Jane Asher with Brian Wakefield
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Title
Jane Asher with Brian Wakefield
Subject
Cork Film Festival, Jane Asher
Description
This is a black and white photo of the English actor Jane Asher and a guest identified as Brian Wakefield from Harrogate in Yorkshire. They are both standing in front of a promotional poster for the Harp Lager-sponsored Cork Film Festival and smiling at the camera.
Asher has become well known in recent years for her writing, business and charity work. However she had a prodigious career in film, theatre, radio and television since she was a young child. Her television work in England is extensive and includes Brideshead Revisited, Miss Marple, New Tricks, and A Voyage Round My Father with Laurence Olivier. Her filmography includes Deep End (Jerzy Skolimowksi, 1970) (with music by Cat Stevens), Alfie (Lewis Gilbert, 1966) with Michael Caine, and the British sitcom The Old Guys. At the time of this picture, marked 1972, Asher starred in Henry VIII and His Six Wives (Waris Huessein, 1972) where she played the part of Jane Seymour.
The personal life of Asher was of great interest to the British media when she was engaged to the Beatle Paul McCartney, whom she met when she was 17. However she broke off her engagement some years later, age 22, after finding him in bed with someone else. She later married the satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe in 1981. As well as being a shareholder in the satirical magazine, Private Eye, Asher has written many books including best-selling novels and lifestyle books with a particular interest in baking. Her range of kitchenware is sold in Poundland in the UK and in Dealz in Ireland. (Ryan Gilbey, ‘Deep End: pulled from the water,’ The Guardian, 01.05.11)
Asher has become well known in recent years for her writing, business and charity work. However she had a prodigious career in film, theatre, radio and television since she was a young child. Her television work in England is extensive and includes Brideshead Revisited, Miss Marple, New Tricks, and A Voyage Round My Father with Laurence Olivier. Her filmography includes Deep End (Jerzy Skolimowksi, 1970) (with music by Cat Stevens), Alfie (Lewis Gilbert, 1966) with Michael Caine, and the British sitcom The Old Guys. At the time of this picture, marked 1972, Asher starred in Henry VIII and His Six Wives (Waris Huessein, 1972) where she played the part of Jane Seymour.
The personal life of Asher was of great interest to the British media when she was engaged to the Beatle Paul McCartney, whom she met when she was 17. However she broke off her engagement some years later, age 22, after finding him in bed with someone else. She later married the satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe in 1981. As well as being a shareholder in the satirical magazine, Private Eye, Asher has written many books including best-selling novels and lifestyle books with a particular interest in baking. Her range of kitchenware is sold in Poundland in the UK and in Dealz in Ireland. (Ryan Gilbey, ‘Deep End: pulled from the water,’ The Guardian, 01.05.11)
Creator
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival
Source
Cork Film Festival Collection
Publisher
University College Cork
Date
1972
Rights
This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Please credit the Cork International Film Festival Archive and provide a link back to the site.
Format
Photo
TIFF
JPEG
TIFF
JPEG
Language
English, eng
Coverage
1972
Cork, Ireland
Cork, Ireland
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photo
Physical Dimensions
252 x 206mm
Collection
Citation
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, “Jane Asher with Brian Wakefield,” Cork International Film Festival Archive, accessed May 26, 2024, https://oceaned.ucc.ie/items/show/353.