1. Caterina Irene Elena Maria Boyle, Lady Saunders, usually known as Katie Boyle, was an Italian-born British actress, writer, radio announcer and television personality.
15 Facts About Katie Boyle
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Katie Boyle became best known for presenting the Eurovision Song Contest on a record four occasions: in 1960,1963,1968 and 1974; the first three in London and the last in Brighton, England.
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Katie Boyle was an agony aunt, answering problems that had been posted by readers of the TVTimes.
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Katie Boyle was born on 29 May 1926 in a royal palace in Florence, Tuscany, Italy, which had once belonged to the Italian royal family, the daughter of an Italian marquis and his English wife, Dorothy Kate Ramsden.
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Katie Boyle came to the United Kingdom in 1946 and started a modelling career, which included work for such publications as Vogue.
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Katie Boyle appeared in several 1950s films, the first being Old Mother Riley Headmistress in which she was billed as Catherine Carleton, followed by I'll Never Forget You, The Diary of Major Thompson, Not Wanted on Voyage, The Truth About Women and Intent to Kill.
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Katie Boyle was the presenter for the 1960,1963,1968 and 1974 Eurovision Song Contests, making her the person who presented the most editions of the contest.
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Katie Boyle hosted the 1974 contest wearing no underwear; it had been cut off from under her satin dress moments before the broadcast began.
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Katie Boyle hosted the UK qualifying heat, A Song for Europe, in 1961.
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Katie Boyle was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1982, when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews while in Rome.
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Katie Boyle was guest of honour at the Eurovision fan club conventions staged in 1988 and 1992, and appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 held in Birmingham as a special guest of the BBC.
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In 2004 Katie Boyle was a guest on a special Eurovision-themed celebrity version of Weakest Link on BBC One, hosted by Anne Robinson.
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Katie Boyle became the first, and to date the only, contestant ever to vote herself off the programme.
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Katie Boyle died at home in London on 20 March 2018, aged 91, from pneumonia and cerebrovascular disease.
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Katie Boyle was credited as Catherine Boyle and Catherine Boyl.