By way of a tribute to the fabulous Miriam Karlin, lovely lady lesbian and star of numerous stage and screen productions since the 1950s (notably the long-running TV comedy The Rag Trade), who died yesterday, here's a classic clip from her most famous role:
Unfortunately the clip doesn't feature her shop-steward's catchphrase "Everybody out!", but fab anyway...
RIP a true character!
Miriam Karlin obituary in The Telegraph
it must have run for quite a while cos I remember Everybody Out!
ReplyDeleteI remember it too. We're all showing our age. HT
ReplyDeleteNone of us is old enough to remember the original with Sheila Hancock and Reg Varney in it, I believe... It was revived by ITV in the late 70s, with Anna Karen, Peter Jones and Gillian Taylforth(!). Jx
ReplyDeleteyou're so sagacious Mr Jon x
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