Anne Aston was born on Anne Lloyd, 1 January 1948 and is an actress and television presenter best known as the hostess of The Golden Shot in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
13 Facts About Anne Aston
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Anne Aston was a supporter and season ticket holder at local football club, West Bromwich Albion.
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Anne Aston said, "100 girls were interviewed and the number was reduced to seven for the final audition and then I was chosen".
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Anne Aston's surname was changed, as directed by the actors' union Equity, from Lloyd to Aston to avoid confusion with an actress who had the same name at the time.
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At its peak the show was being watched by 16 million viewers and Anne Aston was receiving over 100 fan mail letters every week.
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Anne Aston has made many personal appearances and became a comic-book character nicknamed "The Hostess with the Mostess".
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Anne Aston's acting roles have included Up the Chastity Belt a British film in which she played the part of Princess Lobelia and the TV series Jason King.
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Anne Aston has starred in many productions including Carry on Laughing, where in 1976 she replaced Barbara Windsor and in 1979 appearing in the production of Peter Pan at the Birmingham Hippodrome.
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Anne Aston hosted several television programmes after leaving the Golden Shot which have included Going a Bundle and All Kinds of Everything in 1982.
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Anne Aston worked up until 1994, travelling extensively but made the decision to retire from work due to all the travelling involved.
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In 1974, Anne Aston launched her own fashion line called Golden Made.
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Anne Aston was briefly engaged to film producer Chris Raphael in 1972, although she met her future husband and manager Eddie Trevett whom she started dating in January 1974, whilst in pantomime alongside Tony Blackburn.
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Anne Aston married Trevett 12 years later in 1986 and has one stepson, Chris.