Jill Lucienne - Update
/Jill Lucienne - Update
Thanks to David I can update some information on Jill Lucienne’s home page with accurate dates, who she married and that she did not, after all, emigrate to New Zealand.
Funfare No 21 - September 1959
Behind the Scenes
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Behind the Scenes
By PAMELA GREEN
I was very privileged to be able to take my photographer, Harrison Marks, behind the scenes and in the dressing room of the Prince of Wales theatre. The glittering show is "Paris by Night". I was allowed to visit my old dressing room from the time when I used to be a showgirl at the Folies myself, and found some old friends there and many nostalgic memories from the past.
Read MoreLynn Joyce
/Which Way Round
THE fact is, LYNN JOYCE looks glamorous any way round, but the effect in profile has a particular enchantment for any of us who share the common bond of appreciation. And those outside of this probably only need new glasses.
And once you get new glasses you can’t miss the fact that Lynn is an all-rounder.
Lynn is a Weymouth girl, 19 years old, with vitalistics of 37"-24"-36". She works as a lab assistant, has hobbies which include dancing, dressmaking and modelling. Ambition? To have a holiday in Russia!
Isobel Miller
/Can Can ?
North of the Border the terpsichorean accent is more on eightsome reels than Can-Cans, but never let it be said that a true Scot can’t adapt herself to the mood of the moment. When the mood took on a French bias, we asked ISOBEL MILLER if she could Can-Can for us, she said ‘Oui, oui,” in Gaelic and then told us to stand back and measure the high kicks.
But how can you measure a kick that practically goes out of sight ?
You can’t. Anymore than Isobel can stop her suspender-clips slipping off her stocking-tops.
This is no high kick—it’s not any part of a Can- Can. All it does for Isobel is keep her suspenders in place!
Oh, well, it’s one way of getting the right angle on Isobel’s nice round knees. Other interesting assets are in inches - 35"-22"-35"
Anne Furnaess
/Student Model
Don’t be misled we're not inferring that ANNE FURNAESS is studying the glamorous art of modelling. Anne’s all set for a scholastic career. It just happens that she’s a spare-time model and a full-time student hence the heading.
Studying can be a hard grind. It helps to have a record player and a bowl of fruit to hand to lighten the burden of equations and logarithms.
Modelling, on the other hand, is pure fun.
All you need is a sense of humour, a sweet smile a series of nicely- distributed curves and a flair. Result, model student having fun and looking good.
Span Extra Spring 1959
Paula Page
/But Can She Cook?
That’s something like asking Margot Fonteyn if she can sing— because naturally it doesn’t matter, if you see what we mean. A girl like PAULA PAGE doesn’t really have to cook, because when this gorgeous blonde’s around only a moron would have his mind on food.
But if you’re a hungry statistician, just focus on Paula’s 40"-26"-36".
Or if you really are a moron, you’ll be pleased to know that Paula can poach a very tasty egg. She also makes marvellous coffee.
Forgetting food, how many ways are there of inhabiting a settee without failing off?
That question has got Paula a little worried, particularly as right now she’s hovering on the brink. Oh, what a fall when those curves hit the floor!.
Span Extra - Spring 1959
Lamorna Lea
/The Stole Does Something
What does it do that a diamond tiara couldn’t do better? Ask LAMORNA LEA, our popular pin-up pet.
“Also,” said Lamorna, less cautiously and more spontaneously, “if it’s white ermine it’s kind of luxurious to snuggle up to.”
"After all," she added thoughtfully, "what help is a diamond tiara when a girl’s in bra and briefs? It’s only that It’s worth a lot of money.”
“You know what?” Lamorna concluded. “I think you can take the stole and give me a tiara."
Span Extra - Spring 1959
X For Men
/Goes Underground
Model has no name, but I think it’s Nancy Roberts.
X For Men - No 3 - Late 1950’s
Rosa Domaille
/The Waitress
THE WAITRESS
Born in Bath in 1940, Rosa trained in Ballet since she was 5 years old, and later in Musical Comedy until she was 15 and a half.
Rosa was too young at 15 to find a job on the stage, so she decided to fill in time and learn some other occupation. She worked in a Shoe Factory for a while, until an artist, who lives in Bath, saw her photograph in a Beauty Contest, and asked her to pose for him. Since then, many people have been contacting her to pose for them, but Rosa does not want to become just another model. Her heart is set on the stage. So, a month ago, she succeeded in persuading her parents to let her go to London and try her luck in the many theatres and Cabaret Clubs.
Rosa shares a flat with a girlfriend and earns her living working in a Snack Bar in Paddington — "just to keep body and soul together" as she says! She spends all her spare time and energy in practicing her dancing routine and attending auditions.
Fiesta Volume 3 No 1 - January 1958
Shirley Epps
/Coming Out?
SHIRLEY EPPS doesn’t need an awful lot of coaxing to come out, but she does need some tactful type to remind her that skirts, though short this season, are still being worn!
“I know that, stupid,” said Shirley, “and I’m not budging from here until mine turns up.” Shirley was, in fact, only hanging around the back door waiting for the dry cleaners to deliver the skirt.
At her New Year party she fell into the apple bucket.
Then the guy next door (who never misses a thing) popped his eyes over the fence. Shirley saw through that, however, and turned her back on him.
And when she finally get out it in a floral dress the skirt came shrunk.
Anyway, the floral frock was real springlike—and so, in the sunshine, was Shirley, as she gambolled over the grass.
Span Extra - Spring 1959
Sally Fairfax
/So You're Miss Fairfax?
SALLY FAIRFAX please, and yes, you've caught me in my stole.
Barbara Archer
/Hello Again
And a big hallo it is for BARBARA ARCHER, the girl we're always pleased to see again and again. On this occasion Babs was showing us how she looked on her Spanish holiday, and we said, yes, my word, we like you in those black nylons, Babs. To which Babs replied, with a rather whimsical look in her eyes, that it was the hat, man, the hat. And we said good grief, just the hat?
"Whit,” said Barbara crisply, "are you implying?" (Barbara is a Fleet Street secretary and uses phrases like that).
We said we thought she meant she went around Spain in just the hat. and Babs said not only was that quite absurd but she could prove it by her suntan, which wasn’t all over.
Paula Vance
/That's Me!
Face to face with herself is pert and pretty PAULA VANCE.
Paula’s a girl who can square up to a mirror with more confidence than we can!
All the mirror tells us is that we need another shave. What it tells Paula is that she doesn’t need a thing - she’s loaded with everything that counts.
Everything that counts may include lolly, but actually we weren't thinking of lolly .
Ann Wright
/Black Net
The long-legged brunette in black net and saucy sombrero is ANN WRIGHT. Ann would like to live in the tropics, where this sort of outfit would be quite in keeping. In the wintry British climate, however, fur boots and mufflers are the order of the day, and they don’t suit Ann’s personality at all.
“Even mink," says Ann, "is just another fur to me. I’m the light-weight type ’’
We presume Ann only wears the hat in case it starts to rain.
Anytime the subject of who’s got the nicest legs comes up for discussion, the list of eligibles should include Ann.
And if you' want to talk about what to wear with a black hat, who’s pointing the way for you?
Vicki Campbell and Janet Neill
/Skirts Are Shorter!
How high can a hemline soar? VICKI CAMPBELL and JANET NEILL give us a preview of their reply to the Parisian designers. Any poll you care to take will show 99% in favour of the Campbell-Neill line.
The 1% ! That’ll be our office boy—he thinks Vicki and Janet could have lopped off another couple of inches. That boy’s too old for his years.