Adrienne Posta (born Adrienne Luanne Poster) is a British 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.p. 386, Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, Adrian Room, 5th ed., McFarland, 2010, .
Biography Posta appeared in films such as To Sir with Love (1967) and Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, Up the Junction (both 1968), Spring and Port Wine (1970), Up Pompeii (1971) and Carry On Behind (1975). She also featured in a number of TV programmes, including the first episode of Budgie (1971), where she appeared as a stripper. She appeared throughout the BBC 1 series It's Lulu (1973), singing, dancing and acting alongside her friend Lulu and comedian Roger Kitter.
Posta also recorded a number of singles, including "The Winds that Blow" b/w "Backstreet Girl" on Decca Records, which was released in 1965. She has worked as a teacher in the Midlands and at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Posta is an honorary patron of the Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.
Filmography Film No Time for Tears (1957) – Cathy Harris To Sir, With Love (1967) – Moira Joseph Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968) – Linda Up the Junction (1968) – Rube Some Girls Do (1969) – Drummond's Daily All the Way Up (1970) – Daphne Dunmore Spring and Port Wine (1970) – Betty Duckworth Percy (1971) – Maggie Hyde Up Pompeii (1971) – Scrubba The Alf Garnett Saga (1972) – Rita Percy's Progress (1974) – PC 217 Three for All (1975) – Diane Carry On Behind (1975) – Norma Baxter Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976) – Carol Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) – Lisa Moroni
Television Hancock (1963), 1 episode – Girl The Human Jungle – episode: "Conscience on a Rack" (1964) – Hazel Phillips Sergeant Cork (1964), episode: "The Case of the Pious Patriarch" The Master (1966) Journey to the Unknown (1968), episode: "Miss Belle" Don't Ask Us - We're New Here (1969) Dear Mother...Love Albert (1970) - Nurse Fleming - ('Hearts and Flowers' episode) Alexander the Greatest (1971) Budgie (1971), episode: "Out" – The Salford Stripper It's Lulu (1973) Till Death Us Do Part (1974), episode: "Party Night" – Millie Moody and Pegg (1974–1975) – Iris Edward the Seventh (1975) – Marie Lloyd Bar Mitzvah Boy (1976) Minder (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" The Wishing Chair (1998) – additional female characters 64 Zoo Lane (1999-2000), British animated television series – voiced several characters, including Doris the Duck, Molly the Hippo (Episode 3), Janet and Janice the Mother Kangaroos, Pauline the Pelican, Isabel the Flamingo, Melanie the Moose, Esmeralda the Snake, Petula the Parrot, Annabelle the Flamingo, Sharon the Puffin, Edna the Hyena and Various Preston Pig (2000) – Preston's Mom Angelina Ballerina (2001) – Grandma Mouseling
Theatre Up in the Gallery, playing the lead role of Marie Lloyd alongside Jack Douglas and John Altman Babes in the Wood, playing Maid Marion alongside Edward Woodward at the London Palladium. Piaf, playing the role of Edith Piaf circa 1983 SuperTed: A Musical for Children, playing the role of The Blue Fairy alongside Derek Griffiths, David Tate, Sheila Steafel, Victor Spinetti, Melvyn Hayes, Peter Blake and Roy Kinnear.
Discography Her first recordings were as Adrienne Poster.Adrienne Poster – Discography, accessed on line 19 November 2010. 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 Adrienne Posta.Adrienne Posta – Discography, accessed on line 19 November 2010. 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'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)
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