Eve Ferret

Eve Ferret
Born	(1955-10-14) 14 October 1955 (age 69) London, England
Occupation(s)	Actress, comedian and singer-songwriter
Website	www.eveferret.com

Eve Ferret (born 14 October 1955) is a British actress, comedian, and singer-songwriter known for her work on the films Haunted Honeymoon (1986), Absolute Beginners (1986), and EastEnders (2019). ^[1]

Personal life

Eve Ferret is the eldest of three children born in Pimlico, London. Mother, Janet is one of seven sisters also raised in Pimlico and was a professional Tea Lady. Her father, Paul Ferret from Barnet, painted the Pimlico houses in summer and at one point delivered the coal in winter. Eve and her family are related to the Gypsy Jazz guitarists Pierre 'Baro' Ferret, Jean 'Matelo' Ferret, and Etienne 'Sarane' Ferret who played with Django Reinhardt in the Quintette of the Hot Club Of France.

Career

Ferret graduated from singing in a cabaret act called Biddie & Eve at the seminal 'Blitz' nightclub in the late 1970s to appearing alongside David Bowie in both his Grammy Award-winning video Jazzin' for Blue Jean and director Julian Temple's Absolute Beginners as Big Jill to starring in Hollywood movies, chosen by Gene Wilder to appear alongside him as Sylvia, an ex-girlfriend, in his movie Haunted Honeymoon . Ronald Neame (who directed Judy Garland's last film) also chose Eve to play Norah Plumb in his film Foreign Body.^{[ citation needed ]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1986	Absolute Beginners [2]	Big Jill	Drama Musical by Julien Temple [3]
1986	Haunted Honeymoon [4]	Sylvia	Comedy by Gene Wilder [5]
1986	Foreign Body [6]	Norah Plumb	Comedy by Ronald Neame [7]
1987	Billy The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire [8]	Mrs Randall	Comedy by Alan Clarke [9]
1997	Keep The Aspidistra Flying [10]	Barmaid	Drama by Robert Bierman [11]
1998	The Sweet Life – a Fellini tribute [12]	Ruby	Drama by Nick Hugh McCann [13]
2013	Stray [14]	Stick Woman	Short by David Stewart [15]
2018	The Image [16]	Madam	Drama by Paul Kindersley [17]

Theatre

Year	Production	Role	Location	Notes
1990	Sophie! The Last Of The Red Hot Mamas	Sophie Tucker	New End Theatre, Hampstead, London	Musical by Chris Salt

References

1. Eve Ferret at IMDb
2. Absolute Beginners at IMDb  
3. Julien Temple at IMDb
4. Haunted Honeymoon at IMDb  
5. Gene Wilder at IMDb
6. Foreign Body at IMDb  
7. Ronald Neame at IMDb
8. Billy The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire at IMDb  
9. Alan Clarke at IMDb
10. Keep The Aspidistra Flying at IMDb  
11. Robert Bierman at IMDb
12. "The Sweet Life – a Fellini tribute". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020.
13. "Nick Hugh McCann". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020.
14. Stray at IMDb  
15. David Stewart at IMDb
16. The Image at IMDb  
17. Paul Kindersley at IMDb

External links

• Eve Ferret's channel on YouTube