It's Not a Rehearsal: The Autobiography

by Amanda Barrie (Author)

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  2003

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  Born Shirley Broadbent, Amanda Barrie has been working since she was three. She has performed on stage countless times, from chorus girl to West End lead, appeared in a number of films and has been a familiar face on television from its earliest beginnings. In this autobiography, Amanda recounts anecdotes from her packed professional life, including her famous roles in Carry On Cleo , as Alma in Coronation Street and conwoman Bev in Bad Girls . She also reflects, with characteristic humour, on events in her personal life including her disrupted childhood, disastrous school life and her relationships with men and women including the remarkable threesome that she shared with her husband Robin Hunter.

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  2002

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  Amanda Barrie has been on the stage since she was three, when she performed at the theatre her grandfather ran. She ran away to Soho at the age of 13 where she became a chorus girl before making her West End lead debut in Public Mischief with George Cole. Throughout the 60s and 70s Amanda worked in theatre, television and film - including her famous role as Cleopatra in Carry on Cleo - before making her first appearance as Alma Sedgwick in Coronation Street in 1981. In this honest account, Amanda not only recalls countless anecdotes from her professional life, she also reflects, with chraracteristic humour, on her personal life, including her affair with Billy Fury and unconventional marriage to actor Robin Hunter.