From Others "Stephanie had a unique quality - sophistication, coolness and intelligence." ~ Peter Wyngarde (Jason King) "...Still there were some fine performances in it. Stephanie, in particular, was marvelous. She's a wonderful girl - an absolute darling." ~ Roy Ward Baker (Director - And Now The Screaming Starts) "'Tenko' was such a great time for all of us. We were wandering along the street when a car came careering to a halt and a Chinese man jumped out, shouting. His wife was giving birth in the back of the car. I called the others and Stephanie Beacham rushed over and checked that the umbilical cord wasn't around the baby's neck." ~ Veronica Roberts (Tenko) "Besides being one of the finest actresses I've had the pleasure of working with, Stephanie is as glamorous and elegant as they come. We have great fun using English slang in our conversations on the set, and thoroughly confusing the rest of the cast and crew." ~ Emma Samms (The Colbys) "We hit it off the first day of filming. She was suddenly plopped down into the middle of all this - very homesick and missing her kids... I was struck by Stephanie's beauty: she's radiant and has a great body. Professionally, she has a wealth of knowledge. I'll be troubled by a scene and wander down the hall for help. I can read the lines twenty times and not see it but she glances once and says, 'Here. This is the key point.' It's like having a pal for a tutor." ~ Tracy Scoggins (The Colbys) "I first saw Stephanie in her screen test. We'd gone through scores of actresses but when we saw her we were immediately impressed. To start, she has the physical equipment to attract a man like Jason. She's alluring, sexually attractive and she is a bit of a patrician. Her Sable can be truly outrageous ~ every two or three episodes we have to humanize her, restore her emotional credibility with the audience and Stephanie can play both sides. "We must not be a 'Dynasty' copy," Heston continues. "If Joan Collins' character wore a tag, it would read 'Rich Bitch', but Stephanie's character is less heartless, more complex. And I think - though perhaps I shouldn't be saying this - Stephanie's a better actress. She might, however," he concludes, "work on Sable's gun-handling habits." ~ Charlton Heston (The Colbys) "We got on so-ooo well, we had a ball. She's lovely and very cuddly, so we cuddled a lot." ~ Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210) "Stephanie is a very, very funny lady, very pleasant to work with, a fine actress. For all of the 'Dynasty'class, she is as down to Earth and rowdy and bawdy as she can be." ~ Royce D. Applegate (seaQuest DSV) "Stephanie was really good fun to work with. She was a wonderful mixture of Englishness and Hollywood glitter. I think she enjoyed it too - shooting for the BBC is very different from having people making sure the wind doesn't blow on you!" ~ Alison Steadman (on playing Stephanie's sister in No Bananas) "My first love is an evening at the theatre, especially if I'm going with a group of friends to see something starring my dear friend Stephanie Beacham. She's one of the finest actresses in the world, especially on the stage. She's also very beautiful." ~ Britt Ekland "Stephanie's approach is intelligent and thoughtful. I should imagine that many a Hollywood director has underestimated her." ~ Simon Williams (Nobody's Perfect) "Stephanie Beacham - what can I say? I used to watch her on 'The Colbys' and 'Connie' when I was young and really admired her. She was one of the actresses who inspired me. "She's this big Hollywood star so I was a bit intimidated at first. And because she has two grown-up daughters, she knew how it felt to be so heavily pregnant. I had really swollen ankles ... and she gave me a foot massage. I was sitting in her dressing room thinking, 'Stephanie Beacham is massaging my feet - I am having a surreal moment'." ~ Debra Stephenson (Bad Girls) "Before we did the scene I agreed with the director I would go totally naked. I was doing the scene with Stephanie Beacham and I kept thinking, 'I'm starkers'. She could definitely see the family jewels on the edge of her vision. "At the end of the scene I said to her, 'How could you not look?' She said, 'Darling, I'm a professional'. ~ Jack Ellis (Bad Girls) How did you manage to tone down your style? "I got in a class for a few years and that helped immensely. I also got on-the-job training: One of my first big jobs was a show called SeaQuest, and Roy Scheider... I'm in this tiny little capsule with him and it's like my second day and he says to me, "Um, hey... you don't have to project. Just talk to me." And I look down and see this little microphone taped to my chest and I'm like, "Oooooh, right !" And there was an English actress named Stephanie Beacham on the show and she taught me how to do "off camera". I had no idea. I was just lucky enough that I could use this first big acting job as a learning experience and they were all cool with that. You don't often get that opportunity." ~ Timothy Omundson (seaQuest DSV) 'What’s the worst thing that has ever gone wrong for you onstage?' I remember I was working with Stephanie Beacham on some Shakespeare comedy. Something I do to sort of liven things up is to try and get the other actors to laugh. Stephanie was totally poker-faced until I did something finally—I don’t know what it was—and she collapsed into a jelly and became hysterical. The play stopped for nearly five minutes—tears streaming down her face—but we got over that and carried on. 'Were you pleased with her losing her composure or did you feel guilty afterward?' I was surprised by how far it went, but I was pleased only because I’m a bad boy. ~ Jeremy Irons (The Rover) "I ended up interviewing Stephanie Beacham's ear cos she didn't look at me. She kept facing the lights just at the right angle to look fabulous. She looks about fourteen and puts it down to hiking around canyons. If the TV business drys up I might start The Hiking Around Canyons Diet Foundation and make a fortune." ~ Tess Daly (LA Pool Party) “I remember once we knocked on the dressing-room door of [Dynasty star] Stephanie Beacham,” Saunders says. “We were coming on to her, as these big fat men, and she looked absolutely terrified. We eventually had to go, ‘No, it’s Dawn and Jennifer! Don’t call anybody!’” She laughs then sighs. “We used to have the best fun dressing up. It was such a cool time.” ~ Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders “...I also attended an event for Sense to publicise communication for deaf blind people. It was attended by television star ‘Bad Girl’ Stephanie Beacham who is also completely deaf in one ear herself. After the event, I was delighted to be able to show her around the House of Commons and have tea in the House of Lords. She was really nice, genuinely interested in the House, it’s architecture and traditions.” ~ Rosie Cooper MP If you could interview anyone, who would you choose and why? The actress Stephanie Beacham because I think she is a most stunning looking woman and a great actress despite the fact she is deaf ~ Robin Irvine DJ (Mayfield Radio) They [sex scenes] weren't uncomfortable for me except when Marlon Brando insisted on wearing pants and Wellingtons when he was meant to be naked having sex with Stephanie Beacham in an erotic scene in 'The Nightcomers'. The cameraman kept calling 'pants' or 'Wellington boots', indicating they were in the shot. The minute I said 'cut' I was on the floor crying with laughter. The scene came out superbly. ~ Michael Winner (The Nightcomers) { Miscellany } | { Site Index } | { Home }