A part of nylon.net The official site of the life, times and career ofSabrinaA.K.A. Norma Ann Sykes,
Sabby,
Mrs Sabrina Melsheimer, Dr. Norma
Sykes
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27 October 2024 Upgraded the following pix of Sabrina in deep philosophical thought in February 1956 21 October 2024 I can't believe I just spent two hours curating my pictures and pages relating to Sabrina's dog, Shane. I go to add one picture and discover three site errors. While fixing those, I discover some duplicate images. Fixing those makes me realise one image has many related pix, requiring a new miniseries section. After updating the miniseries page, I realise there are so many pix that it deserves its own dedicated pix page... It never ends (fortunately). 17 October 2024 At long last, I think I've nearly removed all VIP links to enhanced downloads, so all links go to the best picture version I have. It has only taken a couple of months. 13 October 2024 Meanwhile, I'm still replacing VIP images with supersized public versions. 4 October 2024 I have found several new articles about Sabrina's club appearances in the USA in 1961 30 September 2024 A rare new article. Found accidentally when looking for pictures, this article from 1968 describes how Sabrina didn't impress Howard Marks in about 1954. 21 September 2024 A little new addition. Sabrina with Steve Cochran publicising his Beat Generation movie. |
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Sabrina was the impossibly-proportioned darling of Britain, the cast of the Goon Show , and most discerning testosterone-enabled beings during the 1950s and 1960s. Sabrina, Norma Ann Sykes , D.Litt (Hon) was the voluptuous British Stockport lass who became Sabrina and accomplished above the hips what Elvis accomplished below . She was 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, an ill-educated teenager because of lengthy hospital stays, 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 dated princes; charmed dictators, the public and cynical reporters; and generated more myths, lies, legends and throbbing memories than anyone else of her era. 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 19 inch waist? Or was she an pioneering promotional genius with a native sense of publicity that would make most agents weep with envy? |
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She's Our Sabrina.Welcome to Encyclopedia SabrinaPlease enjoy the phenomenon that was our Sabrina who - until 24 November 2016 - was alive, gorgeous, and fairly well in Hollywood, and in contact with the Sabrina Site ! Can YOU support the Sabrina Site? See all the Sabrina News since the site began. Read a Word from Mark the Webmaster , explaining why on earth I created this site in the first place. |
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The Life of Sabrina, 1936-2016 Magazines and Newspapers | In books Movies | Stage shows | Plays Short films | Newsreels | Television |
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You're new here?You're frightened, confused, overwhelmed by the sheer hugeness of Sabrinastuff? I would not be surprised. They ARE huge. Sabrina simultaneously terrified and delighted short men like Arthur Askey who were standing nearby when she turned around suddenly. Here's a good place to start your Sabrina experience. |
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Photos - I have about 2,900 in 2022. Let's face it, chaps: Sabrina was not camera-shy.
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Vintage magazines and newspaper
articles - hundreds to peruse. It may shock you, but Sabrina was not averse to publicity, and that led to a fascinating farrago of Fleet Street facts and fantasy. Read all of it; believe half of it. Cry out "Bloody Nora!" over the other half.
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Sabrina's movies . All ten of them. She was always perfectly cast.
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Sabrina in Australia 1959 and in 1961
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Litigious Sabrina spent quite some time in court Find out why.
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The study of Sabrina Sabrina University - academic interest in Sabrina |
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Sabrina's songs . It's not a large discography, but it is a memorable one.
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Sabrina's plays on stage . Legitimate theatre, darrrrrrling!
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The Sabrina interviews - by phone, by me. |
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Sabrina references on radio (featuring steam-powered Goon Show references to Sabrina - where this site began!) Sabrina was an object of fascination and unbridled lust to the Goons - especially author Spike Milligan. Uncover the cryptic references to Sabrina that have puzzled some younger listeners, and forced older listeners to call the nurse and draw the brown paper screens.
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Who is this Mike Spilligan anyway? |
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Sabrina in the Newsreels - before TV news, the stars appeared before the
feature film in the cinema.
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Sabrina's Short Films . When gentlemen's clubs needed to see Sabrina washing her hair, going to bed, or leaning over for no apparent reason.
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Sabrina on TV - Before Your Very Eyes , and in America.
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Sabrina's advertising was a
powerful attractant to men whose trousers were bulging... with fat
wallets.
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The knees may be older, and arthritic, but many still tremble with memories of Sabrina. |
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Odd things about Sabrina : some are very odd indeed
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Did you date Sabrina? Yeah, yeah. Sure you
did.
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The Sabrina Hall
of Fame
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How to spot the real Sabrina - don't be distracted by second-best. Here are some ways to identify the real Sabrina.
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No. That's not Sabrina. |
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Sabrina Collectibles . Genuine? Maybe, maybe not... OK. Probably not. This one is real . An A3 sized nude Sabrina jigsaw - 300 pieces of black and white naked perfection.
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I realised I had no idea what sort of lingerie Sabrina was wearing in her thousands of photos. So I started vital reaseach. What is a teddy? You're welcome |
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Site History - everything that has been done to this site, since like forever . |
InSearchOfSabrinaStuff |
If you have found Sabrina stuff , I would be delighted if you contacted me . There are precious few undiscovered pictures still to be on the internet but I'm sure there are still a few knees trembling out there, especially in the UK, and those knee-owners may have a buried Sabrina treasure or two in the sock drawer. This is an international philanthropic enterprise, for the benefit of red-blooded males everywhere. Go on - the wife will never know. Young men :
go to your aged fathers and grandfathers and say, "Do you remember
Sabrina?" If their eyes glaze over and they start drooling, let
me know . You! You were a knee-trembler of the Sabrina
generation . There may just be a magazine, a photo, or a single
hair of hers that you have treasured for more than half a century. Go to it, lads! Sabrina is the last great
unexploded bombshell from the blonde and busty 1950s. (Wipes tear from eye.) Can you support the Sabrina Site? |
B.O.O.B.S.
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The golden keys beneath
some of the images on this site are remnants of the " Best Of Our Beautiful Sabrina" scheme whereby special folk who contributed valuable Sabrinastuff could get privileged access to high-quality versions of pix and video. The Elite BOOBS Society was for discerning and deserving gentlefolk
only. But fear not: contributors of rare and wonderful Sabrinastuff can still get mega-sized pix or videos - such as Odysseas from Art & Hue who produced a wonderful Sabrina pop-art poster from a high-resolution image I sent him. Thanks to all past B.O.O.B.S, members for your support. |
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Thank you for visiting, and I hope some happy memories (and loins) have been stirred. Many people have gone " corrrr - blimey - I remember those !" since the first Sabrina page was created
at nylon.net on 16
June 2000 -
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days ago. All original content copyright ©
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