Dana Gillespie
Dana Gillespie (actually Richenda Antoinette de Winterstein Gillespie ; born March 30, 1949 in London ) is an English actress and singer .
She is the daughter of Hans Henry Winterstein Gillespie (1910-1994), a German-Austrian radiologist in London and the son of Hans Winterstein , and his British wife Anne Francis Roden Buxton (1920-2007). Her older sister, Nicola Henrietta St. John Gillespie, was born in 1946.
Gillespie is an actress in various films and has produced over 50 albums in various musical styles over the course of her career. In 1974 she released a cover version of David Bowie's Andy Warhol as a single. Bowie also produced two tracks on the accompanying Glam Rock influenced LP Weren't Born a Man : Dizzy Heights and Mother, Don't Be Frightened .
She had her biggest hit in 1983 with the single Move Your Body Close to Me , which reached number three in the Austrian charts. During this time she was also a member of the Austrian Mojo Blues Band and hosted a program for World Music on Blue Danube Radio for several years .
Gillespie sings and produces today in the genre blues and boogie-woogie , but also under the pseudonym "Third Man" with music in the Indian style in Sanskrit . She does the program for the annual Mustique Blues Festival.
Filmography
- 1966: Secrets of a Windmill Girl
- 1968: Beasts lurk in front of Caracas (The Lost Continent)
- 1974: Mahler
- 1977: Caprona - The return of the dinosaurs
- 1978: The Hound of the Baskervilles
- 1980: Black Out - Anatomy of a Passion (Bad Timing)
- 1983: Scrubbers
- 1984: Bones
- 1989: Strapless
- 1990: Sunday Pursuit
Discography
- 1968 Foolish Seasons London Records
- 1969 Box of Surprises Deram Records
- 1973 Weren't Born a Man RCA
- 1974 Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle RCA
- 1982 Blue Job Ace
- 1983 Solid Romance Bellaphon
- 1984 Below the Belt Ace
- 1985 It Belongs to Me Bellaphon Records
- 1988 Move Your Body Close to Me Bellaphone
- 1989 Sweet Meat Blue Horizons
- 1990 Blues It Up Ace
- 1990 Left Hand Roller , Susy Records, Vienna / Bellaphon Michael Pewny
- 1991 I'm a Woman Bellaphon Records
- 1991 Boogie Woogie Nights [live] with Joachim Palden, Wolf
- 1993 Methods of Release Bellaphon Records
- 1995 Blue One ... Wolf
- 1996 Hot Stuff Ace
- 1997 Have I Got the Blues for You Wolf
- 1998 Big Boy Wolf
- 1999 Back to the Blues Wolf
- 2000 Experienced Ace
- 2003 Staying Power Ace Records
- 2006 These Blue Nights Wolfetones
- 2007 Live with the London Blues Band Ace
Guest appearances
- 1972 Ziggy Stardust David Bowie Virgin
- 1979 Hello There Big Boy! Danny Kirwan Air Mail Music
- 1998 Austrian Blues Summit Wolf
- 1998 Burghausen Jazz Festival Big Jay Mc Neely & Michael Pewny
- 1998 White King of Black Blues Al Cook , Wolf
- 2000 BBC Sessions David Bowie, Virgin
- 2009 Brunner Blues & Boogie Woogie Festival , with Michael Pewny
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Third Man , Official website for their Indian music
- Dana Gillespie at Discogs (English)
- Dana Gillespie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Henry Winterstein Gillespie on thepeerage.com , accessed September 13, 2016.
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Dana-Gillespie-Werent-Born-A-Man/release/372836
- ↑ http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Dana+Gillespie&titel=Move+Your+Body+Close+To+Me&cat=s
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gillespie, Dana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Winterstein Gillespie, Richenda Antoinette (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , UK |