The famous Leslie Samuel Phillips CBE was an English actor, voice artist, and author. He achieved prominence in the 1950s, playing smooth, upper-class comic roles utilizing his Ding Dong and He-llo catchphrases.
Leslie Samuel Phillips was born on 20 April 1924 in Tottenham, London, England, the third child of Cecelia Margaret and Frederick Samuel Phillips, who worked at Glover and Main, manufacturers of cookers in Edmonton. Phillips has described his street as beyond the sonic reach of the Bow Bells but within the general footprint of cockneydom. In 1931, the family moved to Chingford, Essex, where Phillips attended Larkswood Primary School. Consequently, Phillips has described himself as both a cockney and an Essex boy. In 1935, his father died at 44, having suffered from a weak heart and oedema brought on by the filthy, sulphurous air of the factory.
Who is Leslie Phillips’ wife Zara Carr?
Leslie Phillips, 89, ties the knot with Turkish social worker Zara Carr who helped him realize there was life yet to live. Giving a joyful thumbs up outside the registered office yesterday, this is actor Leslie Phillips after he married for the third time – at the age of 89.
The former Carry On star wed Turkish social worker Zara Carr, 50, in front of two witnesses in Mayfair, central London. Afterward, Phillips joked that his new wife shared the same name as the Queen’s granddaughter, Zara Phillips.
Giving a joyful thumbs up outside the registered office yesterday, this is actor Leslie Phillips after he married for the third time at the age of 89. The former Carry On star wed Turkish social worker Zara Carr, 50, in front of two witnesses in Mayfair, central London.
Afterward, Phillips joked that his new wife shared the same name as the Queen’s granddaughter, Zara Phillips.
