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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1965)
Tt MOVIES the HEN at’ came acter; and in the him I ended up me with those bi paint brushes and beg to pain my bod gol I becam apprehe sive. I could ge an allergy you know. Or even die.” Shirle Blonde willowy describin Eaton ferring brough as stylish a wa to go at painte to death—but- better than bein an ingénue.” As “the girl yo love to kill,” Shirley’s moribund career revived. In rapid succession came MGM’s “Rhino,” filmed in Zululand; “Goldfinger” and Universal’s story of World War II in Greec “The Naked Brigade which . is still is unreleased.’ re- ... The onl .. skin could on my after- my breathe.” ‘ Shirle Eaton 27 is one British actresses makin wit off-beat of several film news glamour. (Another: Hon- or Blackm is outfitted in black leather and carries an ominou whip.) But there is nothing offbeat about Shirle excep an irresistible urge to prove sh is an actress not an ingénu (which she playe for some six years) a toa better-than- now she is married well-to-do builder and lives i fashion- able London exurbia. life appears Tudor- a son The ki ing each when the said one. tige chair, ar flaming and then ad mother 2 Mother little bo cided to me, John “No,” . “Is it ing takes her from England “Other times,” she says, “we&# bus . at home. I’m an excellent cook. I sup- because it comes naturally and also because I had a wonder of an “Italian mai to teach me things. Colin keep addin parts to our home in a sort of busman’s holiday.” Shirley backgroun and experienc have made her’a poise and articulate woman, unhesitant in giving opinion in a casual unassumin way that belies their unusual ‘frankness: American I find them “.. women: overbearin They don’t seem to han- die responsibility without makin everybod feel the burde of it...” American “I love men: . “it’s non it’s pose i _ And repe It is obvi English countrysid CTUALL SHIRLEY spend onl two or three month a year awa from home and sh and Colin frequentl rendezvous in Switzerland for skiin or the south of France whe film shoot- femm fatale (her fate for the pas two years). For a girl who-has had an easy private life, her profes sional one ha bee frustrating. Shirle comes from a: well-to-do family (her father owns a furniture business in a goo London suburb; or The star Butterin, Colin i a frustrated author wh in- herited the family’ construction busi- ness, steered it to boomin propor- tions, and now contemplate earl retirement. to pursue writing while traveling with Shirlé to movie-mak- ing locations (or so sh hopes Shirle doubts however, whether Colin will ever becom very involved in her career. “He has no enthusiasm for the theater.°I suppose that was part of his attraction. We met at a party. He didn’t care one way or the other about my acting. Bu he’s toler- it.” ant of my career; he accept : tumm where the 5 Grant, ‘Sh leans forward with the conspir torial air of a secret agen in “Gold- finger” and confides: “They left an un- painte spo as tho Her. inne: He watch : where she resides in a home with husba Colin No, I couldn& really have died.” At this point, eyes peacef as on her film demise an gav life to her career after 1 years of relative obscurity. Shirley’s paint job was not. too dra- matic off-camera, “Th brushes were Shirley Off- ’ new cold but soothin effect was bloodshot As .“ 14-hour make- that to the with shot in the gettin bein the lain and dies of suffocation. She is climactic' head. Not now-famous ‘dea in “Goldfinger,” in which she scene “is gilde from head to toe b th vil- not The sit Talking Ss gaze: - “N” wasn’t pressurized, sh admits. “Not unless I made it so. My mother took me to dancin and acting classes as a child just as part of a broad education. I liked actin and for an ae, raya Shirley Eaton& career took on new luster afte playin opposit Sean Con- (below)- the murderous villain, nery in “Goldfinger and bein painte gol He at career seemed en until sh was shot in Mike Ham film and pain io dea ina Ja Bond thrill dead i B JA RYAN Family Weekly February 7 1965 no LIFE ; particula reason, tried I got the part— out for a London play ‘but. with a hitch. I was onl 12 and you can’t take a job in England until you’re 13 so I had to wait for my next birthda to begin Waiting was training. You do a lot of waiting to get what you want.” Shirley’ “waiting” was for pro- ducers to recognize her as somebo other than the pretty love interest in comedies such as “Carry on’ Nurse.” “Oh, ho I wanted to do somethin serious,” sh sighs shakin her lon tresses. “But-the British don’t take to new ideas quickly Luckily, American producer saw me in ‘Come Blow Your Horn’ in England— the ingénu don’t you know—and asked me to play in a Mike Hammer film. wonderful! The autho was “It Micke Spillan playe his © 6 MY own char- men. - a - as The really respon to a Englishma doesn& ma The fus . a about a woman.” New American glamou queen, Car- roll Baker: “She wears a low dress and a bi fur, but sh still looks like a little housewife.” And what about Shirley Eaton? Well sh is definitely off the gold standard. Shirley has found a new covering she thinks even more breath taking “In ‘The Naked Brigade,’ I’m covered with dirt, Women are their most glamorou when smudged. There’s another thing about “The Naked Brigade” that Shirley likes— she escape death, The gold S banks it nowaday a :
