Adrienne Posta (born Adrienne Luanne Poster) is a British actress and singer, prominent during the 1960s and 1970s. She adopted the surname 'Posta' in 1966.Adrienne Poster, page on "Ready Steady Girls" (readysteadygirls.eu). Retrieved 19 November 2010.
Carry On Behind
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'' (1975). She also featured in many TV programmes, including the first episode of '' Budgie'' (1971), where she appeared as a stripper. She appeared throughout the
BBC 1
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series '' It's Lulu'' (1973), singing, dancing and acting alongside her friend
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and comedian
Roger Kitter
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.
Posta also recorded a number of singles. She has worked as a teacher in the
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and at the
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To Sir, With Love
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Some Girls Do
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'' (1969) – Drummond's Daily
*'' All the Way Up'' (1970) – Daphne Dunmore
*'' Spring and Port Wine'' (1970) – Betty Duckworth
*'' Percy'' (1971) – Maggie Hyde
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'' (1971) – Scrubba
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'' (1974) – PC 217
*'' Three for All'' (1975) – Diane
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Carry On Behind
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'' (1975) – Norma Baxter
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'' (1976) – Carol
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Television
* '' Hancock'' (1963), 1 episode – Girl
*'' The Human Jungle'' – episode: "Conscience on a Rack" (1964) – Hazel Phillips
*'' The Master'' (1966)
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*'' Alexander the Greatest'' (1971)
*'' Budgie'' (1971), episode: "Out" – The Salford Stripper
*'' It's Lulu'' (1973)
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'' (1975) –
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'' (1980) – Jenny
*'' In Loving Memory'' (1980), episode: "The Angels Want Me for a Sunbeam" – Sister Joanna
*'' The Olympian Way'' (1981) – Eva
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Marie Lloyd
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'', playing Maid Marion alongside Edward Woodward at the
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, David Tate,
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.
Discography
Her first recordings were as Adrienne Poster.
* 7" single "Only Fifteen" / "There's Nothing You Can Do About That" – Decca F 11797 (1963)
* 7" single "Shang A Doo Lang" / "When A Girl Really Loves You" – Decca F 11864 (1964)
* 7" single "He Doesn't Love Me" / " The Way You Do the Things You Do" – Decca F 12079 (1965)
* 7" single "The Winds That Blow" / "Backstreet Girl" – Decca F 12181 (1965)
* 7" single "Something Beautiful" / "So Glad You're Mine" – Decca F 12329 (1966)
Subsequent recordings were as Posta.
* 7" single "They Long To Be Close To You" / "How Can I Hurt You?" – Decca F 12455 (1966)
* 7" single "Dog Song" / "Express Yourself" – DJM DJS 286 (1973)
* 7" single "Cruisin' Casanova" / "Sing Me" – President PT 453 (1976)
She also recorded as part of
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's group the Piglets:"Jonathan King", p. 280, Rock movers & shakers, Barry Lazell, Billboard Publications, Inc., 1989, .
* 7" single "Johnny Reggae" / backing track – Bell Records (1971)