Dana Gillespie Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Dana Gillespie (born Richenda Antoinette de Winterstein Gillespie, 30 March 1949, Woking, Surrey) is an English actress and singer. Gillespie was born to the Baron De Winterstein Gillespie, an Austrian radiologist, and his wife. She grew up in England and her family's villa in Maccagno, a village on Lake Maggiore, Italy. She was the British Junior Water Skiing Champion for four years, until an injury forced her retirement. She recorded initially in the folk genre in the mid-1960s, touring with Mac MacLeod at one point, although she was more known at this time for being the girlfriend of... MORE

Dana Gillespie (born Richenda Antoinette de Winterstein Gillespie, 30 March 1949, Woking, Surrey) is an English actress and singer. Gillespie was born to the Baron De Winterstein Gillespie, an Austrian radiologist, and his wife. She grew up in England and her family's villa in Maccagno, a village on Lake Maggiore, Italy. She was the British Junior Water Skiing Champion for four years, until an injury forced her retirement. She recorded initially in the folk genre in the mid-1960s, touring with Mac MacLeod at one point, although she was more known at this time for being the girlfriend of Donovan. Some of her recordings as a teenager fell into the teen pop category, such as the 1966 single "Thank You Boy", produced by Jimmy Page. Her acting career got under way shortly afterwards, and it overshadowed her musical career in the late 1960s and 1970s. After performing backing vocals on the track "It Ain't Easy" from David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, she recorded an album produced by Bowie and Mick Ronson in 1973, Weren't Born a Man. Subsequent efforts have been in the blues genre, appearing with her London Blues Band. She is notable for being the original Mary LESS