Last Man Standing: Tales from Tinseltown (32 page)

At UNICEF HQ with Namibian youth representative Livey Van Wyk and fellow Goodwill Ambassador Whoopi Goldberg, unveiling the winning poster of an international advertising competition to promote the Global Campaign on Children and AIDS.

Kristina and I still travel for UNICEF too, and not long ago we were in Germany for the committee’s sixtieth anniversary, with various activities, interviews and recordings to tackle. I’m also now deploying my Twitter account to spread UNICEF news, appeals and share success stories – social media is certainly becoming all-important.

10 August 2004 in Beijing, China, I greet a girl, as other children and members of the press look on, during the launch of a UNICEF-supported summer camp for children orphaned by AIDS.

But thinking back to my early days as an Ambassador, having been recruited by Audrey Hepburn, I often wondered what drove Audrey’s total and tireless devotion to the charity. I only discovered the answer at her funeral, when her son Sean read a poem that Audrey had herself read to her family from her sickbed only a few weeks
earlier, on Christmas Eve 1992; it was written by American humorist and writer Sam Levenson for his granddaughter.

I found the words so very poignant that I wrapped up each of my recent theatre appearances with it, and indeed with an announcement that UNICEF collection buckets would be in the foyer on the way out – I’ve no shame in asking for help to save children’s lives, and everyone gave so very generously.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of each of your arms.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

Acknowledgements

I would hereby like to acknowledge the invaluable help of:

Gareth Owen for again sprinkling a little literacy on my work; Michael and Lesley O’Mara; Louise Dixon, my editor; Ron Callow, Claire Cater, Judy Palmer and Katy Parker; Lesley Pollinger and all at Pollinger Ltd; Iris Harwood; the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu; the BBC Written Archive, Caversham, Berkshire;
Cinema Retro
magazine
www.cinemaretro.com;
Andy Boyle; Doris Spriggs; EON Productions Ltd; Alan Davidson of
www.sirrogermoore.com

And for supplying many of the photographs:

Jaz Wiseman, UNICEF and EON Productions; Jenny Hanley; Geraldine Winner.

Picture Credits

Anthony Osmond-Evans

© United Archives/TopFoto

© Alpha Press

© Mirrorpix

REX/George Harris/Associated Newspapers

© Mirrorpix

REX/ITV

REX/ITV

REX/David Magnus

© Mirrorpix

Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

REX

REX/Moviestore Collection

Alllied Artists/Getty Images

REX/ITV

© Alpha Press

Ron Galella Ltd/WireImage/Getty Images

Terry O’Neill/Getty Images

REX/Moviestore Collection

20
^th
Century Fox/Golden Harvest/The Kobal Collection

NBC via Getty Images

Jack Garofalo/Paris Match via Getty Images

© UNICEF / Mark Thomas

© UNICEF

© UNICEF/Susan Markisz

© UNICEF/Wang Yongji

James Bond images are © All Rights Reserved Danjaq LLC and United Artists Corporation

Index

A Matter of Time
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A Night to Remember
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A View to a Kill
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ABC TV
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ABPC Studios
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Abrams, J. J.
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Ackland-Snow, Terry
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ACTT
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Aladdin
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Albert of Monaco, Prince
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Alexandra Palace ‘Ally Pally’, London
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Alias
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Allen, Dave
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Allen, Irving
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Allen, Nat
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Anderson, Jean
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Andrews, Julie
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Anna Karenina
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Anniversary, The
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Arabian Adventure
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Armstrong, Neil
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Army Film Unit, British
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Arthur
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Assignment Foreign Legion
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Assistant Stage Manager (ASM) roles, RM’s
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Attenborough, Lord
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Audience, The
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Automobile Association (AA) training films
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Bacall, Lauren
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Bad Sister
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Baker, Bob
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Baker, Roy Ward
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Bal Creole
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Baldwin, James
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Bankhead, Tallulah
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Barker, Lex
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Barnard, Dr Christiaan
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Barrymore, John
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Barth, Louis
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Batman
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BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
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Beaconsfield Studios
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Beaumont, Binkie
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Behind the Green Door
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Belafonte, Harry
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Bergman, Ingrid
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Berman, Monty
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Bertil of Sweden, Prince
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Birdman of Alcatraz, The
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Bishop, Joey
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Black Knight, The
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Black Lion Films
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Black Narcissus
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Black Park Studios
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Black Shield of Falworth, The
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Blackman, Honor
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Blair, Cherie
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Blue Lagoon, The
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Bogarde, Dirk
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Bogart, Humphrey
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Bond, Gordon
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Bond on Bond
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Boston Strangler, The
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Box, Betty
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Box, Sydney
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Boys from Brazil, The
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Brando, Marlon
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Bray Studios
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Brides of Fu Manchu, The
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Bridge on the River Kwai, The
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British Lion Studios
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Broccoli, Albert R. ‘Cubby’
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Broccoli, Dana
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Bryan, Dora
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Bryner, Yul
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Bullet to Beijing
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Bullseye
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Burton, Richard
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Caan, James
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Cagney, James
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Caine, Michael
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Call Me Bwana
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Call of the Wild, The
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Candida
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Candy, John
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Cannes Film Festival
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Cannonball Run, The
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Capron, Robert
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Carry on Cleo
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Carry On
film series
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Carry on Spying
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Carry on up the Khyber
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Castle of Fu Manchu, The
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CBS
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Chandler, Jeff
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Changi Prison, Singapore
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Christian Anderson, Hans
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Christian, Linda
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Chung Ling Soo
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Cilento, Diane
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Clark, Petula
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Clayton, Harold
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Cleopatra
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Cobb, Lee J.
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Cohn, Harry
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Colbert, Claudette
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Collins, Elsa
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Collins, Jackie
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Collins, Joan
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Collins, Joe
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Colman, Ronald
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Columbia Studios
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Comancheros, The
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Combined Services Entertainment Unit, Hamburg
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Connery, Sean
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Connor, Kevin
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Connor, William ‘Cassandra’
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Conrad, Jess
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Cooper, Gary
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Cooper, Tommy
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Coronation Street
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Cossins, James
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Cote d’Azur, France
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Coward, Noel
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Cowell, Elizabeth
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Cracknell, Derek
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Craig, Daniel
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Craig, Ivan
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Crawford, Joan
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Crossplot
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Crown Film Units
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Crust, Arnold (Michael Winner pseudonym)
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Curtis, Leslie
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Curtis, Tony
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Curtiz, Michael
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Cushing, Peter
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Daily Mirror
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Dallas, Robert
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Dangerous
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Dark, John
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Dark of the Moon, The
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Davies, Betty Ann
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Davies, Jack
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Davis, Bette
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Davis, John
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Davis Jr., Sammy
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Davis Sr., Sammy
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de Cicco, Pat
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Death on the Nile
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Deep Throat
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Deighton, Len
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Delfont, Lord ‘Bernie’
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Dench, Dame Judi
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Denham Studios
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Dial M for Murder
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Diamonds are Forever
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Diane
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