Elaine Taylor (actress)
| Elaine Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Elaine Regina Taylor 17 October 1943 Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1950s–1990s |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher Plummer (1970-present) |
Elaine Regina Taylor (born 17 October 1943) is an English actress, best known as a leading lady in comedy films of the late 1960s and early '70s. She is married to the Canadian actor Christopher Plummer.
Elaine Taylor was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. With the encouragement of her mother Frances, she took dancing lessons as a child and, as early as 1950, had her hair styled by the celebrated Raymond Bessone (“Mr Teasy Weasy”) for the part of Will O’the Wisp. Taylor later studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and joined the London Festival Ballet.
In the mid-1960s Taylor appeared in episodes of various British television series, including The Benny Hill Show (1965), The Lance Percival Show (1966), in which she sang as well as taking part in comedy sketches, The Old Campaigner (1967), which featured Terry-Thomas as a womanising plastics salesman, and Mr. Rose, starring William Mervyn as a retired senior policeman (1968). Her appearance with Benny Hill on 18 December 1965 included a gender-reversal parody of the 1956 film Baby Doll that Hill repeated in 1974 with Diana Darvey. Taylor is thought also to have been the announcer of a sketch in which Hill first performed his song "Those Days" in imitation of Sonny and Cher. She worked again with Hill in the third series of his BBC radio show Benny Hill Time, which started on the Light Programme on 27 February 1966 and featured, among others, Patricia Hayes and Peter Vernon.
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