Rustie Lee

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Rustie Lee
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Born (1949-05-22) 22 May 1949 (age 75) [1]
Portland, Jamaica
Occupation(s)Television personality, chef, actress, singer, politician
Years active1983–present
Political party UKIP (2004–09)
Website rustielee.co.uk

Rustie Lee (born 22 May 1949 [2] [3] ) is a British-Jamaican television personality, television chef, actress and singer. She participated on the Channel 5 reality-television show Celebrity Super Spa in 2013; ITV's Who's Doing the Dishes? , hosted by Brian McFadden, in 2016; and Celebrity Coach Trip in 2020. Between 2015 and 2017 Rustie also appeared on children's BBC TV programme Twirlywoos.

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Early life

She attended the girls' grammar school King Edward VI Handsworth School. [4]

Broadcasting career

Lee first came to public attention for her appearances during the 1980s on the morning television station TV-am. [5] Following her initial successful period as a chef on TV-am in 1983, Lee took over from Sarah Kennedy on the second incarnation of the ITV gameshow Game for a Laugh . [6]

In 2004, Lee appeared on Livings I'm Famous and Frightened! 2, a reality show featuring a number of celebrities staying in a castle over a weekend, taking part in various challenges and looking for paranormal activity, guided by a medium. Viewers voted for their favourite star, and the celebrities were voted off one by one. Lee won the series showing a keen interest in the tasks and occasional emotional involvement, giving detailed and varied accounts of how she felt at certain points.

In recent years, she has made occasional appearances on This Morning, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Daily Cooks/Saturday Cooks . She has also made appearances on That Antony Cotton Show, The Wright Stuff , Loose Women , Would I Lie To You? , and Channel 5's Big Brother's Bit on the Side , a spin-off chat show for Big Brother . She also appeared on the Channel 5 reality show Celebrity Super Spa . [7]

Politics

In 2004, Lee joined the UK Independence Party (UKIP), [5] and was adopted as their candidate for the Wyre Forest constituency in the 2005 general election. She also appeared in the party's election broadcast that year. [8] On polling day, she came fifth, with 1,074 votes (2.3% of the total). [9]

Lee stood for UKIP for the 2009 European Elections in the West Midlands constituency in June 2009, [10] but was not elected.

General election contested

Date of electionConstituencyPartyVotes %
2005 Wyre Forest UKIP 1,0742.3

Other activities

Lee has written several cookbooks, including Rustie Lee's Caribbean Cookbook (1985) [11] and A Taste of the Caribbean (2007). [12]

In 2008, Lee briefly joined the cast of EastEnders as Gus Smith's aunt Opal Smith. [13] She also appeared briefly in Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice . She appeared in the last episode of Benidorm Series 6 as Queenie. She also narrated children's stories for BBC Radio in Birmingham.

Lee has recorded as a singer. In 1985, she released the album Invitation to Party, [14] including her cover versions of "Barbados" [15] and "My Toot Toot". In 1994, she released a further single, "You'd Better Phone", paired with a B side cover of Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) by The Outhere Brothers [16] She also sang on a number of her appearances on Big Brother's Bit on the Side .

Lee has appeared in several pantomime productions including Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Peter Pan among others. In 1988 she appeared in the musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ at the Library Theatre in Manchester alongside disco singer Miquel Brown.

Filmography

YearTitleTypeRoleNotes
1983–1989, 1991 TV-am/Good Morning Britain 1983 TVHerselfChef and Cookery Expert
1984–1985 Game for a Laugh TVHerselfPresenter/Host
1984 Punchlines TVHerself2 Episodes
1986–1989 Blankety Blank TVHerself4 Episodes
1997 Harry Hill TVHerself1 Episode
1999Mad CowsFilmMama Joy
2001 Doctors TVJoan Preston1 Episode, Episode Titled: "Hot Pants"
2004 I'm Famous and Frightened! TVHerselfSeries 2 Contestant, Winner
2005 The Alan Titchmarsh Show TVHerself1 Episode
2005 18 Stone of Idiot TVHerself1 Episode
2007 That Antony Cotton Show TVHerself1 Episode
2008 The Wright Stuff TVHerself1 Episode, Panelist
2008 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway TVHerself1 episode
2008–2009 Loose Women TVHerself3 Episodes
2008 EastEnders TVOpal2 Episodes
2008–2009Mist: Sheepdog TalesTVEffie Heifer/Sandra Sow3 Episodes
2008 Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice TVHerself
2012–2013,2016– This Morning TVHerself2 Episodes, Chef
2012–2014 Big Brother's Bit on the Side TVHerselfGuest, 17 Episodes
2013 Celebrity Big Brother TVHerselfDay 8
2013 Celebrity Super Spa TVHerselfContestant, 6 Episodes
2013, 2016 Pointless Celebrities TVHerself1 Episode, 1980s Special
2014 Benidorm TVQueenie1 Episode
2015 Good Morning Britain 2014 GuestHerself1 Episode
2015–Clean and DirtyHerselfPresenterRole
2016 Who's Doing the Dishes? TVHerself ParticipantSeries 3 Episode 27
2017-2019 Twirlywoos TVNarratorSeries 1–3, All Episodes
2017 The Real Marigold Hotel TVHerselfSeries 2, 4 Episodes
2019 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars TVHerselfSeries 6, 1 Episode, Christmas Special
2019 Tenable All Stars (Christmas Special)TVHerself1 Episode, Christmas Special
2020 Celebrity Coach Trip TVHerself7 Episodes
2021 Celebrity Gogglebox TVHerselfSeries 3 Episode 9 (Black To Front Special)
2022 Fame in the Family TVHerselfCelebrity dinner party host
2023The 1970s Dinner PartyTVHerselfChef
2024 Michael Mcintyre's Big Show TVHerselfSeries 7 Episode 4
2024 Would I Lie to You? TVHerselfChristmas Special

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