CHAU1853  A large 10" x 8" circa 1980s hand signed photo for Christine Pilgrim who was in The Benny Hill Show here shown in her traditional sexy outfits and has some ageing etc still very good condition personally autographed by the actress and has a beautiful portrait photo (2" x 2") she has fixed to the top right corner with a hand written message "Lest You Forget .. Love Christine". 

Chrstine Pilgrim interview...".....Working on the show was fascinating. Benny was a comic, not an actor. There is a vast difference between the two. I was sitting with him in makeup when two actors were rehearsing a sketch on the studio floor. (It was about a fortune teller with a crystal ball... 'she' was a man in drag... sorry, can't remember the names of the actors.... both very fine...) The tv monitor was just above our heads. Benny watched the two actors rehearse, as actors would, with nuances and subtleties in an actor's rhythm. Benny leapt from his chair and within seconds was on the studio floor saying vehemently, "No, no no! I want it to go Bam Bam Bam... punch line!" The actors' way was more subtle and would have achieved several chuckles; Benny's way got the big laugh at the end with hardly a titter en route. Benny was more the director/comic than the leading actor. There was no question about who was boss! When the crew guffawed at some line I delivered, Benny said firmly, "I'm the one who gets the laughs!" I never knew whether he was joking or not!  "