Career: Paige's first professional stage appearance was the role of a Chinese urchin in the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint - the Smell of the Crowd in 1964. At the age of 20, she made her West End debut in Hair. During the 1970s, she played roles in a number of musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, Billy and The Boyfriend. Her big break came when she was offered the title role of Eva Peron in the first stage production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita. She played the role for 20 months between 1978 and 1980 and her performance won her an Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Musical. She went on to achieve success in Cats, Chess, Anything Goes, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sunset Boulevard, The King and I and Follies. She has also released a number of albums and since 2004, she has hosted her own Radio 2 show called Elaine Paige on Sunday. In December 2013, she was a contestant on the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.