The Girls of The Persuaders!

[wellendcanons]

Balbina and one unknown

I think you may have this the wrong way round, Weary!

The lady on the left is Andree Flamand - you have another picture of her on your website:




The actress on the right is Balbina Gutierrez. It's hard to find pictures of her, but she appears briefly towards the end of A Countess from Hong Kong made four years before this episode, and it seems to confirm the identification. A Persuaders fansite lists both actresses as being in the cast.

Balbina was married at one time to the British actor William Russell.


E.

Thanks for the correction Euryale. I was convinced the actress on the left was Balbina too. Thanks for informing us of both hers and Andree's full names. Much appreciated.

wec

[wellendcanons]

The lovely Cyd Hayman who also starred in the wartime series Manhunt.

wec

[Euryale]

Thanks for the correction Euryale. I was convinced the actress on the left was Balbina too. Thanks for informing us of both hers and Andree's full names. Much appreciated.

wec

This is a picture of Balbina from the 1950s:



And this is Andree from the 1969 Canadian film Valerie:



I'm afraid I don't know what happened to either of these ladies after their Persuaders days.


E.

[wellendcanons]

This is a picture of Balbina from the 1950s:



And this is Andree from the 1969 Canadian film Valerie:



I'm afraid I don't know what happened to either of these ladies after their Persuaders days.


E.

Many thanks Euryale for your marvellous research on this thread.

wec

[Euryale]

These are a couple of shots of Balbina in The Belles of St Trinian's, which aren't terribly good, I'm afraid:


With Guy Middleton and George Cole.


With Joan Sims and Richard Wattis.

Balbina later went under her married name of Enoch, which was William Russell's real surname, and was still living in the U.K. in recent years.


E.

[wearysloth]

Thanks to Euryale for the correction! (and I'm not going to be able to resist poaching those St. Trinians caps)
Have now assigned the pictures to the correct people which is probably going to make some of the above posts seem strange as the pictures will change, I hope future viewers will look further down the post...

cheers
weary

Next Up
Someone Like Me

[wellendcanons]

Thanks Euryale and wearysloth for making such marvellous contributions. You really are making this thread an excellent one.

wec

[Euryale]

Thanks to Euryale for the correction! (and I'm not going to be able to resist poaching those St. Trinians caps)
Have now assigned the pictures to the correct people which is probably going to make some of the above posts seem strange as the pictures will change, I hope future viewers will look further down the post...

cheers
weary

Next Up
Someone Like Me

Your welcome to us them, Weary - at least till some better ones come along!


E.

[Euryale]

Anne de Vigier guest-starred in the episode Someone Like Me:



Anne's full name is Anne Betty Leonie de Vigier and she was born to a Swiss father and British mother in London, 1943. She spent parts of her childhood both here and in Switzerland, but was educated in the UK.

Since 1971, she has been married to the American businessman Henry Sweetbaum. Their son James was born in 1974. Today Anne runs a London-based management company for television presenters.

This is Anne in more recent times:




E.

[wellendcanons]

Many thanks once again Euryale. Anne De Vigier is also a favourite Randall & Hopkirk girl of mine too. She is looking well in the photo.

wec

[wellendcanons]

I guess it's okay to call this bunch girls of The Persuaders!

Can anyone tell from the video which one was Flick Colby?
wec

[wellendcanons]

The lovely Sinead Cusack in the build up to one of my favourite climax scenes of The Persuaders!.

wec

[wellendcanons]

Persuaders girls who have starred in other roles.
Prunella Ransome has long been one of my favourite Persuaders girls. I watched her in this superb film over the weekend.

wec

[wellendcanons]

In memory of the lovely Imogen Hassall who would have had a birthday today.

wec

[Gerald Lovell]

Surely two of the loveliest girls who ever graced THE PERSUADERS!:

[Timmy_Lea]

Surely two of the loveliest girls who ever graced THE PERSUADERS!:

These really fit birds in The Persuaders made me want to shoot my load!

[Euryale]

Many thanks once again Euryale. Anne De Vigier is also a favourite Randall & Hopkirk girl of mine too. She is looking well in the photo.

wec

Thought you might like this picture of Anne, Wellsy, from the TV Times when she appeared in an episode of The Informer series called No Further Questions,
broadcast 6/11/67:




The article mentions an accompanying picture of Ian Hendry and Ursula Howells which I'll put on his thread if it's not there already. Ursula and Anne would appear in The Forsyte Saga later that year but share no screen-time.


E.

[wellendcanons]

Thank you once again Euryale for your excellent and informative post.

wec