American born Kim Criswell made her name in this country when she took on the title role in Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. Before this she had been a Broadway star where she played opposite Sting in The Threepenny Opera and appeared alongside Raoul Julia in the musical Nine as well as appearing in Kismet and Jesus Christ Superstar. She went on to have a huge success as Grizabella in the Los Angeles production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats stopping the show nightly with her haunting rendition of Memory. Kim Criswell has also made numerous appearances on the concert platform with some of the world's leading symphony orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra as well as the Boston Pops. She has made many records for EMI including the musicals Anything Goes and Kiss Me Kate. She made her film debut in Paramount Pictures True Colours and was seen in the American TV film Savage Play.