Many recognise Margaret from her roles in six Carry On films and her appearances in the James Bond film, Goldfinger - as Bond's masseuse, 'Dink' and also as the gold painted girl in the title sequence. Margaret had a prolific acting career, not only in the above mentioned high profile films, but also acclaimed comedy television roles, Hollywood film appearances and many dramatic roles on stage and for the BBC.
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Random Front of House Cinema Poster of the Day -
Margaret plays the girlfriend of a ships crew member as they embark on shore leave from their ship. A tale of a 'girl in every port' very much a product of it's time, a fairly mundane film livened up by the stereotypical behaviour of some of the crewmen and their poor 'girls' ashore - to feature in an up and coming post soon...
More Budgie... continuing on from the previous episode, the further adventures of Inga, with baby!
As I said on my previous post, I have a lot of affection for the Budgie series as it became essential family viewing in our house. It entertained with a lot of well written humour, drama and also a tinge of the bitter-sweet reality of post-sixties society at that time.
This episode ' Everybody Loves a Baby' continues the story along as Inga has had her baby, but is clearly not interested in motherhood. Of course Budgie intervenes with a scam to try to save the day but the results are bitter-sweet. Another outstanding performance here from Margaret - this is the kind of major role we needed to see for her.
Steptoe & Son (1972) - 'A Star is Born'
Famous for their work on radio and with Tony Hancock especially, Galton and Simpson wrote a one-off television play that was to become a very popular and long running BBC sitcom, Steptoe & Son.
Margaret plays am-dram group member Nemone Wagstaff and clearly Harold Steptoe is smitten and attempts to up his game in acting out the lead role in the play the group are performing.
Interesting to note: This is the second time Margaret has played opposite Wilfred Brambell (Albert Steptoe) as they both appeared in the casino scene in The Beatles 'A Hard Days Night' film.
Also this is the second time Margaret has played a character named 'Nemone' - first occasion was in the long running (and yet to feature in my blog) comedy series 'Nearest and Dearest'.
