When Gillian Lynne was 13, her mother was killed in a car crash. Remarkably, she turned a terrible loss into the catalyst for a hugely successful career in theatre, film and TV– and it was all inspired by her mother
Gillian Lynne's childhood ended when she was 13, on what should have been a carefree summer's day. She had spent it playing with four friends in a garden in Kent; the children were together because their parents, a group of four couples, had gone away together for the weekend, and the grandparents of two of the children were looking after all five. "We were up a tree, having a wonderful time," recalls Gillian, "when we saw our friends' grandparents walking across the grass towards us. That seemed odd, because they didn't usually come out into the garden like that. And then I noticed how strange they looked; and then they asked us all to come inside,...
Gillian Lynne's childhood ended when she was 13, on what should have been a carefree summer's day. She had spent it playing with four friends in a garden in Kent; the children were together because their parents, a group of four couples, had gone away together for the weekend, and the grandparents of two of the children were looking after all five. "We were up a tree, having a wonderful time," recalls Gillian, "when we saw our friends' grandparents walking across the grass towards us. That seemed odd, because they didn't usually come out into the garden like that. And then I noticed how strange they looked; and then they asked us all to come inside,...
- 11/26/2011
- by Joanna Moorhead
- The Guardian - Film News
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