Petula Clark

SINGER - ACTOR

Years before you made your American movie debut in Finian's Rainbow for Francis Ford Coppola, you had appeared in many British movies and, of course, had major success as a singer and TV personality. That success became even bigger when you enjoyed an astonishing series of 15 Top Forty hit records including "Downtown," I Know a Place," "My Love," "A Sign of the Times," "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love," Who Am I," "This Is My Song," on and on. It's no wonder that the makers of Valley of the Dolls hotly pursued you for the role of troubled superstar Neely O'Hara. What was that all about?

I have only a vague recollection of all this! However, I do recall that my management at that time felt that the role was ‘not suitable’ for me and left it at that!!!