Caroline Munro, First Lady of Fantasy: A Complete Annotated Record of Film and Television Appearances

173 Pages·2012·3.31 MB·English

by  Robert Michael Bobb Cotter

CAROLINE MUNRO,
FIRST LADY OF FANTASY
ALSO BY ROBERT MICHAEL “BOBB” COTTER
AND FROM MCFARLAND
Ingrid Pitt, Queen of Horror: The Complete Career(2010)
A History of the Doc Savage Adventures in Pulps,
Paperbacks, Comics, Fanzines, Radio and Film(2009)
The Mexican Masked Wrestler and Monster Filmography
(2005; paperback 2008)
The Great Monster Magazines: A Critical Study of
the Black and White Publications of the
1950s, 1960s and 1970s(2008)
C M ,
AROLINE UNRO
F L F
IRST ADY OF ANTASY
A Complete Annotated Record of
Film and Television Appearances
Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter
Foreword by Caroline Munro
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London
LIBRARYOFCONGRESSCATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATIONDATA
Cotter, Bobb.
Caroline Munro, first lady of fantasy : a complete
annotated record of film and television appearances /
Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7864-6882-9
softcover : acid free paper
¡. Munro, Caroline, 1950–[sic; 1949–] 2. Motion picture
actors and actresses—Great Britain—Biography. I. Title.
PN2598.M85C58 2012 791.4302'8092—dc23 [B] 2012020389
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No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form
or by any means, electronic or mechanical, i ncluding photocopying
or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,
without p ermission in writing from the p ublisher.
Front cover image: Caroline Munro in At the Earth’s Core,
1976, directed by Kevin Connor (Photofest)
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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Box 6¡¡, Je›erson, North Carolina 28640
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To Dad and Brownie and Ingrid Pitt—RIP;
Mum; my loving wife Cheryl and Lucky the Wonder Dog;
Bobby Darin, Joe Bob Briggs, Raoul Duke,
Jack Lambert (#58) and Count Floyd.
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CKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special thanks: Tami Hamalian, Paul Gooding, Gary Svehla, Gary Dile (R.I.P.),
Eide’s Entertainment, Richard Klemensen, Bruce Timm, Patrick Desmond,
the Fin, the Whizzer, and the Usual Gang of Idiots.
Very special thanks: John Del Margio, the Rare Horror/Sci-Fi Movie
Collector Extraordinaire for Hire ([email protected]); Paul “Cookie-Head”
Riggie, the Master of Sound and Vision, and, of course,
Caroline Munro, the First Lady of Fantasy!
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ABLE OF ONTENTS
Acknowledgments vi
Foreword by Caroline Munro 1
Preface 3
Films and Television 5
Documentary and Guest Appearances,
Archival Footage and Other Works 119
Bibliography 161
Index 163
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F C M
OREWORD BY AROLINE UNRO
What you hold in your hands began life at the wonderful Monster Bash in Pitts-
burgh in 2011. It’s one of my favorite events, and taking a break from guest duties I
took a wander through the dealers room, intrigued to see what was on offer, when the
beautiful face of dear Ingrid Pitt immediately caught my eye. She was on the cover of
Bobb’s previous book, Ingrid Pitt: Queen of Horror, so I stopped and we chatted about
my recently departed and still much, much, missed friend.
Toward the end of our conversation Bobb asked if I would like to have a book
similar to Ingrid’s. I thought it would be a wonderful idea but had to explain that after
thinking about it for a while, earlier in the year I had actually started working on my
autobiography, with all the scripts and contracts, clippings and photographs that I’d kept
over the years finally being retrieved from storage only a month or so before I’d left for
this event. Still, because of his boundless enthusiasm and knowledge of my work, I got
a really good feeling talking to Bobb and because I knew he would have my best interests
at heart, didn’t see why he shouldn’t go ahead with his own book since it would be less
personal than mine, concentrating on the casts and crews, accompanied by his own cri-
tiques of the various films and television programs I’ve been in over the years.
What I particularly liked was seeing the cast and crew getting the recognition they
deserve. If the director is the beating heart of every production, it’s the invaluable input
from all the people from the various departments that provide the blood and muscle and
sinew that helps bring each project to life. Even if we didn’t always have a particularly
generous budget, for me as an actress they did their very best to help create the many
different worlds—through the costumes, make-up, sets and lighting—that my characters
inhabited, and the more real they made it, the easier it was for me to play the part.
Because audiences don’t always pay attention or even stay around to read the credits
there’s a wealth of talented artists and craftsmen who, outside of the industry, don’t
always get the recognition they rightly deserve. Since a number of those talented people
have sadly passed away over the years since we all worked together, as well as remembering
them with great affection I’m very pleased to see them recorded here so fans unfamiliar
with some of the names might take the opportunity to seek out their other work.
So I thank them for all the effort they put into all the productions I worked on,
and I thank Bobb for all his hard work putting this all together. Hopefully, when I
eventually finish writing my own book the two can sit side by side and enhance each
other. So, nice one, Bobb!
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