Page 23 - Sid James News Today

His first wife Penny Bartley was killed in a house fire in 1981. He had stayed in touch with her even after their 1965 divorce, calling the split one of the great failures of his life.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Phillips, who died yesterday aged 98, lived through far more hardship and emotional turmoil than any film fan could guess from his insouciant style.

A section of the West Pier balustrade has been verified as a piece from a classic film.

YOUR opening question is bit harsh I think; ‘How does it feel to be labelled a fanciful flibbertigibbet, an attention-seeking political desperate…

Richard Harrison says the rediscovered BBC radio recording is the only one to feature Peter Sellers.

In this extract from the former Lush singer’s memoir, she recalls how Britpop sanded the edges off a thriving UK music scene and enshrined a culture of nasty, relentless sexualisation

She landed her most famous role over better-known faces but it proved to be a brief time in the limelight

<strong>Other lives: </strong>Actor who started in film and ended as an extra in opera and ballet productions in Covent Garden

Actress and King's mistress, Nell Gwynne was reputed to have stayed at the Highgate landmark where a new musical explores her life

In a statement released on social media, her family said: In very sad news, Valerie James, lovely wife of Sid and a performer in her own right in her early days, has died aged 93.