Catherine "Katie" Boyle (born Caterina Irene Elena Maria Imperiali Di Francavilla on 29 May 1926) is a television presenter, well known for appearing on TV panel games such as What's My Line? and for presenting the Eurovision Song Contest in the 1960s and 1970s
Overview
She was born in Florence, Italy, the daughter of an Italian marquis, the Marchese Demetrio Imperiali di Francavilla and Dorothy Kate Ramsden. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event What's My Line? is a weekly panel Game show which was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest She came to England in 1946 and started her modelling career which included such publications as Vogue. Vogue is a Fashion and lifestyle Magazine published in eighteen countries by Condé Nast Publications. Catherine also appeared in several 1950s films, the first being Old Mother Riley, Headmistress, (1950) in which she was billed as 'Catherine Carleton' [see image of Catherine in this film here[1]], followed by The House in the Square (1951), Not Wanted on Voyage, The Truth About Women, Intent to Kill [with Richard Todd, and (credited as 'Catherine Boyl') in Les Carnets de Major Thompson/The Diary of Major Thompson (1955), with Jack Buchanan, filmed in France by US director Preston Sturges. Richard Todd (born 11 June 1919 is a British Actor, Soldier and film star Jack Buchanan ( 2 April 1891 – 20 October 1957) born Walter John Buchanan, was a British theatre and film Preston Sturges ( August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) originally Edmund Preston Biden was a celebrated Screenwriter and
In the 1960s she became a television personality regularly appearing on panel games and programmes such as as What's My Line? and Juke Box Jury. What's My Line? is a weekly panel Game show which was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS Juke Box Jury was a pop themed panel show originally produced by BBC television from 1959 - 1967, the first edition having been broadcast on 1 Katie was the presenter for the 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1974 Eurovision Song Contests, all hosted in England. According to author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor's The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, Katie hosted the 1974 contest minus her underwear, which was cut off from under her satin dress moments before the broadcast began. [1] She also hosted the UK qualifying heat, A Song for Europe, in 1961. In 1982 Katie starred as herself in the BBC radio play The Competition. The play told the story of a fictitious international song contest being staged in Bridlington. Katie was guest of honour at the Eurovision fan club conventions staged in 1988 and 1992. She appeared at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest held in Birmingham as a special guest of the BBC. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Her other work has included theatre, television (What's Up Dog?) and radio (Katie and Friends).
In 1947 she married Viscount Boyle (now Earl of Shannon); the marriage was dissolved in 1955. Earl of Shannon is a title in the Peerage of Ireland, created in 1756 for the prominent Irish politician Henry Boyle, who served as Speaker of the The same year she married Greville Baylis, a racehorse owner who died in 1976. In 1979 she married for the 3rd time to Sir Peter Saunders, the theatre impresario who died in 2002. Sir Peter Saunders (born November 23 1911, Swiss Cottage, London; died February 6 2003, Hampstead London) was
She is also an avid lover of animals, dogs being special to her. She sits on the board of Battersea Dogs Home and is Patron of the Italian Greyhound Rescue Charity. Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is the UK's oldest and most famous home for dogs and cats and is situated in the Battersea area of London England At home she has two dogs: Cassie (a Collie cross) and Totty (an Italian Greyhound), both of which came from Battersea. For the Rough Collie and Smooth Collie see their separate articles or for information on both see Scotch Collie. The Italian Greyhound is a small breed of Dog of the Sight hound type. In 1989 she recorded an audio cassette with the dog trainer John Fisher entitled Think Dog!
References
- ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
Bibliography
She has also written three books:
- Dear Katie Tips from her days as agony aunt for TV Times, 1975
- What This Katie Did, autobiography 1980
- Battersea Tales Stories of rescues from the Home, 1997
She is still agony aunt for the monthly magazine Dogs Today. An advice column is a column at a Magazine or Newspaper written by an advice columnist (colloquially known as an agony aunt, or agony uncle if
| Preceded by Jacqueline Joubert |
Eurovision Song Contest presenter 1960 |
Succeeded by Jacqueline Joubert |
| Preceded by Mireille Delannoy |
Eurovision Song Contest presenter 1963 |
Succeeded by Lotte Wæver |
| Preceded by Erika Vaal |
Eurovision Song Contest presenter 1968 |
Succeeded by Laurita Valenzuela |
| Preceded by Helga Guitton |
Eurovision Song Contest presenter 1974 |
Succeeded by Karin Falck |
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