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Article: Immortalised, the starlet who was bitten by Count Dracula; FIRST CLASS: The stamps feature such films as Dracula, The Curse of Frankenstein and The Mummy; Melissa Stribling and Michael Gough in Dracula, far left.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 11, 2008
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Byline: Brian Pendreigh
THE honour of appearing on a postage stamp is bestowed on only the mostdistinguished, with Robert the Bruce, David Livingstone and Robert Burns amongthe few Scots immortalised by the Royal Mail.
But now a virtually unheard of actress whose greatest claim to fame was anappearance in a Hammer horror version of Dracula half a century ago is to havea stamp created in her image.
Even the most avid film buffs are unlikely to have heard of Melissa Stribling,from Gourock, Renfrewshire, whose career highlights included a supporting rolein saucy comedy Confessions of a Window Cleaner in 1974 and guest appearanceson Benny Hill's TV ...