Certified Fellow since 2006. Like his previous TV specials, it was a delirious collection of sketches and set-pieces featuring Baxter in character (his meticulously observed parodies of women like Shirley Bassey and Marlene Dietrich were a trademark), complete with spectacular sets and breathtaking changes of costume and make-up. When he called her from the airport, on his return to the UK several weeks later, she didn't answer. Baxter resolved to repress his sexuality when he returned to Glasgow two years later to live, as he put it, 'as a straight actor'. Well, I spoke to your television company, and they said you might be doing some soon. But although the urgency had gone, the curiosity remained. "Stanley Baxter and his wife Moira were secretly married in the drawing room of the bride's house in Dumbarton. . Moira's behaviour became more alarming. IN MARCH 1952, 26-year-old Stanley Baxter, recognised as the brightest young star in the Citizens' Theatre Company, made a decision that was to shock his parents, stun his close friend Kenneth. Friday afternoon. But more than that, he feared his fiercely ambitious mother. She was far more bohemian than me.' Kenneth asked Stanley what future he could expect if he married Moira Robertson. She wandered, like Ophelia through Hamlet, but she would have moved to the ends of the earth for me.. January 1977: Talented Stanley could sing, dance, deliver broad panto comedy and perform pinsharp impressions of any star, male or female, 'I was in love with Bill,' Stanley says, 'but he certainly wasn't in love with me. Anybody who has acquired that kind of carapace is not going to come on like John Inman, rushing out of a closet, shouting, Im free! They have prided themselves on conducting their life with dignity.. Stanley confesses that he is not comfortable with his sexuality to this day. He met Moira daily for lunch. I don't think you know what you're talking about and I don't think you realise that the future will be bleak for you and difficult for me., Stanley was adamant. It was becoming obvious that the real Stanley Baxter was as studiously hidden as his Lycra supports. Yet my interest had been rekindled, my hopes raised, before being dashed against the same old stonewalling. Just to talk to a faithful hand that takes all the chaff and grain together, keeps whats worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blows the rest away. Hes never done a chat show in his life. 'I got into this business to be loved. Stanley Baxter as panto dame May 1985:Baxter was desperately unhappy, his personal life a battlefield as he constantly lived in dread of being exposed in the press as a gay man. A visit to the local library to see the electoral register confirmed that S stood for Stanley. Writer and broadcaster, Interviewer of the Year for the Mail, winner of Radio Academy gold with BBC Radio 4. Robertson Baxter Independent Financial Advice enquiry@robertsonbaxter.com 01484 608095 Client login About us About you Why choose us? In the front room of Moira Robertsons parents home in Dumbarton, Stanley slowly, cautiously, uttered the words I do. He failed to convince. Whatever changes come into society, they have already learnt discretion. Oh yes? Still smiling. Those who didnt want to be troubled with it could simply take it at face value. Do not sell or share my personal information. The star, who is best known for his self-titled comedy shows and his childrens TV series Mr Majeika, stepped away from the spotlight 25 years ago. It was a golden period for British film-making, and he appeared in mildly successful black-and-white movies like the Highland comedy Geordie and Very Important Person, in which he starred alongside James Robertson Justice and Leslie Phillips. "And she was very good about letting them go to bed with me. . The Real Stanley Baxter by Brian Beacom is published by Luath Press Ltd, 20. THE LEAVES on the pavement were being sucked upwards by the cold wind, or turned to mush by rain. He couldnt say when Baxter was expected next, but took my number to pass on. ', Stanley was terrified. However the charges were dropped when the police officers who arrested him admitting he was on his own at the time. Moiras role, however, was reduced from Actress to Wife. However, it was Moira who was determined to take the relationship to the next stage. By then, he had fallen in love for the first time. Ill let you know through my agent, OK? Kenneth Williams was among the first to be told and he couldnt believe his ears. Baxter would go. But it worried me: was it right to doorstep a man who had worked so hard all his life to keep the private roped off from the public? Stanley managed to survive the threat to his career just and Moira, as expected stood by her man. I had never written anything longer than a thousand words for publication before, but Richard helped me through and opened the door to a career as a feature writer, for which I am extremely grateful. Hed be a bit suspicious if a tabloid or something like that was trying to turn him over. You mustn't let that worry you. With his telephone number and address in my notebook, I could have rung Stanley Baxter or paid him a visit months ago, instead of waiting for an answer to my letter. But it was because I knew I'd made the biggest mistake of my life.. He never appeared as himself. When hes like this, one could die for him. I rang David White again the following morning. There are folk who could tell you what kind of Christmas it was by recalling that years panto. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. I thought she would be still be heartbroken. almost as often as a chambermaid turns down bed sheets.'. Why? Rather than resolve the issue, I let it slip. Liked by Moira Robertson. My call was answered by Mr White himself, who seemed suspicious of my reasons for ringing. Not Stanleys fee, particularly, but you have to pay the Musicians Union, youve got to pay all the dancers, Equity and so on. Baxter appeared alongside Jimmy Logan and Rikki Fulton in extravagantly-produced shows with Ziegfeld-scale sets and dancing girls, but also made his first BBC television appearance in 1951. Exclusively representing clients who are going through a divorce and . Play it now! It was so long ago, the production team was disbanded straight after the last show, and theres nobody left here who worked on it. Hes offered stage plays and everything all the time, but he doesnt want to lock himself into eight performances a week for six months, you know? This would be NO life for you, married to someone who is essentially and primarily homosexual!, Moira's reaction was surprising, even to those who knew how liberal she was. He was happy to talk about the Scottish approach to pantomime, with its emphasis on storyline and tradition, but declined to talk about Baxter as a person. Im not being naughty, but no. You know, the same sort of thing as Kenneth Williams. Shall we say affinity, I asked? Their new home, a large ground-floor flat, at 73 Clouston Street, was just a few doors along from Moiras previous flat. Certainly not Kenneth Williams: 'I remember sitting with him in an Italian restaurant, and telling him that I was very low. And what does the master of disguise look like now? But even today he finds it difficult to discuss the case, referring to it as 'le scandale'. Stanley went on to claim Moira became very emotional and threatened to jump out of a window following his revelation, so he opted to continue the relationship and get married. He kept phoning all the time, telling me there was something special between us. London. Mit unserem einfachen Abonnement erhalten Sie Zugriff auf die besten Inhalte von Getty Images und iStock . She died in 1997 at the age of 69 after suffering an overdose. "Thankfully Moira was very understanding. Ill tell you, he said, managing to communicate weariness down the line. She called him her Sonny Boy and, as his precocious talent emerged, had him perform at every family gathering. We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. He had also appeared alongside Baxter in many Scottish pantomimes, including the comedians last, and was prepared to talk, up to a point. . It is that he has carefully, precisely and often cruelly embodied the particular woman herself. 'It was real weakness on my part,' he says now. Can you just tell me, finally, what city he lives in? Instead, he withdrew from the showbiz world. Fixated,' he says. Yes. He suggested I contact Mentorn Films, who were recording new links for the show. He rang back the next day, but the news was bad. That never happened: once television began to damage theatre audiences, many serious Scottish actors were forced into variety. Yet, I had all sorts of excuses for developing a relationship. This is no mean achievement. If I wanted a closer look at him it would have to be on my television on 4 January. Yes, as a 14-year-old hed had a frolic with the maid (despite living in a West End tenement Bessie Baxter insisted upon live-in help) but this was an entirely new adventure. Meanwhile, on January 15, 1951, the engagement became national news, yet this didnt really register with Stanley. For decades he has hated to venture out: 'I didn't want to be seen as someone who was once Stanley Baxter,' he says. Yet he was, and is, missed: in England, as the funniest man on television; in Scotland - where they take panto very seriously - as the greatest dame of the century: a master of the double entendre and the quick, stunning costume-change. After 11 months of waiting, I was becoming frustrated. Just when it was looking hopeless, I discovered a quote from Don Black, the lyricist of Sunset Boulevard, about keeping himself fit at the RAC Club: I take a Turkish bath at the club every Saturday. Hes always quite pernickety about who hell speak to, which is why I dont want to say too much about him at the moment. And he turned it down. As a last shot I rang David White, who said I had been very naughty. He lived in dread of being exposed in the press as a gay man. Kenny thought I was making a terrible mistake, says Stanley. 'I thought, 'My career will never survive this. Once again, the gates around Baxter had been locked. . They moved to London and Moira gave up the theatre, to be a housewife. 'I liked her,' Baxter says. I kept getting those sheeps eyes every time she passed me in the theatre and she appeared to be heartbroken READ MOREShowbiz legend Stanley Baxter says No, "I told her my preference and said: 'Thats why I am breaking off the relationship. I still dont. Sometimes it can blur ones sense of right and wrong. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. The critics loved it. He told Kenneth Williams as much. Baxter is appearing on a charges of. He has a talismanic quality that makes people feel hes very much in touch with their lives, and then suddenly, out he zooshes looking really rather sexy. He is now out of the public eye, but appeared in ITV special Stanley Baxter: Now and Then in 2008 and Channel 5 documentary Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter in 2019. Stanley came out of retirement in 2008 to record a retrospective special about his life for ITV. They went on a trip to Amsterdam together in 1964, although Williams who described their sitting in clubs with a load of poofs returned to Britain early. . Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images The relationship made a sort of sense, says Stanley. 'I'm not. Other cuttings described him as practically a recluse. He soon gave up any pretence of being faithful, or heterosexual. A nice, professional no. Im not giving any interviews at the moment. An edge in his voice. As one critic wrote: The joke is not that Stanley Baxter is dressed up as a woman. He is an intelligent guy, and he likes to know who hes talking to. Join Facebook to connect with Moira Robertson and others you may know. Possibly even liberation is distasteful, because it encourages people to come out and make features of themselves, whereas your social and sexual life should be, as Noel Coward had it, behind closed doors. He took an immediate shine to Baxter. That counts for a lot in this part of north London, where there are more antique shops than newsagents. Her reaction was dramatic. Stanley would indeed come to regret it for the rest of his life. Get to know more about our different teams and meet the people behind the business. She was very good about letting them go to bed with me. His sketch shows were months in the making and the talk of the nation spectacular, controversial, unlike anything ever seen. Anyway, here it is: a piece from a time before the internet or ubiquitous mobiles, when the celebrity age was just beginning but you still had to go to the library to look at the electoral register. Bei kommerzieller Verwendung sowie fr verkaufsfrdernde Zwecke kontaktieren Sie bitte Ihr. DON'T MISS:Sean Connery 'sad sight' and wanted to die sooner, Jackie Stewart says[COMMENT]Cold Feet's John Thomson details what 'saved his bacon' in 2020[INTERVIEW]Andrea McLean steps in to 'calm down' Loose Women's Gloria and Saira[PICS]. We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse. Pull out the pin, and its every man for himself. Dunoon, Scotland, United Kingdom. But Stanley, and Moiras family, coaxed her to take medication. Actor Stanley Baxter, 94, has bravely come out as gay and opened up about how his sexuality impacted his relationship with his wife Moira Robertson, who died in 1997. When he first came to fame in the Fifties, his identity was largely irrelevant: we were content to let stars glitter from afar. The rest was silence. She danced too in the gardens in Highgate Village, naked. Stanleys marriage to Moira became difficult over the next few years, as she struggled with mental health issues and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Can you tell me where they are? Its Christmas, he said. Tragically, however, in 1997, the year Princess Diana died, Moira took her own life. Carrying a plastic shopping bag. Wearing a calf-length tweed coat with a smart scarf folded across the throat. That would seem to indicate that there might be a return at some point, even just a one-off? Thats a difficult question. He had his chance to make a clean break, to move on alone. We hope you've really thought about how important it is., And I said nonchalantly, Oh, not nowadays. HP10 9TY. Is it possible that we can have a chat with him? He felt guilty for the many affairs and the new partners. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. Stanley Baxter and Moira Robertson on their wedding day. She then went to their new Glasgow flat to cook spaghetti for his supper.". Meet Alyssa Carson. It was the future Carry On star Kenneth Williams, also barely out of his teens but playing an old man in a CSE production. If it doesn't work out, you just get divorced and you move on. And my father replied with a very heavy voice, No, it's not as easy as that., The following Monday, the Scottish Daily Express wrote of the 'quiet' wedding. The pair developed a closeness that meant when they weren't working they enjoyed a movie or dinner together. Profitieren Sie von der globalen Reichweite, datengesttzten Erkenntnissen und einem Netzwerk von ber 340.000 Content-Anbietern von Getty Images, die exklusiv fr Ihre Marke Inhalte erstellen. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. A year later, on March 5, 1952, the train sped west to Moiras parents home in Dumbarton for the ceremony. Yet, the relationship was doomed from the start. Express. There was no biography, and no memoir; just a few intriguing references to be found in the published diaries of his close friend Kenneth Williams. Scots who never visit a theatre for the rest of the year still find their way to the panto, where the scenarios and jokes have the familiarity of ritual. View the profiles of professionals named "Moira Robertson" on LinkedIn. Yet there is one celebrity who has bucked the trend. Fine, I said. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. It was all good, clean, pre-Carry On fun. After four months of waiting out this covid stuff, our spring shutdowns are starting in summer, and. Free UK delivery on orders over 15. His relationship with Marcus deepened and continued until the younger man died of lung cancer four years ago, though the two never lived together. 96 Stanley naci en Glasgow, Scotland -1 pero desconocemos donde naci Moira Robertson And they were birched! Baxter was 46, and thought their two-day fling would be no more than a brief encounter. And there he was, coming up the steps to the door. Baxter is appearing on a charges of. So funny that hes disappeared. moira@scoliosisbracing.co.za +27 76 883 9526 Virginia Way Offices 0 Hamman Street Stellenbosch Royal Family will find it 'impossible' to compromise with Sussexes, Shamima Begum never considered turning back during journey to ISIS, Russian pro-war fanatic warns Britain could be 'wiped off the map', BBC Breakfast celebrates forty years of hilarious bloopers, Russian marksman flees Ukraine to reunite with wife before being shot, Motorists slowly drive down snowy hill in treacherous conditions, Bungling helicopter pilot blows over stadium roof injuring eight, Ken Bruce will be joining the Greatest Hits Radio family in April, As it happened: UK Government blocks Scotland's new gender law, Kamala opts out of kneeling with Biden for Warriors photo op, Extinction Rebellion douse the Home Office building in black paint, Harrowing moment woman begs father not to kill himself. He had always felt guilty for marrying her. Just let me ask you one thing. She's just 18 years old and has already started her astronaut training to be the first person to walk on Mars in 2033. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Looking up at me, expecting me to speak. He has now returned with his new biography, The Real Stanley Baxter, in which he speaks candidly about his life. But in joining the Citz and aiming for the stars (however small his initial parts were as an Assistant Stage Manager) the young actor realised his sexuality could prove to be his downfall. They included women, from Shirley Bassey to, later, the Princess of Wales, each precisely observed. Feeling she was too ill to travel, Baxter told her she must stay in London. As spring approached, Stanley saw even more of the woman with the hooded eyes, even taking her along to his parents home at 5 Wilton Mansions in Glasgow's Kelvinside. Jacobs convinced the court that Baxter could not have been 'soliciting' when he was arrested because, apart from two policemen, there was no one else in the lavatories. I never wanted to be gay. 'I didn't want to bring any child into the world who suffered what I suffered. Thinking about that took me back to my first major feature for the IOS, commissioned as an act of reckless faith by the editor Ian Jack and Richard Askwith, who ran the Review magazine and remains one of the finest copy editors I have ever come across. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Just a decade ago, his annual television spectaculars were as much a part of Christmas as turkey and hangovers: in December 1985, more than 14 million people tuned in to watch the monkey-faced Scotsman mimic the Queen, in a lavish show that included a full-scale orchestra and battalions of dancers. Well, you, really. In December at the Citz, Stanley and Moira starred in the Christmas panto Red Riding Hood (Stanley played Granny McNiven, Moira played Red Riding Hood). 'I'm too afraid of what people will think of me,' he said. He was left with a terror of being held up to public shame. In January 1962, he visited the public toilets in Madras Place, Holloway, hoping to pick up a man for casual sex. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. OK. Anyone who can dress up as Judy Garland with a nose like his and get away with it, has to be a genius. Im not entirely sure who I am. I didn't want to know, but gradually I was falling in love.'. And now he felt incredibly guilty because at the very end, he wasn't there to do what? Having made it big south of the border, he regularly returned to direct and star in big-budget productions. Hes not there anyway. There was a sort of obsession.. Hier knnen Sie Inhalte sammeln, auswhlen und Anmerkungen zu Ihren Dateien hinterlegen. After all, he was only a comedian, not a criminal or a crooked politician. Should I have taken her to Cyprus? Should he push aside the attention of this attractive, classy young woman? LWTs press officer had never even heard of him, but promised to investigate. The charges were dropped, on condition that Baxter promised not to sue the police for wrongful arrest. He went. Its a long season in Scotland, it runs from November through to February. And why shouldn't he? How would I know what he looked like? Did Bessie Baxter have any idea of Stanleys true sexuality? He left for a theatre tour of Australia in a Brian Rix farce, leaving his wife behind. STANLEY Baxter has come out as gay, revealing for the first time that his marriage was a faade. I was just ringing for you. Dressed in a sailor suit, his hair tonged in waves, he did impersonations of Laurel and Hardy, and Mae West. After a meal with Baxter in October 1969, Williams wrote: At one point when I said to S. I sometimes feel I am so useless I just want to die. The changing weather had given me a cold, so the stout went straight to my head, and the meal was tasteless. Baxter is appearing on a charges of soliciting and public indecency. He felt guilty when he moved out, unable to share a home with her any longer. His wife Moira, from whom he was separated, was tormented by mental illness and had attempted suicide by cutting her wrists in the bath. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Fred Baxter, knowing his son was unconvincing in the role of Happy Groom, attempted a last-minute derailment. But it would be wrong to imagine he has found peace. I didn't think that she was ever going to make it very big and I suggested she give it up. 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Not to the Press. Im not a personality, he once said. 'I was going to top myself,' he says. Identifying clients needs and developing solutions for both existing and new to Bank clients. . But over the years, Moiras mental health issues worsened. It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. It said, words to the effect of, 'I'll let you off if you don't want to marry me'. . A loved one. You need a knowledgeable advisor and determined advocate. But she ignored the signs. But what the Daily Express didnt know was that when Stanley arrived home, with the sound of Saturday evening theatre applause still ringing in his ears, he broke down in tears. And, meanwhile, my deadline had passed, and there were other things to do. But fame made his clandestine life even more risky. Managing a portfolio of SME clients across a range of sectors and complexities. 'I admired how fashionable she looked. Could they get me an interview? It wasnt like theatres of today, which are heavily populated with gay people. There was also a tiny quote from Baxter in the Times of November 1992, about how the role of Principal Boy should only be played by a woman: All those frills. Jul 1988 - Present34 years 4 months. And your editor. How much had the big television specials cost to make? I dont think I could go on then. Baxter began to turn work down not playing Captain Hook in a production of Peter Pan opposite Lulu, not appearing with Cannon and Ball at the Palladium. Tayside & Stirling. She would go off to our bedroom and let me take the one opposite.'. . In 1944, his call-up papers arrived. Absolutely not? Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. What none but his closest friends realised was that Baxter was desperately unhappy, his personal life a battlefield. Its just prohibitive, you know, because they were such big specials. Me, said David White. Autumn turning to winter before my eyes, and Stanley Baxter was not at home. Managing Director. In this remarkable new authorised biography, which Stanley originally refused to have published before his death for fear of being judged journalist Brian Beacom reveals the secrecy and sadness that have haunted the entertainer all his life. . His lawyer managed to get the charge dropped but the incident left him in fear for his acting career. He was the lead in one play before going off to serve with the Royal Army Service Corps in the Far East, where he was recruited for the Combined Services Entertainment unit, a drag- and-greasepaint outfit straight out of It Aint Half Hot Mum. But he hadnt been in that afternoon. I shouldn't have done, but I did. Robertson is regarded as one of the top Family Law attorneys in Oklahoma. After the couple tied the knot, Stanley said they had a pact which permitted him to bring men to the house they shared. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images To order a copy for 17.60 go to mailshop.co.uk/books or call 020 3308 9193. So I asked if he was aware that there had been a piece in the Sun over the summer, calling for Baxter to come back to television. Stanley Baxter has come out as gay at the age of 94. The BBC couldnt help, and neither could London Weekend Television, for whom Baxter had made many of his most successful shows in the Seventies. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. I wrote you a letter. In a television era rich with comic talent, from Morecambe and Wise to Tommy Cooper, Dick Emery to Mike Yarwood, everyone agreed Stanley Baxter was king. Comments have been closed on this article. A dreadful fantasy played in his head, that he would suffer a heart attack backstage during panto season and be found dead on the floor of the dressing room. Instead of gaining the confidence to join them, he shied away, repelled by the high camp 'all chiffon hankies and make-up and flouncing about. Im a character actor. 'It was like a 3,000 volt electric current going through me. By the age of 14 when he became radio star he knew where his destiny lay. Getting dark. But Ill tell you the basic outline. Baxter himself often spoke of wanting to die. His last was Mother Goose, at the Kings Theatre, Glasgow, in 1991. Moira was dead on her bed from an overdose. Just to be with. He had to get on with it, focus on finishing the last 10 days of the panto season and his last 10 days at the Citz. 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