I think today should be...

... a "Say Something Hat" day...


Carol Channing (born 31st January 1921)


"La Tebaldi" (1st February 1922 – 19th December 2004)


Elaine Stritch (2nd February 1925 – 17th July 2014)


Ida Lupino (4th February 1918 – 3rd August 1995)


Charlotte Rampling OBE (born 5th February 1946)


Zsa Zsa Gabor (6th February 1917 – 18th December 2016)


Dame Edith Evans (8th February 1888 - 14th October 1976)


Carmen Miranda (9th February 1909 – 5th August 1955)


Leontyne Price (born 10th February 1927)


Marie Lloyd (12th February 1870 – 7th October 1922)


Kim Novak (born 13th February 1933)


Stockard Channing (born 13th February 1944)


Gale Sondergaard (15th February 1899 – 14th August 1985)

...don't you?!

By way of a tribute to all "our kind of ladies" whose birthday celebrations we have missed in the tumult of moving house and being away in Spain. A thousand apologies.

Even though the neighbourhood thinks I'm trashy and no good

"I tease poor Stockard by telling everyone that she is my older sister, but we aren't related at all." - Carol Channing

One of our favourite actresses, the other Miss Channing is seventy years old today.

"Acting is such a bizarre way of life. Unless you’re really passionate about it, you should give it up. Don’t beat yourself up."

"I hate parties. I really don't like public events. I hate dressing up. I am the worst celebrity ever!"

"You get to a certain age, and you start playing a lot of mothers. Maybe if I had children I'd feel differently, but I really hate bumping up against all these guys' memories of their mothers, which, trust me, aren't so hot. Or maybe they watched a lot of The Golden Girls, you know?"

"I embarked on all this because I wanted to be an artist. I wanted to create art. That sounds absolutely ridiculous now, but back then, that was a reasonable thing to want to do with your life."

And, of course, here is our favourite - and possibly her campest - screen moment. All together, now!

Stockard Channing - There Are Worse Things I Could Do

Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard, 13th February 1944)