This is BritTV soap actress Nikki Sanderson:
And now you know.
Category: Beauty
Classic Beauty: Shirley Ross
To many people born since, say, 1970, Shirley Ross would generate a “Who?” reaction. But to fans of 1930s-era Hollywood musicals, Shirley Ross would not be unknown at all. Here she is:
Now let’s see her in action, together with her more well-known co-star (perhaps one of the most poignant “break-up” songs ever performed on screen). And in earlier, happier times (first video only).
Now can you see why she was so popular?
Random Totty
Apparently 20-year-old totty Jessie Murph is causing something of a stir in country music circles with this video.
Not quite yer Patsy Cline-type, is she?
Of course, all the Usual Suspects are going nuts, calling her all sorts of names and accusing her of glorifying violence against women and all the other tired tropes which people trot out whenever they see something that’s different and shocking to the accepted stereotype.
Don’t care. She’s brought punk to country… and why not? Plus she’s as cute as hell.
Classic Beauty: Ruby Keeler
Like our Beauty from two weeks back, Ruby Keeler was born in Canuckistan and whose family moved to the U.S. when she was still at an early age. Speaking of early ages, she got her first stage role at age 13 (lying that she was 16), and never looked back. She married Al Jolson at age 19, divorced him at age 31, married another guy at age 32 and retired from Hollywood later that year to raise her family.
Dancer’s legs, pretty face, extraordinary talent and a devoted mom. Nothing wrong there.
Out Of The Loop
The other day I was confronted by a situation that has become depressingly familiar: an allusion to someone who is clearly well-known to many, but whose existence had hitherto been completely unknown to me.
In this case, it was the redoubtable Tom Knighton, whose substack efforts are definitely worthy of subscription in general, but sadly out of my reach because #Poverty. Writing a very Kim-like essay (minus Kim’s swears), he was talking about the evils of technology being used to spy on people and control their lives — in this case, electricity supply — which is an issue near and dear to me, as Loyal Readers will be aware.
However, towards the end, Knighton writes this:
When I thought I wanted a cyberpunk future, I meant with Dina Meyer running through the streets of some city while we tried to find a cybernetic dolphin, not this crap.
Who?
It turns out that this Dina Meyer is an actress who has had a fairly long and interesting career, with appearances in many, many movies and TV shows: none of which I’ve ever watched, other than (in the TV case) a few episodes of a show in which she may have appeared but clearly didn’t register with me. Here are a few examples, just to illustrate the situation.
Apparently, Miss Meyer started off her career in Beverly Hills 90210, of which I’ve never watched a single episode. She’s also appeared in some movies (Johnny Mnemonic, Starship Troopers, Saw I-III, Dragonheart and one of the Star Trek movies), none of which I’ve seen because their genres (sci-fi, fantasy, horror etc.) have absolutely no appeal to me.
While Tom Knighton clearly knows who she is and uses her as some kind of cultural reference, it’s perfectly possible that as good an actress as she may be, Dina Meyer has heretofore floated completely under my finely-adjusted and alert Totty Radar, however much of a cultural lodestar she may be. Lest others find themselves sailing with me on board the same Ship Of Ignorance, therefore, I submit the following:
It seems somewhat strange that she’s survived and prospered thus far (into her late 50s, good grief) without my ever having spotted her before, but it’s a factor of her role- and genre choices rather than my inattentiveness.
Anyway, there’s no need to thank me: it’s all part of the service.
Random Totty
Meet Tasha Ghouri, a Brit chick who’s famous for having been on some TV shows or something.
An interesting note: one of the shows she appeared on was the awful Strictly Come Dancing, which is interesting because she’s stone deaf, and has been since birth.