Education
Gay was educated at a convent in Surrey, Street Anne’s College, and trained as an actress at LAMDA.
Gay was educated at a convent in Surrey, Street Anne’s College, and trained as an actress at LAMDA.
She is perhaps best known for her performance in the musical Godspell in 1971, as well as Madame Thenardier on the Complete Symphonic Recording of Les Misérables. She also performed all the voices for The Flumps, a famous children"s television series in Britain, and created the role of Mrs Bennett in Bernard J. Taylor"s musical version of Pride and Prejudice.
The production opened at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm and later transferred to Wyndhams.
Her other theatre work includes Good (Royal Shakespeare Company). Mother Courage (National ).
And Sunday in the Park with George, Jorrocks, The Canterbury Tales, Side by Side by Sondheim, The Mitford Girls, Les Misérables, Which Witch, and Salad Days (West End). She was Mrs Pearce in My Fair Lady at Kilworth House, 2013.
Gay later played Mrs Higgins in the musical on a tour of Denmark.
She appeared in the original production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the Gielgud in London.
