Post by wmcclain on Jun 26, 2021 18:47:54 GMT
An appreciation. I have films and TV programs featuring Jane Asher from all her life and feel that I grew up with her.
You can read her biography at the wikipedia. There is a film waiting to be made about her time with Paul McCartney when they were young.
She's tired of being asked about that and has had a long and productive life apart from dating a Beatle. Still, it is quite a story. From my review of Deep End:
Over the years:
Quatermass Xperiment, The (1955):
Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1955) (three episodes 1956-1958):
Masque of the Red Death (1964):
Alfie (1966):
Buttercup Chain, The (1970):
Deep End (1970):
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972):
Dreamchild (1985):
Marple Murder at the Vicarage (2004):
Death at a Funeral (2007):
Agatha Christie's Poirot Three Act Tragedy (2010):
You can read her biography at the wikipedia. There is a film waiting to be made about her time with Paul McCartney when they were young.
She's tired of being asked about that and has had a long and productive life apart from dating a Beatle. Still, it is quite a story. From my review of Deep End:
McCartney was from a working class background and suddenly became a superstar. Asher was more posh: her father was an eminent physician and her mother a professor of music. She'd been acting since age 6. When she took up with McCartney at age 17 her parents allowed them to live together at their home. He had to sneak in and out by secret ways to avoid his fans. Several of his songs were written for Asher -- "And I Love Her", "Here, There and Everywhere" -- and they announced they were going to marry. It didn't happen, his fault for screwing around. He said: "The public never forgave me for splitting up with Jane Asher".
Over the years:
Quatermass Xperiment, The (1955):
Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1955) (three episodes 1956-1958):
Masque of the Red Death (1964):
Alfie (1966):
Buttercup Chain, The (1970):
Deep End (1970):
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972):
Dreamchild (1985):
Marple Murder at the Vicarage (2004):
Death at a Funeral (2007):
Agatha Christie's Poirot Three Act Tragedy (2010):
I think is the term.... Who'd have thunk she'd still be around half a century later. From pop consort to actress to mother to author to charity trustee/ambassador to cake maker to shareholder in PRIVATE EYE.... some people really do seem to have it all. 
