Question: "As Long as He Needs Me" is a torch song sung by the character of Nancy in the musical film "Oliver! ", and originally introduced in the 1960 musical by which English singer and actress, who was the first actress to play Nancy?

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And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going: "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (also known in short as just "And I Am Telling You") is a torch song from the Broadway musical "Dreamgirls", with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger.  In the context of the musical, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is sung by the character Effie White, a singer with the girl group The Dreams, to her manager, Curtis Taylor Jr., whose romantic and professional relationship with Effie is quickly ending.  The lyrics to "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", often considered the show's signature tune, describe Effie's love for Curtis, both strongly devoted and defiant.  She refuses to let Curtis leave her behind, and boldly proclaims to him, "I'm staying and you ... you're gonna love me."

Harvey Fierstein: Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1954) is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor.  Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play "Torch Song Trilogy" (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in "Hairspray".  He also wrote the book for the musical "La Cage aux Folles", for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning "Kinky Boots".  He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.

Torch Song (1993 film): Torch Song (also known as Judith Krantz's Torch Song) is a 1993 made-for-television drama film directed by Michael Miller, starring Raquel Welch, Jack Scalia and Alicia Silverstone.  The film originally premiered on ABC on May 23, 1993.

The Last Torch Song: The Last Torch Song (Spanish:El último cuplé) is a 1957 Spanish musical film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Sara Montiel, Armando Calvo and Enrique Vera.

Elita Proctor Otis: Elita Proctor Otis (1860 – August 10, 1927) was an American actress.  She had a long distinguished stage career before her foray into early silent films.  In 1909 she may have been the first actress to play Nancy Sikes on screen in a Vitagraph produced version of Oliver Twist.

Torch Song Trilogy: Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: "International Stud", "Fugue in a Nursery", and "Widows and Children First!"  The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a Jewish homosexual, drag queen, and torch singer who lives in New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s.  The four-hour play begins with a soliloquy in which he explains his cynical disillusionment with love.

As Long as He Needs Me: "As Long as He Needs Me" is a torch song sung by the character of Nancy in the musical film "Oliver! ", and originally introduced in the 1960 musical by Georgia Brown, who was the first actress to play Nancy.  It is a love ballad expressing Nancy's love for her criminal boyfriend Bill Sikes, despite his mistreatment of her.

Georgia Brown (English singer): Georgia Brown (21 October 1933 – 5 July 1992) was an English singer and actress.

Jane Withers: Jane Withers (born April 12, 1926) is an American actress, model, and singer.  Beginning a prolific career as a child actress at the age of three, Withers is a Young Artist Award–Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award honoree, best known for being one of the most popular child film stars of the 1930s and early 1940s, as well as for her portrayal of "Josephine the Plumber" in a series of TV commercials for Comet cleanser in the 1960s and early 1970s and probably best known for playing the obnoxious Joy Smythe in the movie she paired with Shirley Temple, "Bright Eyes".  Also a singer, she debuted the Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn torch song "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" in 1944 in "Glad To See You", a musical intended for Broadway which closed out of town in Philadelphia.

I'd Do Anything (2008 TV series): I'd Do Anything was a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and broadcast on BBC One.  It premièred on 15 March 2008.  The show searched for a new, unknown lead to play Nancy and three young performers who will take it in turns to play Oliver in a West End revival of the British musical "Oliver! ".

Supporting paragraphs: As Long as He Needs Me Georgia Brown (English singer)
Answer: Georgia Brown