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MILLIONS of television viewers will see Patrice Taylor of Haverhill transformed into singer Rosemary Clooney on the Stars In Their Eyes TV show next month.
Patrice of Hamlet Road, Haverhill, enjoyed recording the show so much she is hoping it will help get her back on track as a professional performer. Although she is an Equity card carrying actress, Patrice has not worked for a few years after needing surgery on an aneurysm in her brain.
Originally from Florida, Patrice came to the United Kingdom in 1981, after living in Germany, and has been in Haverhill for three years.
Her husband and a friend sent a tape of Patrice singing to Granada Television for another show which had ended and it was passed on to Stars In Their Eyes.
"It was great fun and has really helped give me my confidence back. I had not worked for a few years and I am really fortunate that I am still living. I love Matthew Kelly, he is a lovely genuine man and makes you feel completely at ease."
"I have always sung since I was tiny with my family, then with my church and I studied music as my major at university. Then I went back to study for some drama skills in Texas from 1986 to 1988. I am writing a lot of letters to agents and hoping to do a West End show," Mrs Taylor said.
On the programme televised on November 4 Mrs Taylor will appear along with ten dancers performing Mambo Italiano.