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Liz Callaway Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1961-04-13

Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Credits:
21 Total Roles

Liz Callaway

Acting

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Biography

Liz Callaway is a Tony nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer and recording artist. She made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in Baby, and for five years won acclaim as Grizabella in Cats. She has also starred in the original Broadway casts of Miss Saigon, The Three Musketeers, and The Look of Love.

Liz sang the Academy Award-nominated song “Journey to the Past” in the animated feature Anastasia and is also the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin and the King of Thieves and The Return of Jafar. Other film work includes the singing voice of the title character in The Swan Princess, Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride, Beauty and the Beast, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars and The Rewrite with Hugh Grant.

She received an Emmy Award for hosting Ready to Go, a daily, live children’s program on CBS in Boston. Other TV credits include In Performance at the White House, Inside the Actor’s Studio: Stephen Sondheim, In Performance at the White House, Christmas with the Boston Pops, The David Letterman Show, and Senior Trip (CBS Movie of the Week).

Liz has released eight solo albums: Anywhere I Wander: Liz Callaway Sings Frank Loesser, The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On and Off-Broadway, The Beat Goes On, Passage of Time, Merry and Bright, The Essential Liz Callaway, Comfort and Joy: An Acoustic Christmas, and her latest, To Steve with Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim. Her numerous other recordings include Sibling Revelry, Boom! Live at Birdland, The Maury Yeston Songbook, Dreaming Wide Awake: The Music of Scott Alan, Hair in Concert, and the complete recording of Allegro produced by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2024 Hazbin Hotel TV Speaker of God (voice)
2022 Ukraine: Answering the Call MOVIE Self
2020 Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim MOVIE Self
2020 Stars in the House TV Self
2020 Stars in the House TV Self - Special Guest
2016 Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened... MOVIE Self
2014 The Rewrite MOVIE Mrs. Lerner
2013 Loving the Silent Tears: The Musical MOVIE Self
2006 Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess MOVIE Jasmine (singing voice)
2005 Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party MOVIE Jasmine (singing voice)

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