This page will contain blogs about Patsy Kensit, as they become available.Patsy KensitPatsy Kensit (born March 4, 1968) is a British actress. She has starred in several prominent films but is perhaps more well-known for her three celebrity marriages. She was born Patsy Jude Kensit in Hounslow, London, with Reggie Kray as her godfather. It soon became clear that Patsy was to become an actress. Aged only four, she appeared in a television advert for Birds Eye Peas. In 1974 she had her first role in a movie; The Great Gatsby starring Mia Farrow. In 1985 Kensit was the lead singer of band Eighth Wonder. The band had three Top 40 singles ("Stay with me", "I'm not scared" and "Cross My Heart") but television appearances on programmes like Top of the Pops gave much needed exposure to Kensit. Her big break came in 1986 when she was selected to play Crepe Suzette, the female lead in the movie Absolute Beginners, with David Bowie as her co-star. The film was critically panned and was also box office flop. Another notable film role was in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), in which she played Rika van den Haas, the South African consulate secretary that cop Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) falls in love with. Kensit attracted ridicule for stating in an interview that she was a serious actress and did not trade just on her looks before doing gratuitous nude in three films back to back. Patsy has been married three times. All her husbands have been musicians. In 1988 she married Dan Donovan of band Big Audio Dynamite. In 1992 she married Jim Kerr, lead singer of Simple Minds. During her second marriage she gave birth to her first child, James. In 1997 she married Liam Gallagher from Oasis. Kensit and Gallagher had a son, Lennon, named after John Lennon. They divorced in 2000. Her last starring role was in the Newcastle based flop The One and Only which failed to get wide distribution. In 2004 Kensit joined the cast of British soap opera Emmerdale, playing the role of Sadie King, and also regularly featured in the third series of Channel 4's Bo Selecta. This page about Patsy Kensit includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Patsy Kensit News stories about Patsy Kensit External links for Patsy Kensit Videos for Patsy Kensit Wikis about Patsy Kensit Discussion Groups about Patsy Kensit Blogs about Patsy Kensit Images of Patsy Kensit |
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In 2004 Kensit joined the cast of British soap opera Emmerdale, playing the role of Sadie King, and also regularly featured in the third series of Channel 4's Bo Selecta. Margaret Leighton died of multiple sclerosis at the age of fifty-three in Chichester, West Sussex. Her last starring role was in the Newcastle based flop The One and Only which failed to get wide distribution. She received a BAFTA nomination for Best British Actress for her role as Valerie Carrington in Carrington, V.C. (1955) and also received a Hollywood Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for The Go-Between. They divorced in 2000. Maudsley in The Go-Between (1970), Leighton won the British BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Kensit and Gallagher had a son, Lennon, named after John Lennon. For her film role as Mrs. During her second marriage she gave birth to her first child, James. In 1997 she married Liam Gallagher from Oasis. Her last appearance on Broadway was as Birdie Hubbard in a revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes (1967) starring Anne Bancroft as Regina Giddens. In 1992 she married Jim Kerr, lead singer of Simple Minds. Kildare. In 1988 she married Dan Donovan of band Big Audio Dynamite. And she was nominated for an Emmy in 1966 for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama for four episodes of Dr. All her husbands have been musicians. She won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama for Hamlet (1970). Patsy has been married three times. She also had a noteworthy list of TV appearances, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Ben Casey and Burke's Law. Kensit attracted ridicule for stating in an interview that she was a serious actress and did not trade just on her looks before doing gratuitous nude in three films back to back. Leighton was nominated for Best Actress in a Play for Much Ado About Nothing (1959) opposite John Gielgud and for Tchin-Tchin (1962) opposite Anthony Quinn. Another notable film role was in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), in which she played Rika van den Haas, the South African consulate secretary that cop Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) falls in love with. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Separate Tables (1956); she won another Tony in that category for The Night of the Iguana (1962), playing Hannah Jelkes opposite Bette Davis as Maxine Faulk. The film was critically panned and was also box office flop. Leighton had three husbands, publisher Max Reinhardt (married 1947-divorced 1955), actor Laurence Harvey (married 1957-divorced 1961) and actor Michael Wilding (married 1964-her death 1976). Her big break came in 1986 when she was selected to play Crepe Suzette, the female lead in the movie Absolute Beginners, with David Bowie as her co-star. Other film co-stars included Ralph Richardson, Rex Harrison, Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Peter Sellers, Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, and Michael Caine. The band had three Top 40 singles ("Stay with me", "I'm not scared" and "Cross My Heart") but television appearances on programmes like Top of the Pops gave much needed exposure to Kensit. She starred with Walter Pidgeon in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer crime/mystery Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951). In 1985 Kensit was the lead singer of band Eighth Wonder. After appearing in two British films, including the starring role of Flora MacDonald opposite David Niven in Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948), the willowy blonde actress played the second female lead in Hitchcock's Hollywood film Under Capricorn (1949) starring Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, and Michael Wilding. In 1974 she had her first role in a movie; The Great Gatsby starring Mia Farrow. Leighton's Broadway debut was as the Queen in Henry IV (1946) starring Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson during a visit to America of the Old Vic company, which performed a total of five plays from its repertoire before returning to London. Aged only four, she appeared in a television advert for Birds Eye Peas. She went on to become a star of the Old Vic. It soon became clear that Patsy was to become an actress. Her stage debut was as Dorothy in Laugh With Me (1938), which was also performed that year for television on BBC. She was born Patsy Jude Kensit in Hounslow, London, with Reggie Kray as her godfather. Born in Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, she studied acting with Barry Jackson at his Birmingham Theatre School. She has starred in several prominent films but is perhaps more well-known for her three celebrity marriages. Margaret Leighton (February 26, 1922 – January 13, 1976) was an English actress. Patsy Kensit (born March 4, 1968) is a British actress. Arra. Journey Through the Black Sun (1976) (ITC) .. Miss Havisham. Great Expectations (1974) (NBC) .. Francoise DuVal. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) (NBC) .. Lady Seacroft. The Upper Crusts (1973) (series) (ITV) .. Gertrude. Hamlet (1970) (NBC) .. Cheveley. Mrs. An Ideal Husband (1969) (BBC) .. Rosalind. As You Like It (1953) (BBC) .. Dorothy. Laugh With Me (1938) (BBC) .. Ma Gore. Trial by Combat (1976) (Combat-Warner Bros.) .. Elderly Court Lady. Galileo (1975) (The American Film Theatre) .. Madame Orloff in segment The Elemental. From Beyond the Grave (1973) (Warner Bros.) .. Lady Frances Nelson. A Bequest to the Nation (1973) (Universal) .. Lady Melbourne. Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) (MGM-EMI) .. aka X, Y and Zee (USA). Gladys .. Zee and Co. (1972) (Columbia) .. Maudsley. Mrs. The Go-Between (1970) (EMI Distribution) .. Constance, the Madwoman of Passy. The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) (Warner Bros.) .. Agatha Andrews. 7 Women (1966) (MGM) .. Helen Kenton. Mrs. The Loved One (1965) (MGM) .. Alice Russell. The Best Man (1964) (United Artists) .. The Third Secret (1964) (20th Century Fox). Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) (The Rank Organisation Film Productions) ... Emily Fitzjohn. Caddy Compson. The Sound and the Fury (1959) (20th Century Fox) .. Judith Wynter/Leonie. A Passionate Stranger (1955) (British Lion Films) .. Miss Chesterman. The Constant Husband (1955) (British Lion Films) .. Valerie Carrington. Carrington, V.C. (1955) (Kingsley-International Pictures) .. Eve Ravenscourt. The Good Die Young (1954) (United Artists) .. Helen Teckman. The Teckman Mystery (1954) (Associated Artists Productions) .. Margaret Gregory. The Holly and the Ivy (1952) (London Film Productions) .. Janet Preston. Home at Seven (1952) (British Lion Films) .. Helen Smith. Sgt. Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951) (MGM) .. Marguerite Blakeney. The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) (British Lion Films) .. Leonora Vail. The Astonished Heart (1949) (General Film Distributors) .. Milly. Under Capricorn (1949) (Warner Bros.) .. Flora MacDonald. Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) (London Film Productions) .. Catherine Winslow. The Winslow Boy (1948) (British Lion Films) .. |