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Marie Wilson

Jayne Mansfield

Elvis Presley, Sophia Loren / at Paramount Studios, 1958 / photo by Bob Willoughby.

Frank Scherschel—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Lima, Peru, 1959.

Mamie Van Doren in the 1960s.

Sophia Loren before meeting the Queen Elizabeth, 1957

At the Scorpio Ball, whenever anyone said ‘Oh, my God, what a magnificent diamond!’ Elizabeth would raise her right hand and wiggle her little finger with the tiny Ping Pong diamond. ‘Isn’t it beautiful! The setting is lovely and the diamond is absolutely perfect.’ Only the Burtons could afford to joke about jewellery. 

I think it’s OK to play to your strengths, and if I have a quality of Englishness that people like, I won’t hide that. I’m probably not going to play a junkie and that’s OK because there are other people who will do it better. A view that’s been held for a long time is that the best way to prove oneself as an actor is to play the grittiest roles out there. I don’t agree with that.

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Vintage OSA Polish Scooter. Still used as transportation in Cuba.