Ann Taylor (actress)

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Ann Taylor
Born (1936-11-01) 1 November 1936 (age 87)
Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Occupation(s)Actress
Hostess
Singer
Known for Blue Peter

Ann Taylor (born 1 November 1936 in Stafford, Staffordshire) is an English actress, hostess, and singer who appeared on British television in the 1950s and 1960s. [1]

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Life

Taylor attended a Hertfordshire stage school while a teenager. Soon, she made her professional stage debut in the pantomime The Sleeping Beauty at Salisbury. After stage school, she appeared in a summer show at Folkestone. [1]

Career

Taylor was a member of a TV dancing troupe Toppers. [2] Then she came in the West End of London for work in cabaret. She was engaged as the NAAFI girl in series The Army Game (1957-1961), [3] and this led to film and television work, including The Avengers episode "The Frighteners," in which she played Sir Thomas Weller's secretary. In 1959, she did a season of repertory at Cheltenham. [1] For six weeks from September to December 1959 she was a relief presenter, along with Christopher Trace, on the BBC children's program Blue Peter for an absent Leila Williams.

Family

Taylor is the daughter of an architect. [1] She was married to Border Television programme director John Holdsworth.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "A pretty busy girl". TV Times. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "The Toppers are Problem Girls". Odhams Press Limited.
  3. ↑ "'The Army Game' Chelsea Palace 1959". PBase.
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