The showbiz world is rife with tales of heartbreak, loneliness, wasted talent and regrets. Oh, they all varied, said the agent, suddenly sounding irritated. A Scottish national treasure. We are lucky at The Herald. For a journalist, it can be difficult to tell. No. Anxious, he took a taxi to the house. almost as often as a chambermaid turns down bed sheets.'. He was the lead in one play before going off to serve with the Royal Army Service Corps in the Far East, where he was recruited for the Combined Services Entertainment unit, a drag- and-greasepaint outfit straight out of It Aint Half Hot Mum. She would go off to our bedroom and let me take the one opposite.. The truth is, I dont really want to be me.. A year later, on March 5, 1952, the train sped west to Moiras parents home in Dumbarton for the ceremony. She had thought about becoming an actress herself and was very supportive of her childrens aspirations for the stage: Baxter put aside thoughts of teaching to go into the theatre, while his sister went off to work as an actress in Australia, under the name of Alice Dale.Baxter had already begun broadcasting on the wireless at the age of 14, and continued doing so even after he was called up at 17 to help the war effort by going down the mines. 'It was real weakness on my part,' he says now. Kenneth Williams was among the first to be told and he couldnt believe his ears. He adds that he only agreed not to break things off when she threatened to jump out the window of their flat. Moira was dead on her bed from an overdose. She wanted to come, too. This is it, I thought, suddenly breathless. She kept calling for him and my mother wasnt too happy about this. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images), 4897x4870px (41,46 x 41,23 cm) - 300 dpi - 6 MB. Dunoon, Scotland, United Kingdom. Once again, the gates around Baxter had been locked. No mention of his wife, Moira, though. Wait and see, was the answer. "Thankfully Moira was very understanding. His associates would not return my calls. Managing a portfolio of SME clients across a range of sectors and complexities. This wasnt unrestrained hyperbole. A lot of people are interested in this. Express. Stanley came out of retirement in 2008 to record a retrospective special about his life for ITV. Stanley Baxter and Moira Robertson on their wedding day. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. When hes like this, one could die for him. . He was previously married to Moira Robertson. When he sat down on a streetcar bench between a priest and a woman with a hat box on her lap, he suddenly saw another female rider in front of him lose her clothes (through a double-exposure dissolve), and then his seat-mates on his right and left turned female without clothes. Pinnwnde sind ideal zum Speichern von Bildern und Videoclips. He adds, his voice dark: 'The truth is, I don't really want to be me.'. Moira's behaviour became more alarming. But Stanley, and Moiras family, coaxed her to take medication. 'I couldn't put up with very long periods of not being with men,' he says frankly. . ', Stanley and Moira (left and right) on their honeymoon in London in 1952. And they were birched! The rest was silence. And the decision may have played a part his wifes untimely death. Stanley and Moira worked on a range of productions at the Citz together but the spring of 1949 saw the company move down to Ayr for the summer season and Stanley and Moira had lots of fun together. Face full of character. After all, he was only a comedian, not a criminal or a crooked politician. She may have worshipped Stanley but she never got herself worked up if her husbands white shirts were dry in the morning or not. Im not giving any interviews at the moment. An edge in his voice. And by the time the then-teenager landed a place in the entertainment corps during his National Service years, Stanley was convinced that acting was his destiny. A visit to the local library to see the electoral register confirmed that S stood for Stanley. Instead, he was arrested. Find him.. Stanley Baxter is one of the most successful entertainers of his generation and for many years had his own Bafta-winning TV series. Well see what happens. And we never really discovered who he was, other than a brilliant character actor and impersonator; as the rules of celebrity changed, he simply refused to play by them. He later recalled trying to use his scripts to hide hands encrusted with coal dust, an early indication of the self- consciousness that was to become as ingrained as the coal.Invalided out of the mines with an ear problem, Baxter joined the left- wing Unity Theatre in Glasgow. Hello, Mr Baxter. Jacobs convinced the court that Baxter could not have been 'soliciting' when he was arrested because, apart from two policemen, there was no one else in the lavatories. He returned to the BBC but, after a one-off in 1986 in which he played 37 roles (including Mae West, whom he first impersonated aged six), that contract also ended. Footnote from the present day: Stanley came out of retirement the following year, returning to our screens for a short while before slipping away again. Das Getty Images Design ist eine eingetragene Marke von Getty Images. Not Stanleys fee, particularly, but you have to pay the Musicians Union, youve got to pay all the dancers, Equity and so on. His relationship with Marcus deepened and continued until the younger man died of lung cancer four years ago, though the two never lived together. Baxter began his career as a child actor on BBC Scotland and later became known for his British television comedy shows The Stanley Baxter Show, The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, The Stanley Baxter Series and Mr Majeika . Can you just tell me, finally, what city he lives in? But of course I should have been stronger. Chic, with hooded eyes, Moira could have been Bette Davis's younger sister. And he reads the Independent. Optimieren Sie Ihren Workflow mit unserem erstklassigen Digitalen Asset Management System. Yes. If there were someone I were interested in, I could bring them home. You can unsubscribe at any time. Their relationship was fraught with difficulty Williams called it a very shaky ship but it was underpinned by deep affection. In that moment, I thought the world had changed. 'I liked her,' Baxter says. Stanley Baxter was a star on the Glasgow talent circuit aged six, in 1932. She became disruptive. In January, 1962, he was focused hard on his career. Like his previous TV specials, it was a delirious collection of sketches and set-pieces featuring Baxter in character (his meticulously observed parodies of women like Shirley Bassey and Marlene Dietrich were a trademark), complete with spectacular sets and breathtaking changes of costume and make-up. Chic, with hooded eyes, Moira could have been Bette Davis's younger sister. THE PRICE of fame seems to have shot through the roof; just ask Michael Barrymore or Gazza. 'Thankfully Moira was very understanding. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. He probably knew the way I felt about him. When he first came to fame in the Fifties, his identity was largely irrelevant: we were content to let stars glitter from afar. They werent interested in doing another take just because Stanley felt there was a whisker of it that wasnt right. IN MARCH 1952, 26-year-old Stanley Baxter, recognised as the brightest young star in the Citizens Theatre Company, made a decision that was to shock his parents, stun his close friend Kenneth Williams and even surprise himself. Meanwhile, if you think about it, if you changed out of your pyjamas if you wear any into your clothes, then got to the theatre and for the rest of the afternoon you had 32 dress changes to make, then you go out for a cup of tea and change again, then you do 32 in the evening. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Harry suggests he and Meghan will NEVER give up their royal titles after Anderson Cooper asked why they don't renounce them and live privately during explosive 60 Minutes interview: Prince blasts 'what difference would that make? Despite his success, he had, in fact, always had a certain invisibility. British actress Moira Robertson (year of birth unknown-1997) and her husband, British comedian and actor Stanley Baxter, at Clerkenwell Magistrates Court in London, England, 5th March 1962. It wasnt like theatres of today, which are heavily populated with gay people. His father was a branch manager of Commercial Union while his mother would have liked to have been an actress, When the family agreed that acting was respectable his mother took him round halls where he gave renderings of Harry Lauder and Mae West, Schooling eventually came to a stop which disappointed his father who'd wanted him to be a doctor. In December at the Citz, Stanley and Moira starred in the Christmas panto Red Riding Hood (Stanley played Granny McNiven, Moira played Red Riding Hood). Young was cagey, preferring to ring Baxter before he would talk to me. I explained a great part of the problem was Moira. Just let me ask you one thing. Smiling at me. In 1997, he decided to spend a month at the villa they owned in Cyprus. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. How? . I guess I had come to really like Moira. Especially when youre in high heels, do you know what I mean? In a television era rich with comic talent, from Morecambe and Wise to Tommy Cooper, Dick Emery to Mike Yarwood, everyone agreed Stanley Baxter was king. I kept getting those sheeps eyes every time she passed me in the theatre and she appeared to be heartbroken READ MOREShowbiz legend Stanley Baxter says No, "I told her my preference and said: 'Thats why I am breaking off the relationship. Aug 2017 - Aug 20225 years 1 month. I had felt the relationship simply had to stop, so I broke it off. Dressed in a sailor suit, his hair tonged in waves, he did impersonations of Laurel and Hardy, and Mae West. 'She would think the television was talking to her.' Of all those stories, it is hard to imagine anything more sad than this one. I had never written anything longer than a thousand words for publication before, but Richard helped me through and opened the door to a career as a feature writer, for which I am extremely grateful. Its such hard, hard work. However, Moira was very, very upset. In a 1963 entry, Williams described Baxter as disarming, honest, charming and hilariously funny all at once. His sketch shows were months in the making and the talk of the nation spectacular, controversial, unlike anything ever seen. Stanley maintains incredible control, but he can also come on like the wee woman on the stairhead talking about the price of mince, said Mary Brennan, who reviews around 20 panto performances a year. Men just look nelly, however hard they try. And he had been sighted on a visit to Scotland in July 1994, to unveil a tribute to his late friend and fellow comic Duncan Macrae, during which he had confirmed that it had been his intention to drop out of public life completely: Most comics work till they drop, but Im happier now than ever. Baxter appeared alongside Jimmy Logan and Rikki Fulton in extravagantly-produced shows with Ziegfeld-scale sets and dancing girls, but also made his first BBC television appearance in 1951. A life without stress you cannae whack it! Newspaper interviews were very rare; he never appeared on a chat show. Hes never done a chat show in his life. Baxter is appearing on a charges of soliciting and public indecency. As one critic wrote: The joke is not that Stanley Baxter is dressed up as a woman. Would he like to explain why? The charges were dropped, on condition that Baxter promised not to sue the police for wrongful arrest. Ill let you know through my agent, OK? She visited the LWT studios while her husband's show was recording, and danced in the lobby when she was not allowed onto the stage. He kept phoning all the time, telling me there was something special between us. But rejection and the stress of his double life had chewed away his confidence. It was real weakness on my part.. Just to talk to a faithful hand that takes all the chaff and grain together, keeps whats worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blows the rest away. Organisieren, kontrollieren, verteilen und messen Sie alle Ihre digitalen Inhalte. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. There was an S Baxter in that area, with an address. And if I don't have a career, what do I have?' He rang back the next day, but the news was bad. Moira has 3 jobs listed on their profile. He lived in dread of being exposed in the press as a gay man. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. What it did entail was years of loneliness, beginning on their honeymoon night. They went on a trip to Amsterdam together in 1964, although Williams who described their sitting in clubs with a load of poofs returned to Britain early. ', Stanley was terrified. What had happened to Stanley Baxter? Moira Robertson was the wife of actor Stanley Baxter. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Exclusively representing clients who are going through a divorce and . Actors have agents, and Baxters was listed in various theatrical yearbooks as David White Associates. Stanley managed to survive the threat to his career just and Moira, as expected stood by her man. He says: Did she carry some hope that I would get off the plane, rush round and save her again? London. Hes not there anyway. 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