 Where
did Norma Ann Sykes' stage name come from?
The credit for inventing the Sabrina name is hotly contested.
1. Arthur Askey said it came from
a play, 'Sabrina Fair'.
2. 'Blonde Bombshells' agrees
it was Arthur's idea, but says the name came from a Milton poem and the 1954
movie character.
3. 'People' magazine
June 55 said it was a BBC producer (Bill Ward) who named her after the
Milton poem.
4. People magazine Sept
56 then said she chose it, from the 1954 movie of the same name.
5. Sydney Aylett claims he and/or Bill Watts chose Sabrina's stage name, based on the current play 'Sabrina Fair'
Anyone ELSE have a theory?
As she told me, 'Sabrina' is her preferred name: she hates 'Norma'. Her
friends call her Sabby. |
