| 27 May 35 |
born Maureen Rippingale in Chelmsford, Essex, England
Sabrina was born Norma Ann Sykes in May 1936
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| 51 |
runs away from home at age 16, wearing her father's shirt and with two and fourpence in her pocket, to break into show business. Gets a job in a cabaret and becomes a good dancer.
Sabrina went to London at the age of 16. The reasons why are unclear. Her mum suggested it was to seek medical treatment. I don't think Sabrina was entirely sure why she went. |
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decides to go to Paris to try modeling |
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is a pinup model under the name of Leslie Carol
Norma Sykes also changed her name. |
| 57 |
attends the World Charity Premiere of Good Companions at the Warner Cinema at Leicester Square, London.
Attends the premiere of Chase a Crooked Shadow at the Warner Theatre at Leicester Square, London |
| Mar 58 |
will star in the upcoming Cinderella Nightingale and is on the cover of Picturegoer
This, however, never came about. |
| 22 May 58 |
attends a Variety Club garden party held at Battersea Park , London
Sabrina attended the same event !
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| May 58 |
arrives at the Cannes Festival on the same plane as Jayne Mansfield. The sole representative of British glamour at the Festival, she isn't even noted by the press, who just have eyes for Jayne Mansfield and Italian Rosanna Schiaffino.
WATCH Sabrina
mixing with French stars in London, 1956
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| May 58 |
Her frequent escort is actor Richard Todd
Sabrina's escort was Steve Cochran
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| 4 Aug 58 |
Iis among the judges of a beauty competition held at the Southend, London
Sabrina judges a beauty competition , 1956 |
| 58 / 59 |
attends the Associated British Picture Corporation film festival in Brussels, Belgium, with fellow U.K. starlets Ann Dickens and Betty McDowell
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| 1 June 59 |
attends the premiere of Look Back in Anger at the Empire Cinema at Leicester Square, London, together with John Kennedy, the manager of teen star Tommy Steele. Princess Margaret is among the guests.
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| August 59 |
attends the Moscow Film Festival together with fellow U.K. actors Richard Todd, Tommy Steele, and Peter Arne
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| 17 Sep59 |
attends a Variety Club race meeting in Sandown Park, Surrey, with fellow actresses Jackie Rae and Jeanette Scott
Sabrina was guest speaker at a Variety Club luncheon
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| 25 Jan 60 |
attends the gala opening of the new bowling alley at Stamford Hill, London
Sabrina officiated at the opening of many shops and establishments. |
| 31 Mar 60 |
attends a Royal Film Performance at the Odeon Theater at Leicester Square London. Among the guests are Leslie Caron, Mylene Demongeot, Nancy Kwan, Marla Landi, and Kenneth More.
WATCH Sabrina
at the premiere of Diana
Dors' film Yield to the Night , 1956 |
| 14 Apr 60 |
attends the gala premiere of Hell is a City at the Apollo Theater in Manchester
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| 26 May 60 |
attends the reopening of the funfair at Festival Gardens, Battersea Park, London, with actor Paul Massie
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| 18 Dec 60 |
attends the opening of The Princess Bowling Centre in Dagenham, Essex
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| 61 |
is among the judges at the "Glamorous Grandmother" beauty contest final in Bognor Regis, Sussex
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| 3 Sept 62 |
attends a charity race at the racecourse in York, North Yorkshire, with fellow actresses Rita Tushingham, Liz Fraser, and June Thorburn
Sabrina went to Ascot . |
| 28 Feb 63 |
attends the premiere of Sparrows Can't Sing at the Genesis Cinema, London. Lord Snowdon, Richard Todd, Stanley Baker, and Sylvia Syms also attend.
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| August 64 |
marries Michael Dalling
Sabrina married US surgeon Harold Melsheimer in 1967
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| 28 Feb 74 |
commits suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills at age 38 in New Barnet, England
Sabrina did not do this! |
