Sid's Place takes a closer look at the Carry On career of Kenneth Connor. Before Sid James and Kenneth Williams became the focal point...
Born on this day- Hammer legend Peter Cushing, in 1913.
Legendary actress, Fenella Fielding takes on John Lydon’s “Rise” and wins. This is one of the many brilliant tracks from the recently re-released Savoy Sessions, a fabulous collaboration between Ms. Fielding and David Britton, owner of Savoy Books, author of the banned comic (and novel) Lord Horror and “the last man in the country to be jailed under the 1959 Obscene Publications Act”. Britton approached Fielding in 2002 to record extracts from J. G. Ballrd’s novel Crash. At first, Ms. Fielding demurred, but Britton’s persistence paid-off and a thrilling creative partnership began. Fielding recorded Britton’s La Squab, as well T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, and selection of work by Collette - which Ms. Fielding had originally performed on stage in 1970. Ms. Fielding is perhaps best known for her role as Valeria, the delightful, kooky vamp to Kenneth Williams’ Dr. Orlando Watt in Carry on Screaming, which tends to greatly over-shadow her legendary career in theater and revue. She was hailed by Noel Coward and Kenneth Tynan as one of theater’s greatest actresses, her performance as Hedda Gabler was described by The Times as “one of the experiences of a lifetime”. She was a versatile comedy...
En route to the Cort Theatre on Broadway for his final appearance in No Man's Land and Waiting For Godot, the 74-year-old actor wore a dazzling royal blue jacket.
The actor died surrounded by his family at home in Los Angeles
He might have thought that fans had forgotten him. But the extraordinary outpouring of affection as news of his death spread on social media yesterday proves how fondly the British actor was remembered.
