Caterina Irene Elena Maria Boyle, Lady Saunders (née Imperiali dei
Principi di Francavilla; May â€" March ), usually known as Katie
Boyle, was a British actress, writer, radio announcer, television
personality, game-show panellist and animal rights activist. She
became best known for presenting the Eurovision Song Contest on four
occasions, in , , and ; the first three in London and the last in
Brighton, England. She was once an agony aunt, answering problems that
had been posted by readers of the TVTimes.She was born in a royal
palace in Florence, Tuscany, Italy, which had once belonged to the
Italian royal family, the daughter of an Italian marquis (the Marchese
Demetrio Imperiali di Francavilla), and his English wife, Dorothy Kate
Ramsden. She came to the United Kingdom in and started a modelling
career, which included work for such publications as Vogue. She also
appeared in several s films, the first being Old Mother Riley,
Headmistress () in which she was billed as Catherine Carleton,
followed by I'll Never Forget You (uncredited, ), The Diary of Major
Thompson (filmed in France in ), Not Wanted on Voyage (), The Truth
About Women (also ), and Intent to Kill ().Boyle was an on-screen
continuity announcer for the BBC in the s. A decade later she became a
television personality, regularly appearing on panel games and
programmes such as What's My Line? and Juke Box Jury. Boyle was the
presenter for the , , and Eurovision Song Contests, all of which
were hosted in the UK. She hosted the contest wearing no underwear;
it had been cut off from under her satin dress moments before the
broadcast began. She also hosted the UK qualifying heat, A Song for
Europe, in . In the s she appeared in a long-running series of
television advertisements for Camay soap.
Principi di Francavilla; May â€" March ), usually known as Katie
Boyle, was a British actress, writer, radio announcer, television
personality, game-show panellist and animal rights activist. She
became best known for presenting the Eurovision Song Contest on four
occasions, in , , and ; the first three in London and the last in
Brighton, England. She was once an agony aunt, answering problems that
had been posted by readers of the TVTimes.She was born in a royal
palace in Florence, Tuscany, Italy, which had once belonged to the
Italian royal family, the daughter of an Italian marquis (the Marchese
Demetrio Imperiali di Francavilla), and his English wife, Dorothy Kate
Ramsden. She came to the United Kingdom in and started a modelling
career, which included work for such publications as Vogue. She also
appeared in several s films, the first being Old Mother Riley,
Headmistress () in which she was billed as Catherine Carleton,
followed by I'll Never Forget You (uncredited, ), The Diary of Major
Thompson (filmed in France in ), Not Wanted on Voyage (), The Truth
About Women (also ), and Intent to Kill ().Boyle was an on-screen
continuity announcer for the BBC in the s. A decade later she became a
television personality, regularly appearing on panel games and
programmes such as What's My Line? and Juke Box Jury. Boyle was the
presenter for the , , and Eurovision Song Contests, all of which
were hosted in the UK. She hosted the contest wearing no underwear;
it had been cut off from under her satin dress moments before the
broadcast began. She also hosted the UK qualifying heat, A Song for
Europe, in . In the s she appeared in a long-running series of
television advertisements for Camay soap.
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