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Title: Actress Janet Brown dies aged 87
Post by: Simon on May 28, 2011, 10:27

Actress and comic Janet Brown, who was best known for impersonating former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has died aged 87.

Her agent said she died in her sleep at a nursing home in Hove, East Sussex, after a short illness.

In a career beginning in the 1930s, she gained national TV fame in the 1970s and 1980s for her impersonations on The Mike Yarwood Show.  She also played Lady Thatcher in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only.

Over the years, the star who was born in Rutherglen, near Glasgow, worked with a number of stars including Hughie Green, Tony Hancock and George Cole.  In 1987 she wrote her autobiography, Prime Mimicker, chronicling her childhood and career as impressionist.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13574208

Title: Re: Actress Janet Brown dies aged 87
Post by: Rik on May 28, 2011, 10:31

She was good at Thatcher, though I don't remember her for anything else. :rip:

Title: Re: Actress Janet Brown dies aged 87
Post by: Simon on May 28, 2011, 10:35

Indeed.

Title: Re: Actress Janet Brown dies aged 87
Post by: Clive on May 28, 2011, 15:01

She was excellent as the Iron Lady.  I do remember her on the Mike Yarwood show and in other roles she played.

Title: Re: Actress Janet Brown dies aged 87
Post by: Simon on May 28, 2011, 15:22

I expect the real Maggie is amused that she went before her.   :devil:

Title: Re: Actress Janet Brown dies aged 87
Post by: Rik on May 28, 2011, 16:07

If she can understand...

Title: Re: Actress Janet Brown dies aged 87
Post by: Clive on May 28, 2011, 19:09

True!