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I once got a lovely letter from Leo Mckern in reply to what must have been a very yawning letter about The Prisoner. Sadly my wife threw it away.

Steve Crook

Do you ever hear from your ex-wife?

Steve

Dame Starry

Eat your hearts out, boys - I have a lovely letter from Jane Asher..........somewhere..........

DS x.

Fellwanderer

I'll trump that with a Christmas card from Jenny

All the best
FELL

A signature is no substitute for a life

Dame Starry

Jenny who?

DS x.

Fellwanderer

Typical woman!

All the best
FELL

A signature is no substitute for a life

Dame Starry

I was only joking, Fell; I like Jenny Seagrove too.

DS x.

Juniors Farm

Back in 1994 i was living in London,i was interested in getting a job in political research and to that end i telephoned the offices of a number of MP'S offering help in a voluntary capacity.

Generally i got through to a secretary who took my details and that was the last i heard from them.

One evening i was upstairs in the house i shared with two others when my flat mate called up thet there was a phone call for me, i called down " who is it" and he called back " Glenda Jackson". Cool or what?

She had phoned to Thank me for offering to help,but explained that she had a full time staff,very pleasant lady indeed.

I didn't take the oppurtunity to ask her a load of questions about her film career,it wouldn't really have been appropriate.

Reeldigger

Years back I was very eager to get Vincent Price's input on a book of Universal horror movies I was writing. Of course, he had the reputation of being a real gentleman but, to "sweeten the pot," I offered him a hard-to-find copy of his very first movie, a screwball comedy called "Service Deluxe." Happy to say, he went for the bait, answered all my questions and signed a couple of stills too.

mrs_emma_peel

In 1973 I first saw, on a small black and white television, the brilliant, spellbinding, chilling psychological thriller: The Collector (1965). The Collector is one of those few, rare films, so breathtakingly powerful that it haunts the mind long after viewing. I was so utterly moved and mesmerized by Samantha Eggar’s beauty and sublime acting, I wrote her a fan letter praising her magnificent performance. At that time I knew very little about her and did not realise she had been Oscar nominated in 1966 for her role as kidnapped art student Miranda Grey – so I mentioned that this was an absolutely sensational performance … from whom I thought, was a little known actress.

I received a lovely hand written reply on a glossy 10x8 b/w photograph saying:
With best wishes from a “little known actress” … Samantha Eggar.

The individual phrase gently showed me that she was far from little known – and by using that unique phrase, told me she had generously taken the time, not only to write an individual reply, but moreover, judging by the writing, I was certain that the large envelope sent from California had also been personally handwritten and addressed by the lovely Samantha in her own fair hand.

The Collector is one of my all time favourite movies – and Samantha Eggar one of my favourite actresses and should have definitely won the Best Actress 1966 Academy Award. (Samantha lost to Julia Christie for Darling) My very deep regret is that the photograph of Samantha and envelope is now a lost treasure …

Miranda: “the whole of England must be searching for me …”
Franklin: “they’re looking for you alright … but … no one is looking for me …”

Mrs Emma Peel