Jemima (cat)

Jemima (also known as Sillabub)[1] is a principal character in the musical Cats, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on the poetry of T. S. Eliot.

Veerle Casteleyn played Jemima in the 1998 film adaptation with Helen Massey providing the character's singing voice.

She is sympathetic to the older cat's plea for acceptance, and when Grizabella collapses while singing "Memory" towards the end of the musical, Jemima joins in briefly to encourage her to press on.

[4] While "Memory" is sung primarily by Grizabella, melodic preludes are performed twice in a higher D major key by Jemima.

On screen, Veerle Casteleyn played Jemima in the 1998 film adaptation with Helen Massey providing the character's singing voice.