Patricia Bredin
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Born | (1935-02-14)14 February 1935 Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Died | 13 August 2023(2023-08-13) (aged 88) Nova Scotia, Canada |
Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 1957–1969 |
Spouse(s) | Ivor Emmanuel (m. 1964; div. 1966)Charles MacCulloch (m. 1979; died 1979) |
Patricia Bredin (14 February 1935 – 13 August 2023) was an English actress and one-time singer. She is best known as the first representative of the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Career
Bredin took the part of Molly, the island girl, in the original cast of the musical Free as Air in 1957.[citation needed]
Bredin took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 in Frankfurt and finished in seventh place out of ten entries with the song "All", the first-ever song sung in English at Eurovision. At 1:52, "All" was for a long time the shortest performance in the history of the contest.[1] The record was broken in 2015 when Finland's Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät performed "Aina mun pitää", which was only 1:27 long.[citation needed]
In 1959, she starred in the British comedy film Left Right and Centre with Ian Carmichael. This saw British exhibitors vote her one of the most promising British new stars along with Peter Sellers and Hayley Mills.[2] On Boxing Day in 1959 she appeared in the BBC TV's long running variety show The Good Old Days, which was rescreened on Boxing Day 2016 on BBC4 as part of the BBC's celebration of the programme.[citation needed]
The following year she had a leading part in another film, the period adventure The Treasure of Monte Cristo, and also starred with Sid James in Desert Mice.
Bredin succeeded Julie Andrews as Guenevere in the Broadway production of Camelot.[citation needed] She played the role from 16 April 1962 until she was replaced by Janet Pavek three months later.[citation needed]
Personal life and death
Patricia Bredin was born on 14 February 1935.[3] In 1964, she married Welsh singer Ivor Emmanuel.[4] They had no children, and divorced within two years.[3]
Bredin later married Canadian businessman Charles MacCulloch, but he died on their honeymoon. As Patricia Bredin-McCulloch, she built up a herd of cows on their estate and looked after them for nearly ten years, before financial complications brought her cattle breeding to an end. She published some reminiscences about this period of her life in My Fling on the Farm (1989).[3]
Bredin died in Nova Scotia on 13 August 2023, at the age of 88.[5]
Selected filmography
- Left Right and Centre (1959) – Left – Stella Stoker
- The Bridal Path (1959) – Margaret
- Make Mine a Million (1959) – Herself, Cameo appearance
- Desert Mice (1959) – Susan
- The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961) – Pauline
- To Have and to Hold (1963) – Lucy
References
- ^ The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History, John Kennedy O'Connor. Carlton Books, UK, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
- ^ "Year Of Profitable British Films." Times [London, England] 1 January 1960: 13. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b c "Patricia Bredin, singer and actress who was Britain's first entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest – obituary". The Telegraph. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Obituary – Ivor Emmanuel". The Independent. 24 July 2007. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ Mistry, Pritti (15 August 2023). "UK's first Eurovision singer Patricia Bredin dies aged 88". BBC News. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
External links
- Patricia Bredin at IMDb
- Patricia Bredin discography at Discogs
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Preceded by Debut entry | United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 | Succeeded by |
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- "Are You Sure?"
- "The Bad Old Days"
- "Beg, Steal or Borrow"
- "Believe in Me"
- "Better the Devil You Know"
- "Bigger than Us"
- "Boom Bang-a-Bang"
- "Children of the Universe"
- "Come Back"
- "Congratulations"
- "Cry Baby"
- "Dizzy"
- "Don't Play That Song Again"
- "Embers"
- "Even If"
- "Flying the Flag (For You)"
- "Give a Little Love Back to the World"
- "Go"
- "Hold On to Our Love"
- "I Belong"
- "I Can"
- "I Love the Little Things"
- "I Wrote a Song"
- "I'm Never Giving Up"
- "It's My Time"
- "Jack in the Box"
- "Knock, Knock Who's There?"
- "Let Me Be the One"
- "Long Live Love"
- "Looking High, High, High"
- "Love City Groove"
- "Love Enough for Two"
- "Love Games"
- "Love Is..."
- "Love Shine a Light"
- "Love Will Set You Free"
- "Making Your Mind Up"
- "A Man Without Love"
- "Mary Ann"
- "A Message to Your Heart"
"My Last Breath"- "Never Give Up on You"
- "No Dream Impossible"
- "One Step Further"
- "One Step Out of Time"
- "Only the Light"
- "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"
- "Power to All Our Friends"
- "Puppet on a String"
- "Ring-A-Ding Girl"
- "Rock Bottom"
- "Runner in the Night"
- "Save Your Kisses for Me"
- "Say It Again"
- "Say Wonderful Things"
- "Sing, Little Birdie"
- "Space Man"
- "Still in Love with You"
- "Storm"
- "Teenage Life"
- "That Sounds Good to Me"
- "Touch My Fire"
- "We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)"
- "Where Are You?"
- "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong"
- "You're Not Alone"
- Note: Entries scored out signify where the United Kingdom did not compete