She was only using the gate to rest. Just a couple of years later he landed a five-picture deal with Rank Films. No mention of his wife, Moira, though. There was an S Baxter in that area, with an address. It was all good, clean, pre-Carry On fun. So: Mr White hadnt been having me on Baxter did live in London, then. When he stopped doing TV spectaculars, we were told that everybody had an eye on the clock because the clock meant money. He was working out in a gym and swimming several lengths of the RAC pool every day. He divulged: "I couldn't put up with very long periods of not being with men. Aug 2017 - Aug 20225 years 1 month. Yet there is one celebrity who has bucked the trend. Its simple and has the few things I need warmth, decent light for reading, a gramophone and a TV if I wish to view. Bingo! What none but his closest friends realised was that Baxter was desperately unhappy, his personal life a battlefield. Instead, he withdrew from the showbiz world. And why shouldn't he? 'I couldn't put up with very long periods of not being with men,' he says frankly. There was no reply from the intercom buzzer. But of course I should have been stronger. The more I got to know of her I realised she was a lovely person, a woman of enormous heart.. . Doesnt he do interviews at all? Baxter appeared alongside Jimmy Logan and Rikki Fulton in extravagantly-produced shows with Ziegfeld-scale sets and dancing girls, but also made his first BBC television appearance in 1951. I told her my preference and said, Thats why I am breaking off the relationship. Nostrils flaring. I never wanted to be gay. And he reads the Independent. The Citz was a heterosexual theatre company. Do not sell or share my personal information. Especially when youre in high heels, do you know what I mean? There was, it seemed, no prospect of an interview. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to 'I was going to top myself,' he says. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Everythings being raked around in here ready for Christmas. Baxter is appearing on a charges of. It was a relief. And the sex was fine not rockets going off or anything.. But he did not understand what he was feeling till he met Bill Henry, a schoolmate with blond hair and a taste for intellectual books. . I was utterly overwhelmed. Stanley Baxter is one of my all-time favourites, he said. She's just 18 years old and has already started her astronaut training to be the first person to walk on Mars in 2033. And since that time he hasnt been able to surrender the thought had he not married the fragile, vulnerable woman she may have lived more of a happy life. But more than that, he feared his fiercely ambitious mother. WHERE do you start, with only a name to go on? See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. Add a New Bio Also known as Moira Spouses Stanley Baxter (1951 - 1997) Died 1997 Edit Submitted on July 23, 2013 Citation Use the citation below to add to a bibliography: Style: MLA Chicago APA "Moira Robertson." British actress Moira Robertson and her husband, British comedian and actor Stanley Baxter, at Clerkenwell Magistrates Court in London, England, 5th March 1962. She wanted to come, too. And, yes, the address I had was the correct one. His associates would not return my calls. I hope you enjoy it, let me know what you think. 'One wounded bird helping to look after another,' Stanley said. My names Cole Moreton, from the Independent on Sunday. He's willing to let the world decide for itself. There was no answer. Yes. Carrying a plastic shopping bag. Baxter is appearing on a charges of soliciting and public indecency. Moira meanwhile, had pushed aside question marks against Stanleys sexuality, partly because she adored her boyfriend and loved his talent. . Williams believed Stanley to be taking advantage of Moira and a traitor to the cause. I felt vulnerable. Ill let you know through my agent, OK? I like to retreat into playing other people. Baxter resolved to repress his sexuality when he returned to Glasgow two years later to live, as he put it, 'as a straight actor'. Stanley walked through the doors of the Gorbals theatre and into theatre heaven, loving this avant-garde world populated by the likes of Sybil Thorndyke and Duncan Macrae. She visited the LWT studios while her husband's show was recording, and danced in the lobby when she was not allowed onto the stage. Absolutely not? She became disruptive. Despite his success, he had, in fact, always had a certain invisibility. I kept getting those sheeps eyes every time she passed me in the theatre and she appeared to be heartbroken READ MOREShowbiz legend Stanley Baxter says No, "I told her my preference and said: 'Thats why I am breaking off the relationship. Just let me ask you one thing. He couldnt say when Baxter was expected next, but took my number to pass on. And so, a few weeks later, I did the right journalistic thing and rang Mentorn and Channel 4. Certified Fellow since 2006. Moira wrote him a very sane and balanced letter. His act was so daring that he was probably the first TV comedian to impersonate the Queen. Her husband's career blossomed, with a series of cinema roles that led to star billing in films such as The Fast Lady. 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I guess I had come to really like Moira. There had been no mystery about the retirement, said Lennie, who talked about the physical demands of changing costumes so often. ', Until, inevitably, it did. He has a talismanic quality that makes people feel hes very much in touch with their lives, and then suddenly, out he zooshes looking really rather sexy. . A stage smile. His sketch shows were months in the making and the talk of the nation spectacular, controversial, unlike anything ever seen. No, for the reason I just gave. Yet he was, and is, missed: in England, as the funniest man on television; in Scotland - where they take panto very seriously - as the greatest dame of the century: a master of the double entendre and the quick, stunning costume-change. But Stanley couldnt contain his sexual frustrations. Not Stanleys fee, particularly, but you have to pay the Musicians Union, youve got to pay all the dancers, Equity and so on. He died aged just 26 and Stanley was heartbroken. Jul 1988 - Present34 years 4 months. It was real weakness on my part.. He reckoned it would at least a few years before the couple arrived at Wedding Central. His relationship with Marcus deepened and continued until the younger man died of lung cancer four years ago, though the two never lived together. It was a gloomy place, full of old men moving in slow motion and staring into space. A public face is no longer enough if youre a public figure. His father was apparently a solid, reliable type who worked in insurance; it was his mother who encouraged the young Stanleys gift for mimicry, accompanying him on the piano while he did Harry Lauder impressions for friends and relatives. Two years into the marriage, relations with Moira were "fine", but the sex was dwindling. We are lucky at The Herald. 96 Stanley naci en Glasgow, Scotland -1 pero desconocemos donde naci Moira Robertson No. This is no mean achievement. Well, you, really. Yet my interest had been rekindled, my hopes raised, before being dashed against the same old stonewalling. Moira Robertson was the wife of actor Stanley Baxter. One of Scotland's greatest comedians has come out as gay but admitted: "I never wanted to be, I still don't." Stanley Baxter, 94, said that he and his wife, Moira Robertson, knew that he was. . He said, Oh well, if you did I should just follow you. FOR MANY of the details I subsequently learnt about Stanley Baxters life, I was grateful to Andy Young, a Scottish freelance writer who gained the comedians confidence about 100 years ago and is one of the few people to have interviewed him at any length. At one point during my researches I was intrigued to meet a person in north London who had lived near the Baxters for a while in recent years, and who believed that they now lived apart, but that Stanley visited his wifes new home for lunch most days. As a last shot I rang David White, who said I had been very naughty. 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View more posts, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), It was 20 years ago todayish. British actress Moira Robertson (year of birth unknown-1997) and her husband, British comedian and actor Stanley Baxter, at Clerkenwell Magistrates Court in London, England, 5th March 1962. Its just prohibitive, you know, because they were such big specials. But it was because I knew I'd made the biggest mistake of my life.. Ill tell you, he said, managing to communicate weariness down the line. Is it possible that we can have a chat with him? His heart raced as he rushed towards her and pulled her back. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. But Ill tell you the basic outline. . In the past, the journalists job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Yes, there would be a show. Bei kommerzieller Verwendung sowie fr verkaufsfrdernde Zwecke kontaktieren Sie bitte Ihr. It was absolutely selfish. Stanley Baxter is arguably the funniest man and one of the most fetching women in Britain. In London, Stanley found immediate success with TV satire On The Bright Side. She kept calling for him and my mother wasnt too happy about this. He says now that he'd known for years that he found men more attractive than women, because at the Saturday morning cinema club he could not take his eyes off the half-naked Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan, rather than Maureen O'Sullivan's Jane. Fred Baxter, knowing his son was unconvincing in the role of Happy Groom, attempted a last-minute derailment. 'It was then she physically attacked me. Well see what happens. . Baxter had married Moira Robertson, an actress at the Citizens Theatre, in the early Fifties. There was a sort of obsession.. Anyway, here it is: a piece from a time before the internet or ubiquitous mobiles, when the celebrity age was just beginning but you still had to go to the library to look at the electoral register. It was in CSE that Baxter met openly gay men for the first time. Helen Wright, 67, and Moira. Moira tried to take her own life on two occasions. View the profiles of people named Moira Robertson. '. The veteran Glaswegian actor reveals in his new biography The Real Stanley Baxter, written with his approval by Brian Beacom, that his wife of 45 years Moira Robertson knew about his sexuality and he brought men home with her blessing. If it doesn't work out, you just get divorced and you move on. And my father replied with a very heavy voice, No, it's not as easy as that., The following Monday, the Scottish Daily Express wrote of the 'quiet' wedding. Er, or something like it. "Thankfully Moira was very understanding. And the decision may have played a part his wifes untimely death. Well, it was worth a go. Stanley Baxter and Moira Robertson on their wedding day. Baxter would tell the whole truth, on condition that it remained a secret. There was to be no further co-operation. Pinnwnde sind ideal zum Speichern von Bildern und Videoclips. Eccentric. So he wouldnt talk to a newspaper, even over the phone? Why? 'If you can sing, dance, play a musical instrument or whatever,' the announcement read, 'please apply'. Then one night she invited me for my favourite spaghetti up to her little rented flat at 65 Clouston Street and I was seduced back into bed again., The appetite sated, Stanley reckoned the only way to break off the relationship once and for all was to be entirely honest with Moira. The pulleys were always full of stuff., Moira was more Dora from David Copperfield than Glaswegian domestic goddess. This girl finally gets to head back to work soon! I was apprehensive about getting involved for all the obvious reasons. Her reaction was dramatic. His performance of Eager Young Husband was the worst he would give in his life. It wasnt like theatres of today, which are heavily populated with gay people. Later that week, Marcus visited her they got on well and found her nursing a dying pigeon by the fire. He suggested I contact Mentorn Films, who were recording new links for the show. By then, he had fallen in love for the first time. For years, they have resisted the English trend towards pop and soap stars making fools of themselves in tights, in favour of veteran panto specialists like Baxter. She recovered in hospital and wrote to her husband, insisting, 'I'll never do something so foolish again.' Stanley was freaked out at my turning up at his house. Would it have happened anyway? 'She would think the television was talking to her.' 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