Date of Birth

24 February 1921, Pendleton, Salford, England, UK

Date of Death

25 December 2007, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Following the failure of No Leave, No Love (1946), she suffered a major breakdown and attempted suicide, spending eight months in a New York sanatorium. This cost her the lead in the stage production of "Annie Get Your Gun".

Stepmother of the actress Stacey Gregg through her third marriage.

Cole Porter once sent her a message: "You may sing any song of mine at any time for the rest of your life.".

She made her professional debut at the age of 14. A year later, she made her first appearance on stage, billed as the "Schoolgirl Songstress" at the Royal Hippodrome in Salford. Her first big break came in "Black Velvet" at the London Hippodrome in 1940.

Noel Coward wrote the West End (London) musical "Ace of Clubs" (1950) especially for her.

In 1954 she became the first female star to have her own one-hour series on British TV, "The Pat Kirkwood Show". That same year she broke box-office records with a three-month sold-out cabaret show at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas.

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