Eve Ferret

{{short description|British actress, comedian and singer-songwriter}}

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| birth_place = London, England

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Eve Ferret (born 14 October 1955) is a British actress, comedian, and singer-songwriter known for her work on the films Haunted Honeymoon (1986), Absolute Beginners (1986), and EastEnders (2019).{{IMDb name|id=0274707|name=Eve Ferret}}

Personal life

Eve Ferret is the eldest of three children born in Pimlico, London.

Mother, Janet is one of seven sisters also raised in Pimlico and was a professional Tea Lady. Her father, Paul Ferret from Barnet, painted the Pimlico houses in summer and at one point delivered the coal in winter. Eve and her family are related to the Gypsy jazz guitarists Pierre 'Baro' Ferret, Jean 'Matelo' Ferret, and Etienne 'Sarane' Ferret who played with Django Reinhardt in the Quintette of the Hot Club Of France.

Career

Ferret graduated from singing in a cabaret act called Biddie & Eve at the seminal 'Blitz' nightclub in the late 1970s to appearing alongside David Bowie in both his Grammy Award-winning video Jazzin' for Blue Jean and director Julien Temple's Absolute Beginners as Big Jill to starring in Hollywood movies, chosen by Gene Wilder to appear alongside him as Sylvia, an ex-girlfriend, in his movie Haunted Honeymoon. Ronald Neame (who directed Judy Garland's last film) also chose Eve to play Norah Plumb in his film Foreign Body.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025|reason=Not an objective viewpoint}}

Filmography

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Year !Film !Role !Notes
1986 \|Absolute Beginners{{IMDb title\|qid=Q332394\|title=Absolute Beginners}} \|Big Jill \|Drama Musical by Julien Temple{{IMDb name\|id=0854697\|name=Julien Temple}}
1986 \|Haunted Honeymoon{{IMDb title\|qid=Q692482\|title=Haunted Honeymoon}} \|Sylvia \|Comedy by Gene Wilder{{IMDb name\|id=0000698\|name=Gene Wilder}}
1986 \|Foreign Body{{IMDb title\|qid=Q3428498\|title=Foreign Body}} \|Norah Plumb \|Comedy by Ronald Neame{{IMDb name\|id=0623768\|name=Ronald Neame}}
1987 \|Billy The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire{{IMDb title\|qid=Q4913536\|title=Billy The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire}} \|Mrs Randall \|Comedy by Alan Clarke{{IMDb name\|id=0164639\|name=Alan Clarke}}
1997 \|Keep The Aspidistra Flying{{IMDb title\|qid=Q4044043\|title=Keep The Aspidistra Flying}} \|Barmaid \|Drama by Robert Bierman{{IMDb name\|id=0081590\|name=Robert Bierman}}
1998 \|The Sweet Life – a Fellini tribute{{cite web \|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82584e44 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709234206/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82584e44 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=9 July 2020 \|title=The Sweet Life – a Fellini tribute \|publisher=British Film Institute }} \|Ruby \|Drama by Nick Hugh McCann{{cite web \|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc2946d56 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711205254/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc2946d56 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=11 July 2020 \|title=Nick Hugh McCann \|publisher=British Film Institute }}
2013 \|Stray{{IMDb title\|qid=Q123537734\|title=Stray}} \|Stick Woman \|Short by David Stewart{{IMDb name\|id=0829303\|name=David Stewart}}
2018 \|The Image{{IMDb title\|qid=Q123537736\|title=The Image}} \|Madam \|Drama by Paul Kindersley{{IMDb name\|id=10319155\|name=Paul Kindersley}}

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Year

!Film

!Role

!Notes

1986

|Absolute Beginners{{IMDb title|qid=Q332394|title=Absolute Beginners}}

|Big Jill

|Drama Musical by Julien Temple{{IMDb name|id=0854697|name=Julien Temple}}

1986

|Haunted Honeymoon{{IMDb title|qid=Q692482|title=Haunted Honeymoon}}

|Sylvia

|Comedy by Gene Wilder{{IMDb name|id=0000698|name=Gene Wilder}}

1986

|Foreign Body{{IMDb title|qid=Q3428498|title=Foreign Body}}

|Norah Plumb

|Comedy by Ronald Neame{{IMDb name|id=0623768|name=Ronald Neame}}

1987

|Billy The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire{{IMDb title|qid=Q4913536|title=Billy The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire}}

|Mrs Randall

|Comedy by Alan Clarke{{IMDb name|id=0164639|name=Alan Clarke}}

1997

|Keep The Aspidistra Flying{{IMDb title|qid=Q4044043|title=Keep The Aspidistra Flying}}

|Barmaid

|Drama by Robert Bierman{{IMDb name|id=0081590|name=Robert Bierman}}

1998

|The Sweet Life – a Fellini tribute{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82584e44 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709234206/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82584e44 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2020 |title=The Sweet Life – a Fellini tribute |publisher=British Film Institute }}

|Ruby

|Drama by Nick Hugh McCann{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc2946d56 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711205254/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc2946d56 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2020 |title=Nick Hugh McCann |publisher=British Film Institute }}

2013

|Stray{{IMDb title|qid=Q123537734|title=Stray}}

|Stick Woman

|Short by David Stewart{{IMDb name|id=0829303|name=David Stewart}}

2018

|The Image{{IMDb title|qid=Q123537736|title=The Image}}

|Madam

|Drama by Paul Kindersley{{IMDb name|id=10319155|name=Paul Kindersley}}

Theatre

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Year !Production !Role !Location !Notes
1990 \|Sophie! The Last Of The Red Hot Mamas \|Sophie Tucker \|New End Theatre, Hampstead, London \|Musical by Chris Salt

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Year

!Production

!Role

!Location

!Notes

1990

|Sophie! The Last Of The Red Hot Mamas

|Sophie Tucker

|New End Theatre, Hampstead, London

|Musical by Chris Salt