Beaver (singer)
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Beverley Jean Morrison, better known as Beaver (1950 – 23 May 2010), was a New Zealand
singer.
She was a long running member of the ground-breaking Blerta
musical and theatrical co-operative, and later of the similar troupe Red Mole. She played a small role in the 1985 movie
Should I be Good, a New Zealand film based on the Mr. Asia drug ring, and performed the theme song to the TVNZ soap opera
Gloss
(1987–1990).
Her 1988 album Live at Ronnie Scott's was voted New Zealand's "Best Jazz Album" that year.
She had two daughters with actor Bill Stalker
.
She died of sarcoma
at the age of 59 in Auckland
.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
singer.
She was a long running member of the ground-breaking Blerta
Blerta
Blerta , was a New Zealand musical and theatrical co-operative active in the 1970s....
musical and theatrical co-operative, and later of the similar troupe Red Mole. She played a small role in the 1985 movie
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
Should I be Good, a New Zealand film based on the Mr. Asia drug ring, and performed the theme song to the TVNZ soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Gloss
Gloss (TV series)
Gloss was a television drama series in New Zealand that screened from 1987-1990. The series was about a fictional publishing empire run by the Redfern family....
(1987–1990).
Her 1988 album Live at Ronnie Scott's was voted New Zealand's "Best Jazz Album" that year.
She had two daughters with actor Bill Stalker
Bill Stalker
William Robert "Bill" Stalker was a New Zealand actor, most famous for his roles in television.-Early life:Stalker was born and grew up in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, the second of seven children to Robert and ZenaStalker...
.
She died of sarcoma
Sarcoma
A sarcoma is a cancer that arises from transformed cells in one of a number of tissues that develop from embryonic mesoderm. Thus, sarcomas include tumors of bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, vascular, and hematopoietic tissues...
at the age of 59 in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
.
External links
- Her entry at Bruce Sergent's New Zealand Music site