Dimensions
130 x 197 x 25mm
Judy Cornwell is an award-winning actress who has been delighting audiences for fifty years, most recently playing Daisy in the long-running television series Keeping Up Appearances. In this charming memoir she describes her childhood growing up in Britain during the war, and then in Australia where her family emigrated.
Returning to Britain she became a professional dancer and comedienne in her teens, working her act between the nudes at the Irving Theatre before learning the ropes as a young actress in rep.
In Adventures of a Jelly Baby she describes the many people she has worked with, painting a colourful picture of the characters, camaraderie and rivalries of life backstage and the mishaps that actors contend with, from the dangers of working with animals to the flatulence-inducing effect of wearing a corset in period drama. Warm and witty, this is a delightful journey through a life lived on stage and screen.
