Author Archives: Simon Sheridan

Mary Millington died in the early hours of 19 August 1979, aged 33. So, finally, here we are… exactly 40 years later. God bless you, Mary. “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of … Continue reading →

Prior to adopting the ‘Millington’ moniker, Mary appeared under a variety of pseudonyms in glamour magazines throughout Britain and Europe. In her will – which she wrote in March 1977 – Mary listed no fewer than eight aliases; there were actually … Continue reading →

Despite having a damn good rummage through David Sullivan’s extensive film archive, there was one glaring omission – the original cinema trailers. Considering how extensively Mary’s Roldvale-produced films played throughout the UK from 1977 to 1985, I presumed that there … Continue reading →

Following Mary’s premature death, and lost amongst 1980’s plethora of posthumous tribute magazines, flexi-discs (featuring “Mary’s last message”) and the cinema release of pseudo-biopic Mary Millington’s True Blue Confessions, there was one truly heartfelt, and unofficial, eulogy to Britain’s best-loved … Continue reading →

  Mary’s first movie collaboration with David Sullivan was heavily promoted, in colour, on the back covers of all his top-shelf publications. Here are the three Come Play with Me advert variations used between March and December 1977. Unsurprisingly, all … Continue reading →

From the autumn of 1959 to January 1977 Mary lived in South Holmwood, a pretty little village just outside the market town of Dorking, in Surrey. Throughout the 1960s Mary became an instantly recognisable face, and figure, around town. This … Continue reading →

In 2009 I brought Odeon Entertainment and David Sullivan together to finally release Mary’s back-catalogue on DVD. However, before we could proceed we needed to look at what original 35mm materials still existed. With some trepidation, in November 2009, I … Continue reading →