Ann Stephens
Ann Stephens was a British child actress and singer, who was popular in the 1940s. She was born in London. In July 1941 she recorded several songs, including a popular version of "The Teddy Bears' Picnic", "Dicky Bird Hop" and a setting by Harold Fraser-Simson of one of A. A. Milne's verses about Christopher Robin, "Buckingham Palace," which was often featured on the BBC Light Programme's Children's Favourites. In the same year, Stephens had made her recording debut as Alice in musical adaptations of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. She was chosen for this role from some 700 applicants auditioned by the record company His Master's Voice.
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View all 5 quotes“If you want to be a writer you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot,” Stephen King writes in his book On Writing.””
“I was like two ends of a ribbon, a bow untied. Frayed at the ends. I could never tie it back for Marla, never pretend to be a perfect daughter. This time, I'd abandoned her and all her dreams, and that was terrible. But I'd tied the other end of the ribbon to Jet, and I would sacrifice everything not to let go of her””
“She swallowed, then set her burger down and looked right into me, past my eyes and into the real Blue. "Every child deserves to have a home. Every child deserves a safe place to live and good food and clean clothes and an education and spiritual guidance. And love, Chris. It's not your fault that you're alone.””
