She Knows Y'Know [DVD]

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People still seem to remember me," said the great old stager. "This business of ours really is quite extraordinary." You're the One That I Want – Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. WITH a host of memorable catchphrases and hilarious malapropisms, all delivered in an inimitable Lancashire brogue, Hylda Baker was a comedy star unlike any other.

Her routine was littered with malapropisms –“and I can say that without fear of contraception”– and catchphrases including her most famous, “she knows, y’know!” These became so closely associated with her that they became part of her public persona, almost inseparable from the characters she played. Critics might carp that she only ever played one part, but it was one of her own devising and nobody did it better. Hylda Baker (4 February 1905 – 1 May 1986) was an English comedian, actress and music hall performer. Born and brought up in Farnworth, Lancashire, she is perhaps best remembered for her role as Nellie Pledge in the Granada ITV sitcom Nearest and Dearest (1968–1973) and for her role in the 1960 film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. [ citation needed] Early life and career [ edit ] My favourite part in this movie comes towards the end. It reminds me so much of the color - 'The Colour Purple'. It's the scene where - or it's the way Marilyn walks in the room brandishing a wedding ring and making the announcement 'I's Married Now' - "I Married Terry 3 Months Ago" - (in a snotty nose voice) - as if that makes everything alright and all the problems go away. Today in history… ‘she knows, y’know!’ 12:00am Feb 04, 2019 | Admin - Acorn Stairlifts UK& Lifestyle

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I remember sitting in my dressing room thinking that I'd been an actor for eight years without making the limelight and had been in variety five weeks, hadn't uttered a word and was at the London Palladium," he says. Then, beyond the Covid crisis, there are the seemingly permanent problems besetting Scotland. Not the least of which is the grim mortality rate associated with the misuse of drugs. In 2020, no fewer than 1,339 souls succumbed, once again the worst rate in Europe. However, glancing ahead, there are one or two issues on the horizon which may further challenge that hard-won reputation for sangfroid. GRO Register of Deaths: MAY 1986 17 74 SURREY MID-EASTERN - Hylda Baker, DoB = 4 February 1905 aged 81

Her biggest success, however, was in a sitcom called Nearest and Dearest, the story of Nellie Pledge, would-be queen of Colne, and her family of preserving cases.The store became Oxendale and Barker, then just Barkers, with no apostrophe to suggest how singular it has all become.