Dinah May
Dinah May (9 September 1954), is a former English model, former Miss Great Britain, and former actress, latterly the Personal Assistant to film director Michael Winner.[1]
Career
May was born in Irby, Cheshire, and trained as a hairdresser. However, she found that she earned more money as a part-time model, and so took that up full-time.[1] In 1976 she won Miss Great Britain.
After this, she moved into television and acting, taking supporting parts in Blakes 7, Harry's Game and The Optimist before gaining the part of Samantha Partridge in Brookside,[2] in which on 17 July 1984 she appeared in the first "Brookside wedding".[3]
Michael Winner
In 1982 she met British film director Michael Winner in a restaurant, and became his PA in 1990. She undertook the role for the next 22 years, accompanying him in both his personal life and on his various film sets. Towards the end of his life, May says that Winner told her: Write the real story about me when I’ve gone. You know everything that was never published. People will love it. Don’t be afraid to get it all down.
May was left a lump sum of £300,000 in Winner's will, plus the leasehold to £900,000 flat. The value of his estate U.K. and offshore estate is yet to be confirmed.
Personal life
May was married, and has two adult sons, but divorced in 2009.[1] She has an extensive collection of vintage and contemporary photographs including press photographs, still lifes, celebrity Polaroids, and nude studies.
References
- 1 2 3 Roderick Gilchrist (27 July 2013). "Oh, Michael! What a mess you've left us". Daily Mail. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ "Dinah May". IMBD. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ http://www.brooksidesoapbox.co.uk/facts_3.htm
External links
| Preceded by Susan Cuff |
Miss Great Britain 1976 |
Succeeded by Susan Hempel |