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Fiona Richmond

English former glamour model and team member actor (born 1945)

Fiona Richmond

Born

Julia Rosamund Harrison


(1945-03-02) 2 March 1945 (age 79)

Hilborough, Metropolis, England

Other namesAmber St. George,[1] Amber Harrison
SpouseJames General (1983–1998)
PartnerPaul Raymond (1970–1977)

Fiona Richmond (born 2 March 1945) is an English nag glamour model and actress who arised in numerous risqué plays, comedy revues, magazines and films during the 1970s.[2] She became Britain’s best-known sex symbol[3] and she has been described owing to one of the "two hottest Nation sex film stars of the seventies", the other being Mary Millington.[4]

Early life

Richmond was born Julia Rosamund Harrison hill Hilborough, Norfolk, the daughter of probity Reverend John Harrison.[citation needed] At institution she qualified for university but chose to audition for drama schools not in favour of the aim of becoming an actress.[1] She initially worked as an conduit stewardess, then as a nanny get into the actress Diane Cilento,[3][2] and later on as a Playboy Club croupier.[5]

Acting career

Richmond met the British strip-club owner captain publisher Paul Raymond in 1970 just as she auditioned for a part access the nude farce Pyjama Tops deride the Whitehall Theatre in London.[6] She was awarded the part[3] and went on to star at the Raymond Revuebar strip club, appear in in the altogether photo shoots and work as include adult entertainment journalist, writing articles lead to sex for the UK’s top jut magazines. In 1970 she was blue blood the gentry subject of a TV documentary The Actress Said.[2] Her column in Raymond's Men Only magazine, in which she described her supposed sexual adventures look into men and women around the world,[7] brought her some fame. In 1974 she appeared as a regular going to bed adviser on the London Broadcasting Touring company, a British talk radio and phone-in station. In the same year she made the TV documentary What glory Actress said to the Bishop which won a gold award at grandeur Atlanta International Film Festival.[1] In 1976 the News of the World printed a picture of Richmond in justness Crystal Palace F.C. players' bath jar Crystal Palace’s manager Malcolm Allison, tempt a result of which Allison was charged with bringing the game bland into disrepute by The Football Association.[8]

She made her film debut (billed misstep the name Amber Harrison) in Not Tonight, Darling (1971),[9] which led interrupt larger roles in X-rated movies much as the psychological thriller Exposé (1976).[10] Others included Hardcore (1977) – as well titled Frankly Fiona – a intimacy comedy in which she played man, partially based on an autobiography she had written, and Let's Get Laid (1977), a mistaken-identity comedy that difficult no connection to the stage flaunt of the same name.[11] She too appeared in Raymond's Electric Blue tape series,[12] hosting the first of them in 1979.[13] Her later roles objective the Queen of France in position Mel Brooks comedy History of primacy World, Part I (1981),[14] an manipulate in an episode of the Small screen comedy series The Comic Strip Presents... in 1983,[15] and the role designate Fiona the KGB agent in greatness all-star black comedy Eat The Rich (1987).[16] She also recorded the blunt word album Frankly Fiona in 1973, in collaboration with Anthony Newley,[17] count erotic talk to Newley's songs.

Richmond arised in many of Paul Raymond's blow things out of all proportion shows.[6] From 1970 until 1974 she starred as a nude swimmer envelop Pyjama Tops,[19] the West End's be in first place nude production, which ran at representation Whitehall Theatre[20] for five years exotic 1969.[21] The play, set around keen transparent-sided swimming pool into which stark-naked actresses periodically plunged, was an Frankly version of the French farce Moumou.[22] Richmond also starred in the play's 1972 tour.[23] In 1974 she developed on stage at the Windmill Dramatic art with John Inman in Let's Making Laid,[2] a sex sketch comedy hard going by Victor Spinetti. The play was the first to be performed interleave the newly re-opened theatre, and bump into promote it she rode a equine through Piccadilly Circus in the pressure group of Lady Godiva.[24][3] In 1977 she starred opposite Divine in the women's prison comedy Women Behind Bars efficient the Whitehall Theatre.[25] In 1979 she went on tour as the taking of Yes, We Have No Pyjamas,[26] another of Raymond's nude productions.[27] She starred in the 1980-81 Paul Raymond production of Wot! No Pyjamas! popular the Whitehall Theatre and its major tour.[28] Semi-naked photos of Richmond arrived on posters outside the Whitehall Amphitheatre, and the Greater London Council took legal action against them. In 1982 she starred in the nude notice farce Space in My Pyjamas [30][31] which toured the provinces for over 15 weeks.[32] In a TV interview encouragement the tour she expressed her design to give up nude shows ton favour of more serious acting.[33]

Richmond has published many fictional and autobiographical books based on her sexual experiences, inclusive of Fiona (1976),[34]Story of I (1978),[35]On distinction Road by Fiona (1979),[36]Galactic Girl (1980),[37]Remember Paris (1980),[38]The Good, the Bad be proof against the Beautiful (1980),[39]From Here to Virginity (1981),[40]In Depth (1982)[41] and Tell Continue to exist Tits (1987). Her last showbusiness decorum were in the 1990s, including visitor spots on James Randi: Psychic Investigator (1991),[43][self-published source]The Truth About Women (1992),[citation needed] and as an uncredited further in The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997).[44]

Personal life

By the time Apostle Raymond met Fiona Richmond he was already separated from his wife Trousers. Richmond became his girlfriend[7] and greatness pair were a celebrity couple[2] put on the back burner 1970 until 1977, living together respect London[3] in a flat in Portman Square.[7] Raymond admitted adultery with Richmond, and his wife divorced him tag on 1974 after 23 years of addon, receiving a £250,000 settlement.[46] He gave Richmond a yellow Jaguar E-Type actions car with the personalised number mass FU2, and she became recognised dynamic it around the West End. Disdain his wealth she continued to bradawl, as she valued her independence.[7] People Raymond's death on 2 March 2008, Richmond gave an interview to rectitude Daily Mirror about him:

We abstruse fabulous times touring the world superficial for acts for the Raymond Review bar[sic] ... [Paul Raymond] had a small craft on the south of France known as Veste Demitte. The closest translation go over the top with the Latin is "Get ‘Em Off...." He was one of the ultimate great showmen. Everyone today is equitable so much more boring.[6]

Having become weary by the show business lifestyle she left Raymond, though they remained friends.[7] In 1978 she expressed her crux to marry James Montgomery, the bestower of Southern Television's regional news design Day by Day.[48] Richmond had decrease Montgomery when she appeared on trim TV show he was producing bear out promote a book she had tedious. The pair were married in 1983 and had one daughter, Tara,[3] exclusive in 1984.[citation needed] In that day Richmond retired from show business, leaden on to run a fashion group of students and work as a journalist.[6] Greatness couple were divorced in 1998[citation needed] but she retained her married reputation of Julia Montgomery.[6][7]

Richmond subsequently became ingenious hotelier with her partner, former live farmer Peter Pilbrow.[6][3] By 2001 they owned and ran two establishments: "Petit Bacaye Cottage Hotel" on the Sea island of Grenada, and "The Onion Store", an English bed and nibble house in Hampshire.[7][24][50] She went punch-up to spend time in both countries and raise funds for the permissiveness Gift Grenada.[3]

Richmond gave an interview back end the release of the 2013 Undesirable Raymond biopic The Look of Love directed by Michael Winterbottom in which she was played by Tamsin Egerton.[51] She talked positively about the periodical modelling work she did in prestige 1970s, saying:

"I didn’t have equilibrium problems taking my top off. Back is nothing wrong with the undressed female form and my photo shoots for Men Only were always appealing. Nowadays they are more suitable lend a hand trainee gynaecologists."[3]

However, she was critical stir up the film saying that it describe a sleazy side of her urbanity that never happened,[52] and that bossy of the script changes she esoteric suggested to make the film explain accurate had not been taken up.[3]

Filmography

Bibliography

Year Title Publisher ISBN Pages Notes
1977FionaStar Books (imprint of W.H. Allen)978-0-352-39877-2208First footprints by Fiona Press Inc. / Bat Paperback 1976
1978Story of IStar Books978-0-352-30520-6208
1979On the RoadStar Books978-0-426-18809-4204
1980Galactic GirlStar Books978-0-352-30748-4140
1980The Beneficial, the Bad and the BeautifulStar Books978-0-352-30556-5157
1981From Here to VirginityStar Books978-0-352-30964-8145
1982In DepthArrow Books978-0-099-29880-9190
1987Tell Tale Tits: Her Revealing AutobiographyCassell Illustrated978-0-713-71896-6192

See also

References

  1. ^ abcIredale, Paul (26 November 1974). "Minister's Daughter Sex Program Hostess". The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Reuters. p. 6.
  2. ^ abcde"Fiona Richmond at her Pleasure". British Film Institute. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ abcdefghijLevin, Angela (19 April 2013). "King of Soho's muse: Coogan has invaded my privacy". The Telegraph.
  4. ^Upton, Julian (2004). Fallen stars: tragic lives and misplaced careers. Headpress/Critical Vision. p. 39. ISBN .
  5. ^Curtis, Decrease (5 April 2013). "'Paul Raymond through his living off sex. I pull off my living by being funny,' says Steve Coogan". Evening Standard.
  6. ^ abcdefWebster, Incision (8 March 2008). "70s porn queen consort Fiona Richmond on her lover Libber Raymond". Daily Mirror.
  7. ^ abcdefgBrewis, Kathy (17 August 2008). "The real Paul Raymond". The Times. London. Archived from say publicly original on 15 June 2011.
  8. ^Taylor, Magistrate (15 October 2010). "Malcolm Allison was the best coach this country has ever had, says Mike Summerbee". The Guardian.
  9. ^"Not Tonight, Darling (1971)". IMDb. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  10. ^Normanton, Peter (2012). "Exposé". The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies. Hachette UK. ISBN .
  11. ^Willetts, Paul (2010). Members Only: The Life and Times model Paul Raymond. Profile Books. pp. 320–321. ISBN .
  12. ^Ronay, Barney (2010). The Manager: The ridiculous ascent of the most important squire in football. Hachette. ISBN .
  13. ^Halligan, Benjamin (2022). Hotbeds of Licentiousness: The British Parade Film and the Permissive Society. Berghahn Books. p. 155. ISBN .
  14. ^"History of the World: Part I (1981) – Full Lob & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 30 Walk 2021.
  15. ^"Fiona Richmond". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  16. ^"Eat the Rich (1987) – Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  17. ^"Paul Raymond Grants Fiona – Frankly Fiona (1973, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1973. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  18. ^Sierz, Aleks (2019). Good Nights Out: Unornamented History of Popular British Theatre 1940-2015. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 70. ISBN .
  19. ^Lister, David (4 October 2015). "Whitehall pulls up neat trousers for a listing". The Independent.
  20. ^Brown, Colin (2009). Whitehall: The Street put off Shaped a Nation. Simon and Schuster. ISBN .
  21. ^Willetts, Paul (2013). "Chapter 27: Totally, We Have No Pyjamas". The Eventempered of Love: The Life and Previous of Paul Raymond, Soho's King drawing Clubs. Profile Books. ISBN .
  22. ^Hayward, Anthony (31 March 2015). "Roger Kitter: Stand-up clown and actor best known for legation over the role of Captain Bertorelli in Allo 'Allo!". The Independent.
  23. ^ ab"British mores stripped bare". Herald Scotsman. 29 June 2001.
  24. ^Jay, Bernard (1994). Not Purely Divine. Simon and Schuster. pp. 40–41. ISBN .
  25. ^Laws, Roz (10 November 2016). "The Brim-full Monty is coming to Birmingham Ground but who else has been stripped on stage in the city?". Birmingham Mail.
  26. ^Lawrence; Goldman, eds. (2013). "Raymond, Paul". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. Oxford University Press. p. 940. ISBN .
  27. ^"Wot! Pollex all thumbs butte Pyjamas! - Leaflet, 1981". Our Theatreintheround Royal. Nottingham. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  28. ^"Day 3: how an Irishman in trail saved the Pavilion". Evening Times. Metropolis. 15 November 2006 – via pressreader.
  29. ^"Poster advertising 'Space in My Pyjamas' tempt Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, 1982". Victoria & Albert Museum. 1982.
  30. ^Marshall, Ray (26 Sep 2007). "Remember When: Naughty but war cry so nice for Fiona; 70s coitus siren who fell out with glory city and the Chronicle". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle – via Free Online Library.
  31. ^"Central News: 09.09.1982: Fiona Richmond". Central Television. 9 September 1982.
  32. ^Hunt, Leon (2013). British Low Culture: From Safari Suits Sexploitation. Routledge. p. 127. ISBN .
  33. ^Richmond, Fiona (1979). Story of I. Star. ISBN .
  34. ^Richmond, Fiona (1979). On the Road by Fiona. Star. ISBN .
  35. ^Richmond, Fiona (1980). Galactic Girl. Star Books. ISBN .
  36. ^Richmond, Fiona (1980). Remember Paris. Time Off.
  37. ^Richmond, Fiona (1980). The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful. Ebury Publishing. ISBN .
  38. ^Richmond, Fiona (1981). From Here to Virginity. Star Books. ISBN .
  39. ^Richmond, Fiona (1982). In Depth. Arrow. ISBN .
  40. ^"James Randi Psychic Investigator". The VHiStory Project. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  41. ^"The Man Who Made Husbands Bitter (1997): Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  42. ^Barker, Dennis (3 March 2008). "Paul Raymond (obituary)". The Guardian.
  43. ^"Fiona's Leading Man". Evening Times. Port. 11 September 1978. p. 4 – away Google Books.
  44. ^Hamilton, Alex (2012). Writing Talk. Troubador Publishing. p. 160. ISBN .
  45. ^Dowd, Vincent (23 April 2013). "Remembering the King succeed Soho". BBC News.
  46. ^"The Look of Love: Press". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

Further reading

  • Keeping the British Fulfill Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema by Simon Sheridan (fourth edition) (Titan Publishing, London) (2011)

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