Patricia Bredin

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Patricia Bredin (born 1934) from Hull, England was the first United Kingdom representative in the Eurovision Song Contest. She took part in the 1957 contest, held in Frankfurt, and finished in seventh place out of ten entries with the song All, the first ever song sung in English at the Eurovision. According to The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History by John Kennedy O'Connor ^[1] at 1:52, this is the shortest performance in the history of the contest.

In 1959 she starred in the British comedy film Left, Right & Centre with Ian Carmichael. The following year Patricia had a leading part in another film, the period adventure The Treasure of Monte Cristo.

Later becoming Patricia Bredin-McCulloch, she emigrated to Canada where, following the death of her husband, she built up a herd of cows on their estate and looked after them for almost ten years before financial complications brought her cow-womanship to an end. She published some entertaining reminiscences about this period of her life in "My Fling on the Farm" (1989).

[edit] References

1. ^ The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, John Kennedy O'Connor. Carlton Books, UK, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3

[edit] External links

• Patricia Bredin at the Internet Movie Database