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Anita Madeleine Harris (born 3 June 1942) is an English actress, singer and entertainer. Harris sang with the Cliff Adams Singers for three years from 1961 and had a number of chart hits during the 1960s. She appeared in the ''
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'' films '' Follow That Camel'' (1967) and ''
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'' (1967).


Early life and career

Harris was born in Somerset; her family moved from
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when she was seven. She won a talent contest at the age of three. However, it was her penchant for
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which led to her performing career, she began skating at the neighbourhood rink, eventually becoming a regular at the Queens Ice Rink in
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. Seen by a talent scout shortly before her sixteenth birthday, she was offered a chance to skate in Paris or to travel to
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where she would be a dancer in a chorus line. She accepted the latter, danced at the El Rancho Hotel in Las Vegas. "We did three shows a night and on the 12th night, we had the night off", she said years later. On returning to the UK in June 1959, she performed in a vocal group known as the Granadiers and then spent three years with the Cliff Adams Singers. She was still in her teens when John Barry's manager, Tony Lewis, offered her a recording contract by
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in 1961 and she made her first recordings with
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—a group which was a successful chart act. This first single, a double
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of "I Haven't Got You", written by
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and "Mr One and Only", was issued in October 1961 but did not reach the charts. Subsequent to their meeting, when they both auditioned for a musical revue, Mike Margolis and Harris formed a personal and professional relationship marrying in 1973. He became her manager and wrote the songs which served as her second and third singles: "Lies"/"Don't Think About Love" (Vocalion, September 1964) and "Willingly"/"At Last Love" (Decca, February 1965). In January 1965 she performed at the
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. Her duet with Beppe Cardile, "L'amore è partito", failed to reach the finals but even to participate in such a star-studded event augured well for her stardom. She made her label debut for
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with the May 1965 release "
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", although rival versions by both the song's composer
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(with vocals by the Breakaways) and Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas eclipsed her recording. She had four subsequent releases on Pye, including the only evident recording of the Burt Bacharach/
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composition "London Life".


Recording artist

In 1966, she moved to CBS Records where her debut release was also her debut album: ''Somebody's in My Orchard''. Her chart breakthrough came in the summer of 1967 with the single " Just Loving You", a
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composition which singer
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had suggested her brother give to Harris after the two women had performed on the same episode of ''
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''. Recorded at
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in a session produced by Margolis and featuring harmonica virtuoso Harry Pitch, "Just Loving You" had been released in January 1967 but did not reach the UK Top 50 until 29 June 1967. Even after peaking at No. 6 on 26 August 1967 "Just Loving You" remained in the UK Top 40 until the end of the year, and was reported to have accumulated UK sales of 625,000 in six months. Besides charting at No. 18 in
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, "Just Loving You" was a Top Ten hit in
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where sales reached 200,000 copies. The disc was released in September 1967 in the
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where it rose to No. 20 on the "
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" chart in ''
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'' and approached the mainstream Pop "
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" chart. It rose no higher than No. 120 on the " Bubbling Under" chart. In January 1968 Harris made her only appearance on the UK album chart when her ''Just Loving You'' album reached No. 29. The sustained interest in "Just Loving You" predicated a mild chart impact for her follow-up single "The Playground", released in September 1967. This reached its chart peak of No. 46 by 28 October 1967, the same week "Just Loving You" (which had dropped out of the Top 20 at No. 21) returned to the Top 20 for three more weeks. However she did score a substantial hit with her 5 January 1968 release, a remake of the standard " Anniversary Waltz", which spent eight weeks in the UK Top 40, peaking at No. 21. After just missing the UK Top 50 with the single "We're Going on a Tuppenny Bus Ride" (released 17 May 1968), she made her final chart appearance with her rendition of "
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". Released on 26 July 1968, her single version peaked in the UK Top 50 at No. 33, whilst the Mama Cass Elliot version peaked at No. 11. A third album, ''Cuddly Toy'', was released in 1969. In 2012 she recorded a jazz swing version as a streaming-only single of "
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" with
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, the duet being credited to
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and Anita Harris.


Television, stage and film career

Since 1961, Harris has made numerous television appearances, mostly as a performer, occasionally as an actress, and her few film roles included a cameo as a casino singer in '' Death Is a Woman'' (1966) and co-starring roles in the comedy films '' Follow That Camel'' (1967) and ''
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'' (1967). Harris gained her role in the latter film while working in a revue ''Way Out in Piccadilly'' with
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. Backstage, he introduced her to the producer and director of the series resulting in the decision to cast Harris as well as Howerd. In December 1970,
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debuted the children's television series ''Jumbleland'' which she co-produced and in which she starred as Witch Witt Witty. Harris worked with magician David Nixon for eight years in the 1970s. She appeared on the ''
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Show'' in 1971 and 1973. In 1981, she was in the line-up for the
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, singing "
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" This performance she reprised at the Queen Mother's 90th Birthday celebration at the
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, in 1990, in the presence of the Queen,
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and the
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in a large company of artistes presenting music hall, featuring many well known television and stage personalities. That same tribute to the star she had presented several times on the BBC's variety show, '' The Good Old Days''. She was the subject of '' This Is Your Life'' on January 6, 1982, having been surprised by
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at London's Talk of the Town. Other television appearances up to 2001 included ''Boom Boom: The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show'', ''
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'' and ''
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: A BAFTA Tribute''. From the early 1970s, Harris toured in several editions of her one-woman stage show which, as ''Anita Harris in the Act!'', was broadcast in 1981. It was essentially a recording of her performance at the Talk of the Town. In 1982 she was named Concert Cabaret Performer of the Year by the
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. Whilst a frequent star of
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over the years, she made a debut in legitimate theatre in 1986 when she assumed the role of
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in the West End production of ''
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'' for a two-year tenure, with subsequent credits including ''
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'', '' Deathtrap'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and the stage dramatisations of ''
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'' and ''
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''. Additionally she co-starred with
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,
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and
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in the UK tour of the stage adaptation of '' Strangers on a Train'' in 2006. She portrayed
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in ''G and I'' at the
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in the spring of 2009. In 2010 she starred with
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in the UK national tour of '' Stepping Out''; having previously played the leading role of Mavis, she now took on the role of Vera. She toured with a new one-woman stage show: ''An Intimate Evening With Anita Harris'' in 2013 and appeared in a production of the
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play ''A Murder Has Been Arranged'' at the Grand Theatre,
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, in July 2013 and at Malvern Festival Theatre in August of that year. In 2014, Harris appeared in a lead guest role in the prime-time BBC drama, ''Casualty''. She continues to perform with her band around the country, including at the
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, London. She performed in
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over Christmas 2014-15 by appearing as the wicked Baroness in a production of ''
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'' at the Grand Opera House in
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. "I've played Aladdin, Jack and Dick Whittington and Robinson Crusoe. I've loved playing principal boy and I'm sorry that boys are now playing that role", she told a York press meeting at the time. During 2016, Harris toured with her show across the UK, ''An Evening with Anita Harris''. With musical accompaniment, she revealed anecdotes from her life in showbusiness, the people she has met and the places she has been. She appeared in ITV's ''Last Laugh in Vegas'', and was a contestant in the
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's '' Celebrity MasterChef 2018''. In 2019, Harris guest starred in the first episode of Series 20 of ''
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''’ entitled "The Ghost of Causton Abbey" as Irene Taylor, an accomplice to the killer. She guest starred as a medium called Shyanna in an episode of ''
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'' which aired in August 2019. Harris starred in the UK Tour of ''
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'', alongside John Partridge, from August 2019 to early 2020.


Filmography


Film


Television


Discography


Singles

*"I Haven't Got You" / "Mr. One and Only" (Parlophone R 4830) – 1961 *"Lies" / "Don't Think About Love" (Vocalion V 9223) – 1964 *"Willingly" / "At Last Love" (Decca F 12082) – 1965 *"
Trains and Boats and Planes "Trains and Boats and Planes" is a song written by composer Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David. Hit versions were recorded by Bacharach himself in 1965, by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas in the same year, and by Dionne Warwick in 1966. Origi ...
" / "Upside Down" (Pye 7N 15868) – 1965 *"I Don't Know Anymore" / "When I Look at You" (Pye 7N 15894) – 1965 *"London Life" / "I Run to Hide" (Pye 7N 15971) – 1965 *"Something Must Be Done" / "Funny Kind of Feeling" (Pye 7N 17069) – 1966 *" Just Loving You" / "Butterfly With Coloured Wings" (CBS 2724) – 1967 – UK No.6 / US Easy Listening No.20 / US Pop No.120 *"The Playground" / "B.A.D. For Me" (CBS 2991) – 1967 – UK No.46 *" Anniversary Waltz" / "Old Queenie Cole" (CBS 3211) – 1968 – UK No.21 *"We're Going on a Tuppenny Bus Ride" / "Artie" (CBS 3468) – 1968 *"
Dream a Little Dream of Me "Dream a Little Dream of Me" is a 1931 song with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was first recorded in February 1931 by Ozzie Nelson and also by Wayne King and His Orchestra, with vocals by Ernie Birchill. ...
" / "The Flying Machine" (CBS 3637) – 1968 – UK No.33 *"Le Blon" / "Dusty Road" (CBS 3765) – 1968 *" Loving You" / "Ferdinand and His One Man Band" (CBS 4157) – 1969 *"
I'll Never Fall in Love Again "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" is a popular song by composer Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David that was written for the 1968 musical '' Promises, Promises''. Several recordings of the song were released in 1969; the most popular versions wer ...
" / "Love is Everywhere" (CBS 4467) – 1969 *"The Only One To Love Me" / "When You Were A Child" (CBS 4845) – 1970 *"Jumbleland" / "Late Night Final" (CBS 5377) – 1970 *"Genesis" / "Put on a Little Music" (Columbia DB 8846) – 1971 *"You and I" / "Captain Biscuit" (Columbia DB 8962) – 1972


Albums

*''Somebody's in My Orchard'' (CBS BPG 62894) – 1966 *'' Just Loving You'' (CBS SBPG 63182) – 1967 – UK No.29 *''Anita Harris'' (Marble Arch MAL 761) – 1968 *''Cuddly Toy'' (CBS 63927) – 1969 *''Anita in Jumbleland'' (CBS 64258) – 1970 *''Anita is Peter'' (Golden Hour GH 590) – 1974 *''Love To Sing'' (Warwick WW 5015) – 1976 *''The Best of Anita Harris'' (CBS Embassy 31615) - 1977 *''Feelings'' (Chevron CHVL 117) – 1979 *''A Taste of Honey'' (Columbia 484104 2) - 1996 *''The Essential Anita Harris'' (Right Recordings RIGHT021) – 2003 –
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EPs

*''Nursery Rhymes For Our Times'' (CBS 6359) – 1967 *''Anita Harris'' (Pye NEP 24288) – 1967 *''Dream a Little Dream of Me'' (CBS 6401) – 1968


See also

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References


Sources

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External links


Anita Harris biography
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