Alvin Stardust
Born: 1942-09-27 in London, England
Died: 2014-10-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
Alvin Stardust (Bernard William Jewry) was born on September 27, 1944 in North London's Muswell Hill; the Jewry family moved to Mansfield, in Nottinghamshire shortly after Stardust's second birthday. His mother ran a boarding house, which was frequented by musicians and entertainers appearing at the Mansfield Theatre, which doubtless cultivated his lifelong interest in music and the stage. He was appearing in pantomimes when only just out of infancy and he grew up appearing in local shows and plays, while he began to get into music around the age of twelve, at the time of the UK Skiffle boom. He was still a boarder at the Southwell Minster Collegiate Grammar School when he formed his first group, The Jewry Rhythm Band, who played local fetes, youth clubs, etc.
Filmography
2017
- Glam Rock at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
2001
- Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show as Self (archive footage)
1996
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
1993
- Dog Dish Dream as Birdmouth
1979
- Blankety Blank
- Oh Boy as Self
1971
- Disco as Self
1968
- Spotlight as self
1963
- It's All Happening as Shane Fenton (Himself)
1962
- Play It Cool as Himself (as Shane Fenton)
1955
- This Is Your Life as Self
- The Sooty Show as Himself