Gillian Taylforth: Kathy and Me [1995]

When Gillian Taylforth, at the age of 29, was cast as Kathy in the BBC's soap opera, "EastEnders", she rapidly became a "household name". She soon learned that while it was one thing to be stopped in the street by admiring autograph-hunters, it was quite another to be interviewed by an apparently sympathetic journalist only to see her words distorted in the next day's headlines. Eventually, in 1994, Gillian and her family took on the police, the media and the most expensive lawyers when they decided that the gossip had gone too far. The outcome of the much-publicized trial nearly destroyed them all. In this autobiography, Gillian describes her childhood, her teenage years, her first forays into acting and her current lifestyle, recounting anecdotes about home, family and experiences with other members of the "EastEnders" cast, both on and off the set.