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Author: June Whitfield
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Release Date: November 2000
ISBN-10: 0563478098
ISBN-13: 9780563478096
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For half a century, June Whitfield has provided the female voices for a galaxy of famous comedians: hence the odd title of her enjoyable autobiography. She had the blessing of an ideal start: her adored parents--both am-dram fanatics--gave her every encouragement to develop the comic gifts which have kept her happily and gainfully employed ever since she left Rada in 1944. The BBC has been her main employer: for them she played Eth opposite Jimmy Edwards in The Glums, and regularly starred in Take It From Here and The News Huddlines (Roy Hudd christened her The Comic's Tart). More recently she played Miss Marple in the Agatha Christie dramatisations and figured prominently in the TV smash-hit Absolutely Fabulous. The owner of an OBE, she has twice been the subject of This Is Your Life, but such accolades have never seduced her away from the greasepaint: playing in both pantos and straight theatre--taking key roles like Mrs Malaprop in Sheridan's The Rivals--has always remained her metier. Julian Clary is one of her favourite co-stars: "Now there's a challenge!" he once told her, when explaining that her job, as the wife of the Governor of the Bank of England, was to seduce Clary's camp jailer. Listening to her tales, one senses that the warmth of her personality must bring out the best in everyone she works with; she positively radiates affection. "There's one more panto in you", the chief electrician at Wimbledon Theatre told sprightly septuagenarian recently. She reports this diffidently, but hopes he is right. --Betty Tadman
...... very June Whitfield! Gentle and charming
| Customer Rating:  | | June Whitfield is such a great comedy actress that I'm inclined to agree with the surprise of Frank Muir and Denis Norden that anyone should contemplate a comedy show without her. And indeed, it appears that very few did during the sixties and seventies in particular. What I hadn't realized was how long June Whitfield had actually been treading the boards, going right back to 1947! This book details her career right up to 2000 and features a veritable who's who of British comedy from Noel Coward to Arthur Askey, from Tony Hancock to the Carry On's, and from Terry Scott and Harry H. Corbett to Jennifer Saunders and Absolutely Fabulous. Through it all June Whitfield's approach of accepting work whenever it was offered and ensuring that her role was supporting the lead and not stealing the limelight means that she was at the forefront of most British comedy, and very entertaining it is too. The book portrays her career as trouble-free and almost straightforward. Undoubtedly there were lows to go with the apparent highs but the book has no vitriol to heap on anyone, offering instead the kind of happy reminiscing that you'd like to think represents the era best. |
A good read but a bit repetitive
| Customer Rating: | | This is a nice book by a nice lady who has contributed so much to our world of entertainment. I found the first half of the book better than the 2nd, which got rather repetitive.. tonight in this theatre, tomorrow in that theatre and so on... was a bit of a who's who of theatre's and productions. |
Nice, gentle read.
| Customer Rating: | A real nice gentle read from a real nice gentle lady. Nothing to shock - the reverse in fact. She talks of the people she met with warm affection when I suspect some were not quite as nice as they could be or June decided not to mention those people. Either way this is a good insight into her long career that at sometime has touched us all.
If there was a critisim then it did get a bit repetitive towards the end but that really is a minor complaint. As I said, a nice, gentle read. |
Gentle and amusing read
| Customer Rating: | | By June Whitfield's own account her life has not been one of overwhelming struggle against the odds. She was born into a prosperous south London home, made her way into show business in the 40s, married happily and has had a long and successful career. Not much drama here perhaps but Miss Whitfield is an engaging and modest narrator and has many enjoyable insights into the entertainment world of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. If you're too cool for June Whitfield...well then you're too cool. I can't imagine anyone who enjoys British Comedy not finding something of interest in this book. |
an absorbing read
| Customer Rating: | | i found this book really good june whitfield tells a great story i found this hard to put down i found it touching when she talked about her working relationship with terry scott another great entertainer june had a great life which has twice been celebrated by This Is Your Life i liked june in abfab i beleve she was a big part of its success i especially liked the part where edina said inside me theres a thin person screaming to get out cue mother just the one dear june has received the CBE i think eventually she will become a Dame of the british empire |
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