Saturday 26 December 2020

Rhonda Fleming..

 Rhonda Fleming was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s


Saturday 19 December 2020

Chris Whitty..

 Christopher John MacRae Whitty CB FRCP FFPH FMedSci (born 21 April 1966) is an English physician and epidemiologist who is Chief Medical Officer for England (CMO), Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government, Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) to the Department of Health and Social Care, Head of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and Gresham Professor of Physic.


Monday 14 December 2020

John LeCarre RIP..



David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931-12 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré (/ ləˈkæreɪ /), was a British author of espionage novels. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).

Thursday 10 December 2020

Brenda Lee.

 American singer and recording artist


Monday 27 July 2020

Olivia de Havilland RIP

Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland DBE was a British-American actress and centenarian.

Wednesday 1 July 2020

Alma Cogan..

Alma Angela Cohen (19 May 1932 – 26 October 1966), known professionally as Alma Cogan, was an English singer of traditional pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed the "Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era.

Tuesday 30 June 2020

Marianne Faithfull...

Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single " As Tears Go By " and became one of the lead female artists during the British Invasion in the United States.

Thursday 18 June 2020

Dame Vera Lynn RIP..

Dame Vera Margaret Lynn CH DBE OStJ (née Welch; born 20 March 1917) was a British singer of traditional popular music, songwriter and actress, whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War.The forces sweetheart..

Wednesday 17 June 2020

Willie Thorne RIP..

William Joseph "Willie" Thorne was an English former professional snooker player.

Tuesday 16 June 2020

Lulu..

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE is a Scottish singer, actress, TV personality and businesswoman. She is noted for her powerful singing voice. She is internationally known, but especially by UK audiences in the 1960s. 

Thursday 11 June 2020

Kathy Kirby..

Kathy Kirby was an English singer, reportedly the highest-paid female singer of her generation. She is best known for her cover version of Doris Day 's " Secret Love " and for representing the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest where she finished in second place.

Wednesday 3 June 2020

Petula Clark..

Pop singer known chiefly for her Swinging London-era smash "Downtown," 

Friday 15 May 2020

Susan Maughan..

Susan Maughan  is an English singer who released successful singles in the 1960s. Her most famous and successful song, " Bobby's Girl " (a cover of the Marcie Blane single), reached number three in the UK Singles Chart at Christmas time in 1962.

Wednesday 6 May 2020

Millie Small RIP..


Millicent Dolly May Small CD was a Jamaican singer-songwriter, best known for her 1964 recording of "My Boy Lollipop."

Saturday 18 April 2020

Monday 30 March 2020

Marina Sirtis..

Marina Sirtis  is a British-American actress. She is best known for her role as Counselor Deanna Troi on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the four feature films that followed, as well as other appearances in the Star Trek franchise. 

Wednesday 18 March 2020

Susannah York..

Susannah Yolande Fletcher (9 January 1939 – 15 January 2011), known professionally as Susannah York, was an English actress. Her appearances in various films of the 1960s, including Tom Jones (1963) and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), formed the basis of her international reputation.

Wednesday 11 March 2020

Helen Shapiro..

Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is a British pop singer, jazz singer, and actress. She is best known for her two 1961 UK chart toppers, " You Don't Know " and " Walkin' Back to Happiness ", both recorded when she was just fourteen years old.

Monday 9 March 2020

Karen Carpenter..

Karen Anne Carpenter was an American singer and drummer who, along with her older brother Richard, was part of the duo the Carpenters.

Thursday 27 February 2020

Catherine O'Hara...

Catherine O'Hara OC  is a Canadian-American actress who portrays Moira Rose on Schitt's Creek..

Tuesday 18 February 2020

Raquel Welch..

Raquel Welch is an American actress and singer.

Thursday 13 February 2020

Christina Ricci..

Christina Ricci is an American actress and producer. 

Wednesday 12 February 2020

Claire Bretécher RIP

Claire Bretécher (French: ; 17 April 1940 – 10 February 2020) was a French cartoonist, known particularly for her portrayals of women and gender issues.Her creations included Les Frustrés, and the unimpressed teenager Agrippine

Thursday 30 January 2020

Prue Leith..

Judge on the great British bake off..

Thursday 23 January 2020

Brenda Blethyn..

Brenda Blethyn OBE  is an English actress. She is known for her portrayals of working-class women with eccentric qualities. She is the recipient of several accolades, including one Golden Globe, one BAFTA, one Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and two Academy Award nominations.This is her as Vera...the British crime drama..

Saturday 11 January 2020

Mitzi Gaynor..

Mitzi Gaynor is an American actress, singer, and dancer.

Tuesday 7 January 2020

MM


First drawing of the year...
Marilyn Monroe