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Shirley Anne Field

Sue Lawley's castaway is actress Shirley Anne Field.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actress Shirley-Anne Field. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her Dickensian upbringing in different children's homes in the North of England and her extraordinary success as an actress in the 1960s, when she starred in The Entertainer and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. She'll also be reminiscing about her friendship with John F Kennedy and an ill-fated date with Frank Sinatra.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Piano Concerto 1 in C by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Reader's Digest
Luxury: Large Chippendale mirror

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 29 Jul 1994 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor

    Soloist: Vladimir Ashkenazy Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Andre Previn

    • Rachmaninov.
    • Decca.

  • Elvis Presley

    Are You Lonesome Tonight?

    • The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B minor 'PathΓ©tique' - 1st movement

    Orchestra: The New York Philharmonic Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos

    • Tchaikovsky.
    • CBS.

  • Carpenters

    We've Only Just Begun

    • Compact Hits.
    • A&M.

  • Linda Ronstadt

    Somewhere Out There

    Artist: James Ingram

    • An American Tail.
    • MCA.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun dorma

    Soloist: Luciano Pavarotti, Carreras, Placido Domingo

    • Carreras Domingo Pavarotti In Concert.
    • Decca.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major

      Soloist: Vladimir Ashkenazy Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor: George Solti

      • Ashkenazy.
      • Decca.

  • Josef Locke

    Count Your Blessings

    • Hear My Song.
    • EMI.

  • Book Choice

    • Reader's Digest

  • Luxury Choice

    • Large Chippendale mirror

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Shirley Anne Field

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 Nov 1993 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 19 Nov 1993 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 29 Jul 1994 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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