People
Vera Day
Biography:
A highly photogenic blonde starlet of the 1950s, petite, buxom Vera Day was once touted as Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe. Having dropped out of school at the age of 15, she had tried her hand in retail and hospitality before finding steadier employment as a beauty parlour assistant and hairdresser's model. Modelling then became her full-time occupation, but Vera had loftier ambitions. Answering an ad for showgirls in a theatrical publication, she went on to audition for bandleader and impresario Jack Hylton. Hylton was sufficiently impressed by her looks and self-assurance to cast her in his West End stage production of Wish You Were Here at the London Casino in 1953. This was followed... Read More
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Hammer Glamour as Self | 2013-10-21 |
| The Riddle as Sadie Miller | 2007-10-14 |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as Tanya | 1998-08-28 |
| Saturday Night Out as Arlene | 1964-04-01 |
| A Stitch in Time as Betty | 1963-12-01 |
| The Trunk as Diane | 1962-01-01 |
| Watch It, Sailor! as Shirley Hornett | 1961-08-14 |
| Trouble with Eve as Daisy Freeman | 1960-03-01 |
| And the Same to You as Cynthia Tripp | 1960-02-01 |
| Too Many Crooks as Charmaine | 1959-03-08 |
| I Was Monty's Double as Angela | 1958-10-21 |
| Up the Creek as Lily | 1958-05-13 |
| Grip of the Strangler as Pearl | 1958-05-11 |
| Womaneater as Sally Norton | 1958-04-01 |
| A Clean Sweep as Daphne Watson | 1958-01-01 |
| The Nice Americans as Ann Addams | 1958-01-01 |
| The Flesh Is Weak as Edna | 1957-08-06 |
| Hell Drivers as Blonde at Dance | 1957-07-23 |
| Quatermass 2 as Sheila | 1957-06-17 |
| The Prince and the Showgirl as Betty | 1957-06-13 |
| Stars in Your Eyes as Maureen Temple | 1956-12-06 |
| Fun at St. Fanny's as Maisie | 1955-12-15 |
| A Kid for Two Farthings as Mimi | 1955-08-15 |
| It's a Great Day as Blondie | 1955-01-01 |
| The Crowded Day as Suzy Green | 1954-10-01 |
| Dance Little Lady as Gladys | 1954-07-13 |

