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SabrinaDr Norma Ann SykesNorma Sykes D.Litt
(Hon) is
the voluptuous British lass who became Sabrina and accomplished above the
hips what Elvis accomplished below.
She is the Cheshire cheese-cake pinup, actress, singer, cabaret star, publicity pioneer, and sex-queen who didn't like to be touched. She was a 'dumb blonde' who was a genius at self-promotion and an honorary Doctor of Letters with an impossibly-proportioned figure. A victim of polio, mocked for her lack of talent and excess of bosom, she became an international phenomenon who charmed both the public and the cynical reporters, and generated more myths, lies, legends and throbbing memories than anyone else of her era. Welcome to the Sabrina Site. |
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I have made it a personal quest to discover everything about Sabrina. I call it a research project into the role of the internet in archiving memes and preserving our shared social history. Other people call it pathetic and sad... anyway! If you've read this far, you obviously agree with me, so to hell with the others. She was a model, TV hostess, actor, singer, stage performer - and had no talent. Even she admitted that. Why then, was the Western world and the bearded president of Cuba so keen to see her that - at one time -10,000 people in Perth caused an airport terminal to collapse? Why did The Goon Show audience wet themselves whenever Spike Milligan slipped another reference to Sabrina past the BBC censors? Like most of the male world (albeit 40 years after the event) I was intrigued by the lass. Were they real? (Yes, and they were insured). Who was she? (Norma Ann Sykes.) How did a bed-ridden teenage Cheshire girl end up as an international icon of femininity who rivalled Jayne Mansfield, Diana Dors and Marilyn herself? Why did she cause hysteria that made young people of all sexes literally push Frank Sinatra out of the way to get her autograph? Those questions, and more, are the subject of the SabrinaStuff Site... Continued... for those who are interested |
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Falling more or less accidentally into an industry for which she was - at first - unqualified, she endured, trained, paid her dues, and thrived to become the biggest, least talented, most photographed celebrity of her day. Was she, as she herself once said, just a dumb blonde with a 42½ inch bust and a 17 inch waist? Or was she an unacknowledged promotional genius with a native sense of publicity that would make most agents weep with envy? Please enjoy the phenomenon that was our Sabrina who - contrary to rumour - is alive, gorgeous, and fairly well in Hollywood, and in contact with the Sabrina Site!
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(Puts "Land of Hope and Glory" on gramophone) Go to it, lads! We cannot let the memory of Sabrina sink into the abyss of forgotten legends. We owe it to our sons and grandsons!(Wipes tear from eye.) And the final appeal is from Sabrina herself (in Mountains of the Moon) Thank you - thank you all! Can you support the Sabrina Stuff Site?
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Listen for the sounds of footsteps in fluffy
slippers on the stairs. Quickly! Quickly! 100 years of naughty naked women at Retro Raunch Who knows, lads? You probably went behind the bus stop with half of these lassies for a quick knee-trembler many moons ago. |
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Thank you for visiting, and I hope some happy memories have been stirred. Many people have gone "Corrrr - blimey - I remember those!" Visit the original site from way back when. Last modified: Friday, July 4, 2008 12:09 PM Proudly Made in AustraliaNone of the copyrighted pictures or text on this site may be re-used without permission. Many pictures here are the exclusive intellectual property of Sabrina or other contributors. If you want to use this Sabrina Stuff, please read the conditions of use All original content Copyright © 2008 nylon.net |
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