Rustie Lee

Rustie Lee

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name = Rustie Lee
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birth_place = Jamaica
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occupation = TV chef, actress
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Rustie Lee is a television chef and actress, most famous for her appearing in the 1980s on UK morning station, TV-am.cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3811841.stm |title=TV chef is UKIP's latest recruit |accessdate=2008-01-16 |work=BBC ] She was born in Jamaica. However, she also appeared as a presenter on the second, less successful, incarnation of ITV gameshow "Game for a Laugh". Fact|date=April 2008

Rustie has rarely been seen since TV-am, though she had a career as a singer.Fact|date=April 2008 In summer 2004 she appeared on Living's "I'm Famous and Frightened! 2", a reality show featuring a number of celebrities staying in a castle over a weekend, taking part in various challenges and looking for paranormal activity, guided by a medium. Viewers voted for their favourite and the celebrities were voted off one by one. Rustie won the series showing a keen interest in the tasks and occasional emotional involvement, giving detailed and varied accounts of how she felt at certain points. Fact|date=April 2008

In 2004 she joined the UK Independence Party, and was adopted as their candidate for the Wyre Forest constituency in the 2005 general election. She also appeared in the party's election broadcast [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqBfOouXR7k Rustie Lee on UKIP's immigration policy] , retrieved from YouTube 5 Septmber2008] . On polling day she came fifth, with 1,074 votes (2.3% of the total). [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/654.stm|title=Result: Wyre Forest|publisher=BBC News|date=2005-05-06|accessdate=2008-04-28] .

In 2008, Rustie joined the cast of EastEnders as Gus Smith's aunt Opal, [cite news|url=http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2008/02/03/rustie-s-eastenders-role-98487-20307354/|title=Rustie's EastEnders role|publisher=Sunday Mirror|date=2008-02-03|accessdate=2008-02-03] and it proved a huge hit with her fanbase following.

Rustie Lee is also a popular figure on Virgin Radio particularly on the Geoff Lloyd show. He has interviewed her on numerous occasions. Fact|date=April 2008

Rustie is also lined up with Paul Daniels and Todd Carty to play the voice of the Gatekeeper in the new updated CGI series of Wizbit, due to be aired 2008/2009.Fact|date=April 2008

Trivia

* She currently makes occasional appearances on "This Morning" and "Daily Cooks/Saturday Cooks". She also made an appearance on "That Antony Cotton Show" and "Loose Women". She is also a regular panelist on The Wright Stuff

* Rustie Lee has written a book called A Taste of the Caribbean.

* Rustie Lee's Uncle Frank was the Maternal Grandfather of Bolton Wanderers' footballer Ricardo Gardner.

* On 1 February 2008 she appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show.

External links

* [http://www.rustielee.com/ Rustie Lee, A Taste of the Caribbean] – Official website

References


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