrich"] ''The Times'' (23 May 2014).</ref>

	There is an annual ''April Olrich Award for Dynamic Performance'', given at the [[~~w:Royal Ballet School\|~~Royal Ballet School]] in her memory.<ref name="RBS"/>		There is an annual ''April Olrich Award for Dynamic Performance'', given at the [[Royal Ballet School]] in her memory.<ref name="RBS"/>

	==References==		==References==

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	She died in 2014, in London, aged 82.<ref>[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4098962.ece "Obituary: April Olrich"] ''The Times'' (23 May 2014).</ref>		She died in 2014, in London, aged 82.<ref>[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4098962.ece "Obituary: April Olrich"] ''The Times'' (23 May 2014).</ref>

	There is an annual '''April Olrich Award for Dynamic Performance''', given at the [[Royal Ballet School]] in her memory.<ref name="RBS"/>		There is an annual ''April Olrich Award for Dynamic Performance'', given at the [[w:Royal Ballet School\|Royal Ballet School]] in her memory.<ref name="RBS"/>

	==References==		==References==

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	*[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18899/ An image of Olrich from 1957], at the Portal to Texas History		*[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18899/ An image of Olrich from 1957], at the Portal to Texas History

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	'''April Olrich''' (17 July 1931 – 15 April 2014), born '''Edith April Oelrichs''', was an English ballerina and actress, born in [[Zanzibar]], now part of Tanzania.		'''April Olrich''' (17 July 1931 – 15 April 2014), born '''Edith April Oelrichs''', was an English ballerina and actress, born in [[Zanzibar]], now part of Tanzania.

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[[File:April_Olrich.jpg|thumb|right|April Olrich]]
'''April Olrich''' (17 July 1931 – 15 April 2014), born '''Edith April Oelrichs''', was an English ballerina and actress, born in [[Zanzibar]], now part of Tanzania.

==Early life==
Edith April Oelrichs was born in [[Zanzibar]] in 1931 (some sources give 1933), where her father was a British diplomat. She also lived in the [[Seychelles]] and [[Uruguay]] while she was growing up. She trained as a ballerina in [[Buenos Aires]] at the [[Teatro Colón]], and in New York with [[George Balanchine]].<ref name="RBS">[http://www.royalballetschool.org.uk/2014/04/23/memoriam-april-olrich-pegram/ "In Memoriam: April Olrich Pegram"] ''Royal Ballet School'' (23 April 2014).</ref>

==Career==
Olrich joined the [[Royal Ballet]] in 1949 under [[Ninette de Valois]]. She danced with [[The Royal Ballet]] in London from 1950 to 1954, in ''The Sleeping Beauty'', ''Les Sylphides'', ''Coppélia'' , ''Façade'', ''[[Mam'zelle Angot]]'', ''[[Swan Lake]]'', ''Cinderella'', ''Checkmate'', ''A Wedding Bouquet'', ''Apparitions'', ''A Mirror for Witches'', ''Bonne-bouche'', ''Ballet Imperial'', ''Giselle'', ''Don Juan'', ''The Three-Cornered Hat'', ''Job'', ''Daphnis and Chloe'', ''Ballabile'', ''Veneziana'', ''Homage to the Queen'', ''Tiresias'', and ''Les Patineurs''.<ref>J. P. Wearing, ed., [https://books.google.com/books?id=5g2PBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA197&ots=izxB8mFOvB&dq=April%20Olrich&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=April%20Olrich&f=false ''The London Stage, 1950–1959: Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''] (Rowman & Littlefield 2014). {{ISBN|9780810893085}}</ref>

After her ballet career, she remained on the London stage as a performer. Olrich appeared in ''Pay the Piper'' (1954–1955), ''[[The Balcony]]'' (1957), ''Honeymoon'' (1957), the musical ''[[The Boys from Syracuse]]'' (1963), and the South African folk revue ''[[Wait a Minim!]]'' (1964–1966). She accompanied ''Wait a Minim!'' to Broadway from 1966 to 1967. In New York, she won the Whitbread Anglo-American Theatre Award for Outstanding Musical Performance.<ref name="Baker">Richard Anthony Baker, [https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2014/obituary-april-olrich/ "Obituary: April Olrich"] ''The Stage'' (9 May 2014).</ref> Theatre critic [[Frank Rich]] (then a Harvard undergraduate) admired Olrich's appearance, saying, "Then there is April Olrich, who dances and, when she has nothing else to do, just stands facing the audience flashing a pair of large, sparkling eyes. The eyes are part of a body which also seems to throw off a few sparks from time to time."<ref>Frank Rich, [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1968/5/17/wait-a-minim-pbibf-there-is/ "Wait a Minim"] ''Harvard Crimson'' (17 May 1968).</ref>

She also appeared in many films including ''[[Women Without Men (1956 film)|Women without Men]]'' (1956), ''[[The Battle of the River Plate (film)|Battle of the River Plate]]'' (aka ''Pursuit of the Graf Spee'') (1957)<ref>Bob Houser, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7607002/april_olrich_looking_for_a_husband_1957/ "Husband Hunt Proves USS Boxer Taut Ship"] ''Independent'' (21 November 1957): 21. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> ''[[Kill Me Tomorrow]]'' (1957), ''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'' (1959), ''[[Deadly Record]]'' (1959), ''[[It's All Over Town]]'' (1964), ''[[The Skull]]'' (1966), ''[[Clinic Exclusive]]'' (1972), ''[[Keep It Up Downstairs]]'' (1976), ''[[Riding High (1981 film)|Riding High]]'' (1981), and ''[[Supergirl (1984 film)|Supergirl]]'' (1984). She is probably best known for playing the female lead, Madame Petrovna, opposite [[Morecambe and Wise]] in the film ''[[The Intelligence Men]]'' (1966).

She frequently appeared on British television in both dramatic and comedy roles, most notably an episode of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (1963), ''[[Fresh Fields]]'' (1985),<ref name="Baker" /> ''[[She-Wolf of London (TV series)|She-Wolf of London]]'' (1990), and as a game-show panelist in the popular series ''[[Whodunnit? (UK TV series)|Whodunnit?]]'' (1976).

==Personal life==
April Olrich married English actor (and her co-star in ''Wait a Minim!'') [[Nigel Pegram]] in 1968, in San Francisco.

== Death ==
She died in 2014, in London, aged 82.<ref>[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4098962.ece "Obituary: April Olrich"] ''The Times'' (23 May 2014).</ref>

There is an annual '''April Olrich Award for Dynamic Performance''', given at the [[Royal Ballet School]] in her memory.<ref name="RBS"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0647557}}
*[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/april-olrich-94214 April Olrich's listing at IBDB]
*[http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/british-actress-dancer-april-olrich-in-costume-for-play-news-photo/50555169#british-actressdancer-april-olrich-in-costume-for-play-hassan-at-in-picture-id50555169 An image of Olrich from 1960], at Getty Images
*[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18899/ An image of Olrich from 1957], at the Portal to Texas History

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