Aimi MacDonald was born on 27 February 1942 and is a Scottish actress and dancer.
17 Facts About Aimi MacDonald
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Aimi MacDonald is best known for her role as "The Lovely" Aimi MacDonald in the television sketch comedy show At Last the 1948 Show.
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Aimi MacDonald was a dancer, working during her teens in Great Britain and the United States.
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Aimi MacDonald married an American musician at 17 and they had a daughter named Lisa.
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The marriage did not last and Aimi MacDonald returned to Great Britain, appearing during the 1960s in musicals in London's West End and in cabaret.
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Aimi MacDonald played in the first London production of the musical The Boys from Syracuse in 1963 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, alongside Bob Monkhouse and Ronnie Corbett.
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Aimi MacDonald recalled that she had to keep working to support herself and her daughter and that this was sometimes a struggle.
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Aimi MacDonald came to national attention in At Last the 1948 Show, for which she had been spotted by David Frost.
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Aimi MacDonald's acting on television included The Avengers, The Saint, Man at the Top, Sez Les, Shirley's World, Dixon of Dock Green and Rentaghost.
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Aimi MacDonald recorded a single, "Thoroughly Modern Millie" produced by Radio London Programme Director Ben Toney, which was released on Polydor in 1967 but it was not a hit.
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Aimi MacDonald appeared on David Nixon's Magic Show programme, usually in a comical sense, performing magic tricks incorrectly or being the victim in the "disappearing lady" illusion.
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Between 1968 and 1983, Aimi MacDonald appeared occasionally on the BBC radio panel game Just a Minute.
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Aimi MacDonald's name was linked to politicians, including Labour Minister John Stonehouse and future Conservative Prime Minister John Major.
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Aimi MacDonald opened a lingerie shop in west London but sold it during a downturn in the economy in the early 1990s.
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Aimi MacDonald returned to showbusiness, taking part in a few nationwide tours, including a 2003 production of Cliff Richard's musical film Summer Holiday starring Darren Day, in which she played the mother of former Hear'Say singer Suzanne Shaw.
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In 2007, Aimi MacDonald visited Uganda as an ambassador for the London charity African Revival.
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Aimi MacDonald last appeared in a guest role in an episode of the TV series "The Third Age" entitled "The Grand Illusion" in 2013.