Sabrina (actress)
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Sabrina (born 19 May, 1936) was a 1950s English glamour model who progressed to a minor movie career, her main claim to fame was her large bust.
Born Norma Ann Sykes in Stockport, Cheshire, she came to London in 1952 as a teenager, and did some nude modelling, the evidence of which she later tried to destroy. She adopted the pseudonym Sabrina. In 1955, she played the dumb blonde sidekick in Arthur Askey's new ITV series, Before Your Very Eyes, and this soon made her a household name. The Goon Show scripts are littered with references to her bosom such as "by the measurements of Sabrina!" and "by the sweaters of Sabrina!"
In one of her first movie roles, Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957) she had a non-speaking role in which she was only required to sit up in bed wearing a nightdress, reading a book, while the action took place around her — despite sharing equal billing with the star Alistair Sim on posters and appearing in many publicity stills in school uniform. She appeared in a few more films and made recordings as a singer. Her final movie role was in the horror movie The Ice House (1969), as a replacement for Jayne Mansfield who had recently died in a car accident.
During her years of fame she toured the world, eventually settling down to marriage in 1967 with Dr Harold Melsheimer, a Hollywood plastic surgeon. They divorced ten years later. She lives in Hollywood.
External links
- Sabrina Stuff (http://sabrinastuff.com/) fan site
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