Aimi MacDonald
Aimi MacDonald | |
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Born | Aimi Anne Sheila MacDonald 27 February 1942 UK |
Other names | Aimi McDonald[1] |
Occupation(s) | Actress, dancer |
Known for | At Last the 1948 Show |
Spouse(s) | Jimmy Mulidore (? – ?) (divorced; 1 child) |
Children | Lisa Mulidore[2] |
Aimi MacDonald (born 27 February 1942) is a Scottish actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as "The Lovely" Aimi MacDonald in the television
Background and early career
Aimi MacDonald's Scottish father was a doctor. Her mother was English. She is the youngest of three daughters.[3]
MacDonald went to
MacDonald married an American musician at 17 and they had a daughter named Lisa.
At Last the 1948 Show
MacDonald came to national attention in At Last the 1948 Show, for which she had been spotted by David Frost.[3] At the opening and closing of the show and between longer sketches, she would present short pieces on the theme of her loveliness. Her excitable, squeaky voice was likened to "a choir of frantic mice".[6] Forty years later, a journalist referred to MacDonald as "bubble-and-squeak Aimi".[7] As of 22 July 2022, she and John Cleese are the only living cast members of the show.
Other work
MacDonald's acting on television included
In 1969, MacDonald and Ronnie Carroll recorded an album based on Burt Bacharach and Hal David's stage show musical Promises, Promises, and the following year she released a solo album "What's Love All About", produced by Johnny Franz. She also appeared on David Nixon's Magic Show programme, usually in a comical sense, performing magic tricks incorrectly or being the victim in the "disappearing lady" illusion.
Between 1968 and 1983, MacDonald appeared occasionally on the BBC radio panel game Just a Minute. As the only female panellist of four, she was subjected to the jibes of comedian Kenneth Williams that women should not be permitted to take part.[8] On 10 March 1977, she appeared in BBC's television variety show The Good Old Days.
Press stories and later life
MacDonald's private life attracted interest in the press. She shared a mansion in
MacDonald opened a lingerie shop in west London but sold it during a downturn in the economy in the early 1990s.[3] She returned to showbusiness, taking part in a few nationwide tours, including a 2003 production of Cliff Richard's musical film Summer Holiday starring Darren Day, in which she played the mother of former Hear'Say singer Suzanne Shaw. Reviewers referred to MacDonald as a "sixties starlet".[10]
In 2007, MacDonald visited Uganda as an ambassador for the London charity African Revival. The purpose was to link schools in Gulu and the United Kingdom.[11] She last appeared in a guest role in an episode of the TV series "The Third Age" entitled "The Grand Illusion" in 2013.
References
- IMDb
- ^ a b Benny's Place – Who's Who of Hill's Angels – Page 4
- ^ a b c d e f g h i The Oldie, March 2007
- ^ a b Theatreprint programme for The Mating Game (Apollo Theatre, London, 1972)
- ^ London Cast Recording. The Boys from Syracuse. Decca Record Company Limited, 1963. LK 4564.
- ^ See The Oldie, March 2007
- ^ William Hall in The Oldie, March 2007
- ^ Welcome to "Just a Minute"
- ^ Quoted in The Oldie, March 2007
- ^ See, for example, "Get set for a summer holiday (From South Wales Argus)". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
- ^ CSMA Motoring & Leisure, September 2007
External links
- Aimi MacDonald at IMDb
- MacDonald's daughter Lisa Mulidore at IMDb