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Jonathan Margolis
ASIN: B01J8C23KK
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 190

Lenny Henry is one of the most famous faces on television — appealing to both young and old alike. Born in Dudley, West Midlands, to Jamaican parents, the young Lenny first attracted attention amongst his school contemporaries with his uncanny abilities as a mimic. His impressions ranged from Tommy Cooper and Frank Spencer to Muhammad Ali, and in 1975 these talents won him a place on TV’s New Faces, the show which was to launch his career.What drives the man behind Theophilus P. Wildebeest? Who is this man with a unique talent with a quicksilver appreciation of what it takes to tickle the contemporary British funny-bone?The first ever biography of one of the best loved men in British comedy looks at Lenny’s indomitable Jamaican mother, his early apprenticeship in the working men’s clubs, his adoption by the alternative comedy circuit and his marriage to Dawn French.Jonathan Margolis ...
Amazon Rating:
3 stars from 1 rating