UK's first Eurovision singer Patricia Bredin dies aged 88

The UK's archetypal Eurovision singer, Patricia Bredin, has died aged 88.

The Hull-born histrion and vocalist was conscionable 22 years aged erstwhile she performed astatine the Eurovision Song Contest successful 1957.

She was picked aft being discovered astatine the Savoy successful London. She besides acted successful a fig of films, appearing alongside Ian Carmichael and Sid James.

Ms Bredin, who joined Canadian millionaire Charles MacCulloch and moved to Nova Scotia, passed distant connected Sunday, her household confirmed.

Speaking successful 2016, she told the BBC: "Singing successful the last successful Frankfurt, Germany, it was wonderful, due to the fact that they had astir a 60-piece orchestra and it was similar being connected clouds."

Her singing vocation began arsenic a subordinate of the Hull Operatic Society, performing successful shows astatine the City Hall and different venues.

She landed the Eurovision accidental pursuing a abbreviated gathering with BBC executives, who asked her, "Would you similar to beryllium connected TV?".

At the time, lone 10 countries entered the contention and the chartless Ms Bredin ended up successful seventh spot with her emotion opus called All.

The opus was little than 2 minutes agelong and contempt her show being broadcast connected TV, the nationalist did not person an accidental to nonstop it into the charts arsenic it was ne'er recorded.

Reflecting connected her Eurovision quality successful a BBC interview, she said: "Two songs had been chosen and each 1 had to beryllium sung by 2 antithetic performers, but they had a occupation due to the fact that cipher wanted to sing that unspeakable small opus called All."

Despite the setback, Ms Bredin went connected to person a agelong vocation connected signifier and surface earlier retiring to a workplace successful Canada.

She played the pb relation successful Left Right and Centre, with Ian Carmichael and Alastair Sim, and starred alongside Sid James successful the movie Desert Mice.

Ms Bredin became a regular successful musicals successful the West End and connected Broadway, erstwhile taking implicit a relation from Julie Andrews.

She was antecedently joined to Welsh vocalist and histrion Ivor Emmanuel, whom she aboriginal divorced.

And, portion singing connected the QE2 liner, she met Mr MacCulloch. The brace joined and moved to a workplace successful Nova Scotia.

She was widowed soon aft the wedding and remained successful Canada raising cattle.