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Evelyn Herlitzius
Evelyn Herlitzius
German opera singer
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Sylvia Fisher
Sylvia Fisher
Australian operatic soprano
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Gabriele Schnaut
Gabriele Schnaut
German singer
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Hildegard Behrens
Hildegard Behrens
German operatic soprano
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Eileen Farrell
Eileen Farrell
singer
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Anita Välkki
Anita Välkki
Finnish opera singer and voice teacher
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Waltraud Meier
Waltraud Meier
German soprano and mezzo-soprano
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Nadine Secunde
Nadine Secunde
American opera soprano
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Roberta Knie
Roberta Knie
singer
Marjorie Lawrence
Australian singer

Marjorie Lawrence

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Australian singer
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Awards Received
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Marjorie Lawrence, 12 June 1939
Marjorie Lawrence in 1943, most likely in Montreal

Marjorie Florence Lawrence CBE (17 February 1907 – 13 January 1979) was an Australian soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas. She was the first Metropolitan Opera soprano to perform the immolation scene in Götterdämmerung by riding her horse into the flames as Wagner had intended. She was afflicted by polio from 1941. Lawrence later served on the faculty of the School of Music at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Her life story was told in the 1955 film Interrupted Melody, in which she was portrayed by Eleanor Parker, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Lawrence.