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Fifties pin-up star now living in squalor
23:20, 4 SEP 2007 UPDATED 20:39, 7 FEB 2013
BY MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
IN her hey-day she was described as Marilyn Monroe, Diana Dors and
Jayne Mansfield, all rolled into one.
IN her hey-day she was described as Marilyn Monroe, Diana Dors and
Jayne Mansfield, all rolled into one.
Stockport-born superstar Sabrina was the sex kitten of the 1950s and
lived a dream lifestyle envied by millions across the world.
But it seems that the dream has finally come to an end. According to a
national newspaper report, Sabrina, whose real name is Norma Sykes,
has become a tragic recluse in Beverly Hills.
Her story is now one of unfulfilled dreams as she lives a hermit-style
existence in semi-squalor in a Californian suburb, rarely venturing
out of her Spanish-style house at the intersections of three ten-lane
motorways, and under the flightpath of LA's Burbank Airport.
The house has been left to go to rack and ruin through years of
neglect on a street nicknamed 'Smog Central'.
Sabrina, born Norma Ann Sykes in 1936, lived on Buckingham Street,
Heaviley, for about 13 years. The blonde bombshell, who was a pin-up
of the fifties, founded her showbiz career on the twin assets of her
41-inch bust.
Sabrina, who attended St George's School on Buxton Road, and was once
a school champion breast stroke swimmer, bounced onto the showbusiness
stage at the age of 18 on an Arthur Askey TV programme - 'Before Your
Very Eyes'.
But stardom did not come easily. After spending four years in hospital
with rheumatic fever, she spent all the money she had saved on a trip
to London when she was 16, where she quickly made her mark as a model.
Sabrina's big break came in 1955 when she was spotted by a BBC
producer.
It was then she appeared on the Arthur Askey show, where she picked up
the dumb blonde tag, which has followed her ever since.
At the height of her career, she was considered the epitome of
femininity and appeared on the cover and centrefold of Britain's
largest selling magazine at the time - the Picture Post.
She was offered roles in a handful of movies and found fame as
Virginia in Blue Murder at St Trinian's in 1959, despite the fact she
was not given a single line.
Sabrina was a star of dynamic proportions, her 41-17-36 figure drew
attention wherever she went.
European royalty.
Frank Sinatra wanted to date her and 10,000 fans would turn out just
to catch a glimpse of her.
Intent on carving out a career in Hollywood, Sabrina made several
attempts to break into Tinseltown, before giving up and quitting
showbiz after she married a wealthy Hollywood gynaecologist in 1967.
But according to reports this weekend the voluptuous Stockport beauty
and darling of post-war Britain, is now broken and alone living in
squalor.
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