Apparently Betty once told her fellow actress Dilys Laye that she wanted to die with a glass of gin in her hand - and she managed just that, one day after moving in to a home for elderly thespians. She died in the bar after subsiding into a chair so gracefully that she didn't spill a drop. What artistry!
Friday, 24 February 2012
Birthday Betty
Apparently Betty once told her fellow actress Dilys Laye that she wanted to die with a glass of gin in her hand - and she managed just that, one day after moving in to a home for elderly thespians. She died in the bar after subsiding into a chair so gracefully that she didn't spill a drop. What artistry!
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Thanks, Nige. I was delighted to see this little tribute to one of radio's true greats. Her versatility was astonishing; those Beyond Our Ken and Round the Horne characters unforgettable. You mention several wonderful characters, including a great favourite, the ham actor Dame Celia Molestangler:
ReplyDeleteMARSDEN: Excited, Charles?
PADDICK: Yes, Fiona, intoxicatingly, flutteringly, heart-thumpingly, passionately excited. And yet somehow - calm. And you Fiona?
MARSDEN: Yes, I'm calm too. Resignedly, tranquilly, stoically, placidly calm. And yet - somehow - excited.
PADDICK: I know.
MARSDEN: I know you know.
PADDICK: I know you know I know.
MARSDEN: Yes, I know.
Wonderful!
Ah yes indeed - dear Noel himself couldn't have put it better...
ReplyDeleteشركة نقل عفش بالمجمعة
ReplyDeleteشركة نقل عفش بشرورة
كيفية نقل العفش بينبع
اسعار نقل عفش بينبع
البحث عن شركات نقل العفش بينبع
شركات نقل العفش بخميس مشيط
كيفية نقل العفش بخميس مشيط
اسعار نقل عفش بخميس مشيط