My wife was a very good friend of hers which is why we were there. As I knew also her very slightly when she was Christopher Cazenoves much older lover in 1970, so we both attended. She was one of the funniest people ever to grace the London stage, and off it.
Alan then proceeded to tell a story in which, bizarrely Coral was but a bit part player to her husband Vincent Price, something she rarely was in life. It was usually the other around.
Some years before Alan, Coral and Vincent were all dining out at a famous restaurant in LA when a member of the public spotted Mr Price and approached him for an autograph. Being the gentleman he was he willingly signed.
Vinny then suggested to them that " you must not pass up the chance of asking for my companions autograph too" who he informed the puzzled woman was very actor famous back in England. Bates duly obliged.
When she left Alan asked Vincent “why on earth did you not sign your own name and why of all people did you put Dolores del Rio”. VP had been with the once famous screen goddess just before she died. Failing rapidly she grabbed his arm and said “ Vinny don’t ever let them forgot me” He promised that he never would.
So he said from that day onwards whenever he was asked for an autograph he had always signed Doloris del Rio. Apparently not one of the recipients ever noticed ……. well not at the time at least.
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