Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born March 22, 1948) is a very successful British composer of musical theatre. During his career he has produced 15 musicals, the scores to two films (Gumshoe and The Odessa File) and a Latin requiem mass. He has also accumulated a number of honours of which the following are most notable: seven Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Oscar, an International Emmy, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He was knighted in 1992 and entered the House of Lords in 1997.

His musical plays include:

Lloyd Webber was married in the mid-1980s to the actress and singer Sarah Brightman whom he divorced in 1990 before marrying his current wife Madeleine Gurdon, a former three-day event horsewoman. His brother is the world-class cellist Julian Lloyd Webber.

Lloyd Webber's lyricists have included Tim Rice, Don Black, Christopher Hampton, Richard Stilgoe and Ben Elton.