Yana

b. Pamela Safeguard, 16 Feb 1932, Romford, Essex, Britain, d. 21 November 1989, London, Britain. A popular vocalist in the united kingdom through the 50s and 60s, Yana became a model while still in her teenagers, before getting ‘uncovered’ when performing at an exclusive party at London’s Astor membership. This resulted in engagements at many top nightspots, along with a agreement with Columbia Information. Within the 50s her one produces included sultry renderings of ‘Little Chat’, ‘Something Occurred To My Center’, ‘Climb IN THE Wall structure’, ‘If You Don’t Like Me’, ‘I Miss You, Mama’, ‘I Want You Today’ and ‘Mr Amazing’. Her gorgeous image produced her an all natural for tv, and she was presented with her very own BBC series in 1956. Afterwards, following the development of ITV, she made an appearance regularly on Weekend Night ON THE London Palladium. In 1958, Yana starred in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s Cinderella on the London Coliseum: her single numbers within the present and on the initial Cast album had been ‘In MY VERY OWN Little Part’ and ‘A Lovely Evening’, and she duetted with Tommy Steele (‘When You’re Generating WITHIN THE Moonlight’), Betty Marsden (‘Difficult’) and Bruce Trent (‘Perform I REALLY LIKE You?’ and ‘10 Minutes Ago’). 2 yrs afterwards she was back the Western world End with Norman Intelligence within the London Palladium’s longest-running pantomime, Switch Once again Whittington. She was something of the pantomime ‘expert’, and through the entire 60s and in to the 70s, was among Britain’s leading primary boys. It really is most likely not a coincidence that the next of her three relationships was to the professional Alan Curtis, who’s renowned for his shows from the ‘Demon Ruler’ as well as other ‘unpleasant’ pantomime character types, although he’s most likely better known right now for his PA just work at essential cricket fits. In her heyday Yana toured overseas, like the Middle East, and she made an appearance on many US variety displays hosted by Bob Hop e and Ed Sullivan. She also performed small roles within the English movies Zarak, with Victor Mature and Michael Wilding, as well as the Cockleshell Heroes, an early on Anthony Newley feature. Her last overall performance is thought to have been because the ‘Great Fairy’ within the Wizard Of Oz at an British provincial theater in 1983. She passed away of throat malignancy six years later on.