She was directed in Too Late Blues by John Cassavetes, who warned her: ‘You’ve got so much talent. Don’t you dare coast on your body alone’
She was directed in Too Late Blues by John Cassavetes, who warned her: ‘You’ve got so much talent. Don’t you dare coast on your body alone’
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Christened “the Bosom” by Playboy magazine, she rode her voluptuous figure to fame and became known as “the most photographed…
Her marriage to John Dankworth, the clarinettist, saxophonist and band leader, was one of the most successful partnerships in…
As the ‘Pocket Venus’ she got fan mail from the troops in Tobruk – ‘You make us forget Libya’ – and modelled with the future…
Celebrated singer with an agile contralto voice who, with her husband John Dankworth, helped bring new audiences to jazz
She brought the house down as a stripper in Gypsy, going on to star in films with Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson. Now, at 96, she’s…
She was one of the few surviving musicians to have played with Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, who called her ‘the kid with the…
