Sugar Plum

Shirley Betts Was Born Before The Second World War In London. During The Blitz, She Survived On A Diet Of Hollywood Films And Dreamed Of Becoming A Big Hollywood Star. She Became A Chorus Girl And The Mistress Of A Famous Man, A Comedian Whom She Thought Would Help Her To Achieve Stardom. She Became A Celebrity When She Became Sugar Plum, A Stooge For His Act. It Was A Brief Fame, And When She Had A Baby, She Had To Go To France To Escape The Shame Of Having A Baby Out Of Wedlock In The 1950S. The Story Continues With Her Life After A Brief Appearance On Broadway, An Even Briefer Marriage, And Her Life In General After That.