She was a columnist for the Daily Express, She magazine, and the News of the World in the 1950s and 1960s. She also appeared on many radio broadcasts, particularly on Woman's Hour and My Word!, and later as a panelist on the television programmes What's My …

She was a columnist for the Daily Express, She magazine and the News of the World in the 1950s and 1960s, also appearing on many radio broadcasts, particularly on Woman's Hour and My Word!, and later as a panelist on the television programs Juke Box Jury and What's My Line?.

She became a star columnist for the Daily Express, She and the News of the World in the 1950s and 1960s and made many radio broadcasts, particularly on Woman's Hour and My Word! She later appeared as a panellist on BBC TV's record review programme Juke Box Jury and the panel game What's My Line?.

Dec 28, 2020 · Nancy Spain was quite a character, something of a household name in the 1950s and 60s, a writer and broadcaster she made regular appearances on TV shows like Juke Box Jury which I may have heard of but am too young to have ever seen.

Her first TV appearance was in 1955 in Balloon Debate; this was quickly followed by appearances in What’s My Line, Who Said That ?and Juke Box Jury. However she continued to write and in 1957 came to Brighton for a short time to start work on a new book renting a house at 10 Wentworth Street.

In this revealing biography, Rose Collis rediscovers Nancy Spain’s public and private life and creates an account of a truly exceptional woman – and the shocking (and ultimately tragic) secret she kept from her public, even after her untimely death.

Apr 18, 2014 · She was a journalist, broadcaster and television presenter, a genuine populist who wrote columns for the red tops when they still commissioned bright writing instead of pursuing celebrity gossip....

A Trouser-wearing Character Rose Collis,1997 When Nancy Spain died in a plane crash in 1964 aged 47 with her partner Joan Werner Laurie she was at the height of a brilliant media career A famous all media celebrity of the time she was a seasoned journalist and writer with over 10 camp and frothy crime novels to her name She later moved into radio and TV quickly becoming an established panelist ...

Nancy Brooker Spain (13 September 1917 – 21 March 1964) was a prominent English broadcaster and journalist. She was a columnist for the Daily Express, She magazine, and the News of the World in the 1950s and 1960s.

When Nancy Spain died in a plane crash in 1964, aged 47, with her partner, Joan Werner Laurie, she was at the height of a brilliant media career. A famous all-media celebrity of the time, she was...