
Known for
Acting
Born
August 4, 1935 (age 91)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
A highly photogenic blonde starlet of the 1950s, petite, buxom Vera Day was once touted as Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe. Having dropped out of school at the age of 15, she had tried her hand in retail and hospitality before finding steadier employment as a beauty parlour assistant and hairdresser's model. Modelling then became her full-time occupation, but Vera had loftier ambitions. Answering an ad for showgirls in a theatrical publication, she went on to audition for bandleader and impresario Jack Hylton. Hylton was sufficiently impressed by her looks and self-assurance to cast her in his West End stage production of Wish You Were Here at the London Casino in 1953. This was followed...
2013
as Self
2007
as Sadie Miller
1998
1964
as Arlene
1963
as Betty
1962
1962
as Diane
1961
as Shirley Hornett
1960
as Daisy Freeman
1960
as Cynthia Tripp
1959
as Charmaine
1958
as Angela
1958
as Lily
1958
as Pearl
1958
as Sally Norton
1958
as Ann Addams
1958
as Daphne Watson
1957
as Edna
1957
as Blonde at Dance
1957
as Sheila
1957
as Betty
1956
as Maureen Temple
1955
as Maisie
1955
as Mimi
1955
as Blondie