Facts: - spouse: roland son joffe -lrb- 1974-1980 ; divorced -rrb- ; 1 - birth date: 26 december 1944 - name: jane lapotaire - birth place: ipswich , suffolk - occupation: actress Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jane lapotaire .
jane lapotaire -lrb- born 26 december 1944 -rrb- is a british actress .lapotaire was born at ipswich , suffolk .she studied at the bristol old vic theatre school in the 1960s .her performance in the title role of '' marie curie '' -lrb- 1977 -rrb- first brought her to wide attention .in 1978 she performed the title role Edith piaf for pam gems 's play '' piaf '' , directed by howard davies for the royal shakespeare company , in stratford-upon-avon and in london at the warehouse theatre , covent garden in 1979 .two year later the show moved to broadway .lapotaire won the tony award for leading actress in a play that year .