Jennyanydots
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In the musical play Cats, Jennyanydots is the old Gumbie cat who teaches the mice music, crocheting and tatting. During the day, the family thinks she is lazy because she sits around doing nothing ("She sits, and sits, and sits all day...") but when they go to sleep, she goes to work. She even thinks the cockroaches need employment so she created a Beetles Tattoo teaching them how to tap dance. She is either the lover of Bustopher Jones or Skimbleshanks. She is also very protective of the kittens and she won't let any of them touch Grizabella when she shows up.
The song about Jennyanydots is entitled "The Old Gumbie Cat" and is sung mostly by Munkustrap. Near the end of the song, before the tap dancing, Munkustrap removes Jennyanydots's "fat suit", revealing a bright orange and yellow costume underneath.
Jennyanydots was portrayed by Myra Sands in the original London Production. The role was to have been played by Judi Dench along with Grizabella, but when Dench had to withdraw, Sands as her understudy tookover Jennyanydots. Jennyanydots is portrayed by Susie McKenna in the CATS video.
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