Ann Taylor (actress)
Ann Taylor (born 1 November 1936 in Stafford, Staffordshire) is an actress, hostess and singer who appeared on British television in the 1950s and 1960s.[1]
Life[edit]
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[edit]
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 Avenger 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 relief presenter, along with Christopher Trace, on the BBC children's programme Blue Peter for an absent Leila Williams.
Family[edit]
Taylor is the daughter of an architect.[1] She was married to Border Television programme director John Holdsworth.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "A pretty busy girl". TV Times. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "The Toppers are Problem Girls". Odhams Press Limited.
- ^ "'The Army Game' Chelsea Palace 1959". PBase.
External links[edit]
- Ann Taylor at IMDb