Our immediate neighbours at the Duke of York’s Theatre in old London Town were a trio of antique thesps with silver hair, floaty chiffon and silk scarves – very Sunset Boulevard – who were getting so over-excited by Backstairs Billy I thought we might have to ask if there was a doctor in the house. Liam got chatting to the classy lady in the pew next to him. She was an actress – retired, not resting, she told him.
“Theatre? TV? Films?” he asked.
“Ads, darling,” she said.
It turns out she was the face of Cadbury’s drinking chocolate back in the day.
And yes, I think this is her…
