R.I.P.s

Dinah Sheridan (1920-2012) -  92 is certainly a good run. Dinah was a delightful lady and of course the last survivor of GENEVIEVE which Kay Kendall stole, but Dinah is utterly delightful here too, her Wendy is an ideal high-spirited wife which she played to perfection and of course her ideal mother in THE RAILWAY CHILDREN - that will be getting its usual Christmas screening next month. She is also nice with Dirk Bogarde in APPOINTMENT IN LONDON among other roles. Left: with GENEVIEVE co-stars John Gregson, Kenneth More and Kay Kendall.  Right: with Kenneth More in that very '50s kitchen ...
She was on the stage in several plays in the '80s, I was once in a mini-supermarket (the long gone Civil Service Stores) in The Strand, London when a nice lady with a basket smiled at me as we passed each other in the aisle - it was Dinah who was appearing at one of the nearby theatres. 

 

Larry Hagman (1931-2012) The extraordinary success of DALLAS owed much to Hagman’s portrayal of the scheming JR – arguably the most memorable villain in television history. The character certainly made Hagman one of the most recognised actors on the planet. We all watched DALLAS back then. I caught one of his earlier roles this year, in Lumet's 1966 film THE GROUP where he was the equally reptilian husband of Joanna Pettet and he had a good scene with Candice Bergen. He had just returned in the new version of DALLAS ....

Chris Stamp (1942-2012), younger brother of Terence Stamp and one of the movers and shapers of the '60s pop scene, along with Kit Lambert he co-managed The Who during their great years and also signed Jimi Hendrix to his Track record label. He also enjoyed the rock and roll high life along with his acts ....