Hill's Angels in
Madame Louise Summer Collection

Susan Daly

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Susan Daly as she appeared in the "Madame Louise Summer Collection"segment of March 5, 1980. In addition to her dancing in two of the first three shows to feature the Hill's Angels in 1980, Ms. Daly appeared as an uncredited extra in filmed sketches during the 1982 series, including the 1985 sketch "The Lover" which was filmed during the making of the 1982 cycle of shows.

Anne Easton

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Two shots of Anne Easton as she appeared in the "Madame Louise Summer Collection" of March 5, 1980.

Louise English

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From her March 5, 1980 appearance in the "Madame Louise Summer Collection", here are two shots of Louise English. She is considered the "unofficial" leader of Hill's Angels, alongside Sue Upton. They were both very important to the Benny Hill Show, not only as Angels, but as supporting actors in many short skits with Benny Hill. Of course today, Louise English doesn't seem to make any more TV appearances, but works on the theatrical stage in England. There was a brief period where she even had her own official website, but for some reason, the site was discontinued. Louise, if you're watching, we all miss you very much and would love to see you again in some connection with the Benny Hill Show, especially in a DVD tribute.

Sharon Haywoode

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Sharon Haywoode from the March 5, 1980 "Madame Louise Summer Collection" routine, the only other known black Angel besides Susan Daly.

Leigh Miles

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Leigh Miles in The "Madame Louise Summer Collection" of March 5, 1980. Besides her 1980 run with TBHS as one of the charter "Hill's Angels," Ms. Miles also appeared as a regular on the children's show Crackerjack from 1980 to 1982. She and another ex-Angel, Nola Haynes (qv), appeared among the chorus girls in a 1992 episode of Jeeves and Wooster. As with a few ex-TBHS dancers (e.g. Samantha Spencer-Lane, Francesca Whitburn, Yvonne Dearman), Leigh is today a choreographer.

Clare Smalley

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Another popular Hill's Angel, Clare Smalley, as seen in the "Madame Louise Summer Collection" number of March 5, 1980. She was a charter Hill's Angel, figuring prominently in the dance routines in the first five shows to feature the group. In her last credited appearance (the aforementioned 1981 show), she was the woman at the bus stop who, after many aggravations, turns into a "She-Hulk" (as played by Alison Bell). Post-TBHS, she was part of another troupe called "Auto Angels," and made an appearance in an episode of Not the Nine O'Clock News, as well as appearing with some once and future Angels as dancers in the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. On her last two credited TBHS appearances, her name was spelled Claire Smalley.

Samantha Spencer-Lane

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Actress, singer, dancer, and fan favorite Samantha Spencer-Lane as seen in the "Madame Louise Summer Collection" of March 5, 1980. A charter member of the Hill's Angels from its inception in 1980, Sam (as she is affectionately known to many fans) appeared in all but one of the shows within the first three series of the Angels' existence within the Hill show. Her electric smile and magnetic personality lit up many an Angels routine she appeared in (or, as quoted elsewhere on this site, "she was always giving 110%"). After the 1982 series wrapped up production, Ms. Spencer-Lane became part of a vocal trio, 'Girls Can't Help It,' which also consisted of Billie Adams and Jacqueline Bucknell; they put out an EP in 1983 on the Sire label, Pure Wild, and invited comparisons to another female group starting out around the same time, Bananarama; unfortunately, 'Girls Can't Help It' were never commercially successful, and disbanded in 1984. She would have one more go-round on TBHS in 1986, two of the shows of which had her as a supporting player in filmed sketches, but on the April 16, 1986 edition she figured prominently as one of the dancers in the "Funny Old World" number. In recent years, she has made a name as a choreographer in Britain. Ms. Spencer-Lane and Sue Upton accompanied Benny to see former Angel (and Hill protegée) Louise English in her first major West End (London) stage show, Me and My Girl, a few days before his death in 1992.

Sue Upton

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Benny Hill's favorite Angel (and many others', too), Sue Upton, seen in the March 5, 1980 "Madame Louise Summer Collection". She first joined the show during the 1977 series, among her highlights there being as the Bionic Boy's first crush. By her third appearance on Dec. 26, 1978 (she would be in every remaining Hill show from then on), Benny noticed her upturned face lent itself to an old lady character, which she first played in the "Grand Wheelchair Rally" sketch; this led not only to the "Wondergran" sketches, but a recurring characterization as a feisty old lady - the archetype once played in the show's early Thames years by such genuine old ladies as Connie Georges. On the next-to-last Thames show in 1989, she even played Stan Laurel to Mr. Hill's Oliver Hardy in a silent sketch. Ms. Upton also figured very prominently in the Hill's Angels routines in their early years, indeed is regarded as one of the unofficial leaders of the troupe (the other being Louise English); in the show's final years, she also had a hand in the selection of future Angels. Her children, Richard and Louise Whatling (qv's), were among the "Hill's Little Angels" in the fading years of TBHS; she and her family have been widely cited as being like a "second family" to Benny outside the confines of his show. There is a website, SueUpton.net, which can give more about her illustrious career, as well as film and TV credits other than the Hill show, and several photos (in one of which she posed with Mr. Hill, Suzy Mandel, Jenny Westbrook, Anne Bruzac, and the then-current members of Love Machine of which she had been a part before either they or she first appeared on the show), than can be put in so short a space here.

Commentary

The theme here is the sophistication of Parisian Fashion plates, bathing beauties and the pratfalls of Benny, Jackie, Bob and the gang in a fashion show. Benny starts things off with a cool Rap, Louise and Sue are sexy and sophisticated singing "The Fashion Pack" and finally there is a wedding like you've never seen at the end. I do not have the complete lyrics below for the song "The Fashion Pack" and hope someone out there knows some fluent French and they could pass along the words? A thank you to those who can get the french words will have their name credited here.

Madame Louise Summer Collection

Well, hello everybody
How do you do you do?
We got some information that
We're gonna lay on you
Gonna show you the
latest and the greatest gear
The kind of duds the dudes and dollies
Will be donning next year
Now here's a little outfit
You don't wear when it's cold
It's the new religious look
It's sort of lo and behold

Look at them pants
When you see them from the back
Looks like two ferrets trying
To get out of his sack
Let's see what they're wearing
When they go on holiday
When they're going in to work
When they're going out to play!

Fashion Pack (Studio 54)
(written by A. Lear - A. Monn)

In Paris you got to be seen at Maxim's
The Palace, the "7" and then go Chez Regine
Champagne, caviar, haute couture, expensive cars
Saint Laurent and Loulou, rich ladies with a few bijoux.

Who is in, Who is out?
Tell me, Tell me, Tell me?
Who is in, Who is out?
Woman's wear daily

Rock stars sniffing
While Marisa's posing
Paloma's counting her paintings
The models of Zoli flirting.

They are the Fashion Pack
People who you see in the magazines
They are the Fashion Pack
They're always riding in their limousines
They only come out after dark
Like all their trendy track
They are the Fashion Pack!
They are the Fashion Pack!

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