Adrienne Posta (born Adrienne Luanne Poster, 24 March 1949) is an English actress and singer, prominent during the 1960s and 1970s. She adopted the surname 'Posta' in 1966.Adrienne Poster, page on "Ready Steady Girls" (readysteadygirls.eu). Retrieved 19 November 2010.
Up the Junction
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The book uses colloquial speech, and its portrayal of petty thieving, sexual encoun ...
Carry On Behind
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'' (1975). She also featured in many TV programmes, including the first episode of '' Budgie'' (1971), where she appeared as a stripper. She appeared throughout the
BBC 1
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series '' It's Lulu'' (1973), singing, dancing and acting alongside her friend
Lulu
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and comedian
Roger Kitter
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Posta also recorded a number of singles. She has worked as a teacher in the Midlands and at the
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
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. Posta is an honorary patron of
the Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America
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To Sir, With Love
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Up the Junction
''Up the Junction'' is a 1963 collection of short stories by Nell Dunn that depicts contemporary life in the industrial slums of Battersea and Clapham Junction.
The book uses colloquial speech, and its portrayal of petty thieving, sexual encoun ...
Percy
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'' (1971) – Maggie Hyde
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Up Pompeii
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'' (1971) – Scrubba
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The Alf Garnett Saga
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'' (1972) – Rita
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Percy's Progress
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'' (1974) – PC 217
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Three for All
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'' (1975) – Diane
*''
Carry On Behind
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'' (1975) – Norma Baxter
*''
Adventures of a Taxi Driver
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'' (1976) – Carol
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Adventures of a Private Eye
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'' (1977) – Lisa Moroni
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* Hancock, Maryland
* Hancock, Massachusetts
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'' (1963), 1 episode – Girl
*'' The Human Jungle'' – episode: "Conscience on a Rack" (1964) – Hazel Phillips
*'' The Master'' (1966)
*''
Journey to the Unknown
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*'' Alexander the Greatest'' (1971)
*'' Budgie'' (1971), episode: "Out" – The Salford Stripper
*'' It's Lulu'' (1973)
*''
Till Death Us Do Part
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'' (1974), episode: "Party Night" – Millie
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Moody and Pegg
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'' (1974–1975)
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Edward the Seventh
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Based on the biography of King Edward VII by Philip Magnus, it starred Annette Crosbie as Queen Victoria, Timothy West as the elder Edward VII, w ...
'' (1975) –
Marie Lloyd
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Minder
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'' (1980) – Jenny
*'' In Loving Memory'' (1980), episode: "The Angels Want Me for a Sunbeam" – Sister Joanna
*'' The Olympian Way'' (1981) – Eva
*'' Red Dwarf'' (1997), episode "
Ouroboros
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Pablo the Little Red Fox
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'' (1999) - Pumpkin and Rose
*''
64 Zoo Lane
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* ...
'' (1999-2000) American animated television series – voiced several characters, including Doris the Duck, Janet and Janice the Mother Kangaroos, Pauline the Pelican, Isabel the Flamingo, Melanie the Moose, Esmeralda the Snake, Annabelle the Flamingo, Sharon the Puffin, Edna the Hyena and Petula the Parrot (US version)
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Preston Pig
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'' (2000) – Preston's Mom
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Angelina Ballerina
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Marie Lloyd
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Babes in the Wood
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'', playing Maid Marion alongside Edward Woodward at the
London Palladium
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Edith Piaf
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Derek Griffiths
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, David Tate,
Sheila Steafel
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,
Victor Spinetti
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,
Melvyn Hayes
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Roy Kinnear
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.
Discography
Her first recordings were as Adrienne Poster.
* 7" single "Only Fifteen" / "There's Nothing You Can Do About That" – Decca F 11797 (1963)
* 7" single "Shang A Doo Lang" / "When A Girl Really Loves You" – Decca F 11864 (1964)
* 7" single "He Doesn't Love Me" / "The Way You Do The Things You Do" – Decca F 12079 (1965)
* 7" single "The Winds That Blow" / "Backstreet Girl" – Decca F 12181 (1965)
* 7" single "Something Beautiful" / "So Glad You're Mine" – Decca F 12329 (1966)
Subsequent recordings were as Posta.
* 7" single "They Long To Be Close To You" / "How Can I Hurt You?" – Decca F 12455 (1966)
* 7" single "Dog Song" / "Express Yourself" – DJM DJS 286 (1973)
* 7" single "Cruisin' Casanova" / "Sing Me" – President PT 453 (1976)
She also recorded as part of
Jonathan King
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's group the Piglets:"Jonathan King", p. 280, Rock movers & shakers, Barry Lazell, Billboard Publications, Inc., 1989, .
* 7" single "Johnny Reggae" / backing track – Bell Records (1971)