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Gillian Hills - A Life In Art, Film and Music

The original Beat Girl - Chapter 1

Season 1, Ep. 1

Gillian recalls her early life in the south of France and tells of how she was discovered at the age of 14 by the legendary film director Roger Vadim. She talks about her first two films, ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ (1959) and ‘Beat Girl’ (1960) with Oliver Reed and Christopher Lee, as well as playing tracks from her new album LiLi.



Website:

http://www.gillianhills.com/


Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/gillianhillsofficial


Some more info on Gillian:

http://www.readysteadygirls.eu/gillian-hills/4545990262


Gillian Hills on IMDB:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385122/


Gillian Hills on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3uA9RwNUL7HZKroYyVlUuL


Gillian Hills "LiLi" album on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/album/5Nidhnv7Buw8Bmy2bLTUVQ


Gillian Hills "LiLi" on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQHtp7s07pg


Blowup:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowup


A Clockwork Orange:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(film)


Stanley Kubrick:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick


Mad Men scene featuring Zou Bisou Bisou:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXoILGnHnvM


News article on the Mad Men scene:

https://bit.ly/33ye3qX


Gillian Hills "Zou Bisou Bisou" on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/track/4qqf1avpzRUnVowNQd1jFw


Gillian Hills "Zou Bisou Bisou" (Official Video) on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4SCtjcEJKc


The Queen's Gambit on Netflix:

https://www.netflix.com/title/80234304


Beat Girl:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_Girl


Roger Vadim:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Vadim


Oliver Reed:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Reed


Adam Faith:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Faith


Christopher Lee:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lee


John Barry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barry_(composer)


Gillian Hills - Nefer~Titi official lyric video on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in3NDrpK41s


Gillian Hills - Nefer~Titi on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/album/20x5D1w8mBvoRHIo1Enogb


Nefer~Titi (more information about the track):

https://singleminded.com/playlist/gillian-hills-nefertiti/


Gillian Hills - Botticeli Baby on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sggyL43xx_s


Gillian Hills - Botticeli Baby on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/track/4jeom5RB0MmymIKA6KNEpb


Denis Hills:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Hills


Bolesław Leśmian:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_Le%C5%9Bmian


Gillian Hills - Bluedress on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1V3Yp-ulWA


Gillian Hills - Bluedress on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/track/5fWNzHCpyxcQ1JPN0MFIT0


Bluedress (more information about the track):

https://singleminded.com/playlist/gillian-hills-blue-dress/

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