- Born
- Birth nameJudith Annabel Leventon
- Annabel Leventon was born in Hertfordshire. She received a state scholarship and bursary to attend St Anne's College, Oxford (1961-64). While studying there, she made several appearances at the Playhouse and toured France as Desdemona in the Oxford University Drama Society's production of 'Othello'. She then joined the Fourbeats pop group, played at the Edinburgh Festival and continued in various other OUDS productions. Upon obtaining her BA she gained a grant to LAMDA and made her professional stage debut in Leicester. In December 1967 she left for the U.S. where she joined Tom O'Horgan's La Mama Troupe in New York and worked with them for seven months before returning to Great Britain. She was in the original London cast of 'Hair' at the Shaftesbury Theatre, which was also directed by Tom O'Horgan. Leventon appeared in the London production of 'The Rocky Horror Show' and made numerous television appearances.- IMDb Mini Biography By: don @ minifie-1
- SpouseJohn Adams
- Formed the short-lived 1970s girl group Rock Bottom with Diane Langton and Gaye Brown. Leventon, Brown, and Langton won their case against Thames TV in the High Court in 1982 "for ripping of Rock Bottom to produce Rock Follies [that year] ... All three actresses were given substantial damages and Thames TV was found to be in breach of confidence 'in using the idea, in making and screening the two Rock Follies series'".
- Her role in Shock Treatment (1981) was uncredited, and his involvement in the film was revealed in 'Rocky Horror: from Concept to Cult' by Scott Michaels and David Evans.
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