And so, farewell then, Sheila Bernette.
An obscure name even over here in the UK nowadays - but to anyone of a generation that remembers 1970s British telly, she was everywhere!
A naturally gifted and very funny woman, she appeared in The Dick Emery Show, Coronation Street, Butterflies and with Morecambe and Wise, Larry Grayson, Leslie Crowther and Jimmy Tarbuck, was Tommy Cooper's "magician's assistant", regularly sang and performed on The Good Old Days, and was probably best-remembered as one of the pranksters (often as a "little old lady") on Candid Camera.
And then there was this - her famous advert for Extra Strong Mints:
Simply faboo!
Another little piece of the fabric of my childhood, gone. RIP.
I loved her to bits, funny, whacky and always adorable.
ReplyDeleteShe was perfect for the 'The Good Old Days'; adorable upon adorable.
She certainly was all that! Jx
DeleteA face from my childhood
ReplyDeleteA face from a lot of our childhoods. Not many of 'em left, sad to say... Jx
DeleteI remember her well! The 70s were when I spent regular time in England and watching British TV. I was hooked.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you were so familiar with British telly of that era! I know your late sister married a Brit and moved here, but the fact you all sat down and watched the sort of BBC and ITV comedies and light entertainment in which Miss Burnette was a regular feature never occurred to me... Jx
DeleteWhen I would visit, I would spend a lot of time with them and I loved British telly. Once my sister was ill, we spent even more time lounging and enjoying shows.
ReplyDeleteThank heavens for likes of Sheila Burnette et al to take your mind off things. Sometimes we all just need unchallenging light entertainment. Jx
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