More Info on Anita HarrisSimilar Undetermined MusicSearch Artistopia
Biography
Infobox person| name = Anita Harris| image = Anita Harris.jpg| imagesize = 140px| caption =| birthname = Anita Madeleine Harris| birth_date = Birth date and age|1942|6|3|df=y| birth_place = Midsomer Norton , Somerset , England | death_date =| death_place =| othername =| occupation = Actress , singing|singer | years_active = 1960 - present| spouse =| domesticpartner =| website = http://www.anitaharrisofficialsite.com/home.html| awards = Anita Harris (born Anita Madeleine Harris , 3 June 1942, Midsomer Norton , Somerset , England cite web|url= http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364431/bio|title= Anita Harris IMDB bio) is an English people|English actress , singing|singer and entertainer.
Best known in United Kingdom|Britain as a singer and entertainer, Harris sang with the Cliff Adams Singers , and she then had a number of record chart|chart hit record|hits in the 1960s. She became known as a variety entertainer, and appeared in a number of the Carry On films|Carry On film s, notably Follow That Camel and Carry On Doctor .
Career
Harris's musical career began as a child, although her expectations were to become a dancer . Soon after leaving school she left the United Kingdom|UK to train as a choreography|choreographed skater in Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas . She became one of the few ladies to sing with the Cliff Adams Singers, choralists whose appearances on BBC Radio 's Sing Something Simple were extended. Harris was still in her adolescent|teens when she cut her first sound recording and reproduction|recording - with the John Barry (composer)|John Barry Seven& nbsp;— a musical ensemble|band who, at that time, were at the most active part of their own pop music|pop record chart|chart career. This early single (music)|single , a double A-side and B-side|A-side of "I Haven't Got You" and "Mr. One And Only", did not succeed.
The late 1960s saw her career at its peak. Her hit, "Just Loving You", was acquired through her friend Dusty Springfield , from her songwriter|songwriting sibling|brother , Tom Springfield . It was released in June 1967 on the CBS Records|CBS label, and was her biggest selling single. It peaked at #6 in the UK Singles Chart , and sold 625,000 copies in the UK, and 200,000 in South Africa (where it reached #1) in its first six months:cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | page= 222 | isbn= 0-214-20512-6 in Ireland the single reached #18. In the United States , where it was released on Columbia Records , the record "bubbled under" the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #120. Cover version s of the songs " The Anniversary Waltz|Anniversary Waltz " and " Dream a Little Dream of Me (song)|Dream a Little Dream of Me " followed. In 1968, her album Just Loving You hit the album charts at number 29. In 1966, she released "Somebody's In My Orchard", a jazz album showing the full range of her vocal and interpretive colour, but this direction in her career was not followed further.
She also made appearances in several British film|movies , posed for a nude set in Mayfair (magazine)|Mayfair magazine , http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/femail/article-1197569/We-waiting-money-came-Anita-Harris-reveals-journey-stage-star-financial-ruin.html and had a popular presence on UK television. She made an appearance at the Festival della canzone italiana|San Remo Song Festival in Italy - something that perhaps one associates with more established celebrity|stars like Petula Clark . In fact she had the same musical arrangement|arranger as Clark - Kenny Clayton .cite web |first= |last= |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p187627/biography|pure_url=yes |title=Biography by Sharon Mawer |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=18 March 2009
Harris also co-hosted The David Nixon (magician)|David Nixon Magic Show in the 1970s, and appeared on the Morecambe and Wise Show in List of The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968) episodes|1971 and 1973 . In 1981 Harris was in the line-up for the Royal Variety Performance , singing " Burlington Bertie ". She was still appearing as herself on television program|programmes up to 2001, notably Boom Boom: The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show , French & Saunders , and Bob Monkhouse : A BAFTA Tribute . She also appeared in the cast of the touring play Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners . In 2006 Harris appeared in Strangers on a Train (stage play)|Strangers on a Train at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley , co-starring Alex Ferns , Will Thorp , Colin Baker and Leah Bracknell for a one week run. In April 2009, Harris started at the New End Theatre playing Gertrude Lawrence in G and I .
On Sunday 5 July 2009, The Mail On Sunday newspaper published a lengthy interview with Harris, in which she claims to be penniless and homeless. She estimates that she and her husband, the sometime TV director and artist Mike Margolis, are £15,000 in debt, although sources close to the couple say this may be a considerable under-estimate. The Daily Telegraph reports that "the couple first suffered a financial setback in 1985 when they lost all their savings in the collapse of a Swiss-based bank."cite news| url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/5745133/Singer-and-actress-Anita-Harris-penniless-and-homeless-with-15000-debts.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=Singer and actress Anita Harris 'penniless and homeless' with £15,000 debts | first=Alastair | last=Jamieson | date=4 July 2009 | accessdate=25 April 2010
Her recent stage appearances include the national tours of Stepping_Out_(play)|Stepping Out in 2010, and in 2011, Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting On A Park Bench. She is currently appearing in the Theatre Royal Windsors 2011 Pantomime, Sleeping Beauty.
" Dream a Little Dream of Me (song)|Dream a Little Dream of Me " - 1968 - UK #33
cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | page= 244 | isbn= 1-904994-10-5
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1197569/We-waiting-money-came-Anita-Harris-reveals-journey-stage-star-financial-ruin.html Mail On Sunday interview 5th July 2009
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php? id=70266 "ROLLING STONES" RECEIVE AWARD ON THE THAMES 1965 British Pathe footage of Anita Harris presenting an award to the Rolling Stones.
Persondata | NAME = Harris, Anita | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Singer | DATE OF BIRTH = 3 June 1942 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Midsomer Norton , Somerset , England | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Anita Category:1942 births Category:Living people Category:English female singers Category:People from Midsomer Norton Category:English television presenters Category:English actors
Copyright Citations
This article is licensed under the GNU License
Click here for original article: Anita Harris
