Liz Callaway
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Great Performances
Young Sally
1971
Series
Hazbin Hotel
Speaker of God (voice)
2024
Series
Stars in the House
Self
2020
Series
Stars in the House
Self - Special Guest
2020
Film
Beauty and the Beast
Additional Voices (voice)
1991
Film
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Adult Kiara (singing voice) (uncredited)
1998
Film
Anastasia
Anastasia (singing voice)
1997
Film
The Return of Jafar
Princess Jasmine (singing voice)
1994
Film
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Jasmine (singing voice)
1996
Film
The Swan Princess
Princess Odette (singing voice)
1994
Film
The Rewrite
Mrs. Lerner
2014
Film
Bartok the Magnificent
Ensemble cast
1999
Film
Senior Trip
Judy Matheson
1981
Film
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess
Jasmine (singing voice)
2006
Film
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Jasmine (singing voice)
2005
Film
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
Self
2016
Film
Follies: In Concert
Young Sally
1986
Film
Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim
2020
Film
Ukraine: Answering the Call
Self
2022
Film
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
Mrs. Primm (singing voice)
1987
Film
Loving the Silent Tears: The Musical
2013