Jean Bayless: Tributes paid to West End Sound of Music actress

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image captionJean Bayless, pictured outside the Prince's Theatre in 1958, was an "amazing woman", said her son Daniel Johnson
The star of the original West End production of The Sound of Music has died, her family said.
Actress Jean Bayless starred in the role of Maria in the show in 1960, and also played the role of Mrs Cunningham in the soap opera Crossroads.
The 88-year-old died on Friday in Birmingham, after being diagnosed with bone cancer, her nephew Richard Johnson said.
Mrs Bayless's son Daniel said she was an "amazing woman".
She married David Johnson while performing in New York in about 1955, taking over from Julie Andrews in the Broadway production of The Boyfriend, her nephew said.

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