The magnificent not-yet-a-Dame Frances de la Tour is 80 years old today!
All hail.
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
She so should be a Dame!
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She's a bit of a "Leftie", so has probably turned all such offers down... Jx
DeleteI adore her. She is currently on the Professor T incarnation I'm watching. Not anywhere near as good as its original Dutch show, but she to me is the only saving grace of the show, playing Professor Tempest's mother.
ReplyDeleteI had to look it up, as I'd never heard of it. Unusual twist on the criminal investigator-type series genre... Jx
DeleteGet out! 80! Adore her. She classes up every production she touches.
ReplyDeleteShe's a remarkable actress, indeed.
DeleteIt is indeed a shock to the system how old our familiar icons are nowadays! Jx
I have just discovered (thanks to your link) that Should-Be-A-Dame Frances De La Tour was considered for the role of Doctor Who in the 80s! And I watched the incomprehensible Cold Lazarus just because she was in it - she was mesmerising, of course.
ReplyDelete(I'm positive that Dame Frances can be heard in the Psychonauts 'jetlagged apple sandwich cut' dub of Jai's "Don't Give Me Away" - I think it's a sample from Cold Lazarus?)
I imagine Miss De la Tour would have made a better job of the Doctor Who role than many - it might not even have been cancelled for all those years!
DeleteAs for your pointer to that choon/mix - I've never heard of it, and can't find it on YouTube 😞... Jx
J’adore Frances De La Tour :)
ReplyDeleteTellement plein d’esprit dans la série télévisée Viscious.
-Beau Mec
We found that show a bit embarrassing - seeing three actors of such high calibre trying to deal with such a terrible script. Jx
DeleteI didn't know she was up Dr Who, she would have been marvellous. Thank you Mr De.
ReplyDeleteI can't see her in a long knitted scarf, tbh. Jx
DeleteNext year..I always thought she was a dame
ReplyDeleteAs I commented to Ms Scarlet, I suspect she's the sort of woman who would turn down such honours - but you never know... Jx
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