- Patricia Bredin
Patricia Bredin (born 1934) from Hull,
England was the firstUnited Kingdom representative in theEurovision Song Contest . She took part in the 1957 contest, held inFrankfurt , and finished in seventh place out of ten entries with the song All, the first ever song sung in English at the Eurovision. According to "The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History" by John Kennedy O'Connor [The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, John Kennedy O'Connor. Carlton Books, UK, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3] at 1:52, this is the shortest performance in the history of the contest.In 1959 she starred in the British comedy film
Left, Right & Centre withIan Carmichael . The following year Patricia had a leading part in another film, the period adventureThe Treasure of Monte Cristo , and starred withSid James in theDesert Mice [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106639/] .Ms. Bredin had the distinction of succeeding Julie Andrews as Guenevere in the Broadway production of
Camelot . She played the role from April 16, 1962, until she was replaced by Janet Pavek three months later.Later becoming Patricia Bredin-McCulloch, she emigrated to Canada where, following the death of her husband, she built up a herd of cows on their estate and looked after them for almost ten years before financial complications brought her cow-womanship to an end. She published some entertaining reminiscences about this period of her life in "My Fling on the Farm" (1989).
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