Toyah Willcox Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Toyah Ann Willcox (born 18 May 1958 in Kings Heath, Birmingham) is an English actress and singer. In a career spanning more than thirty years, Toyah has had 13 top 40 singles, released 22 studio albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays and ten feature films, and voiced and presented numerous television shows, including Brum, Watchdog and Songs of Praise. Toyah Willcox was born in Kings Heath, Birmingham. Her father Beric Willcox ran a successful joinery business and owned three factories. Her mother Barbara Joy (née Rollinson) was a professional dancer whom he fell in... MORE

Toyah Ann Willcox (born 18 May 1958 in Kings Heath, Birmingham) is an English actress and singer. In a career spanning more than thirty years, Toyah has had 13 top 40 singles, released 22 studio albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays and ten feature films, and voiced and presented numerous television shows, including Brum, Watchdog and Songs of Praise. Toyah Willcox was born in Kings Heath, Birmingham. Her father Beric Willcox ran a successful joinery business and owned three factories. Her mother Barbara Joy (née Rollinson) was a professional dancer whom he fell in love with after seeing her on stage in Weston-super-Mare, with Flanagan and Allen and married in 1949. Barbara Willcox had to give up her career after giving birth to Nicola (b. 1950) and Kim (b. 1953), Toyah's older sister and brother, respectively. Asked why her parents might have called her so, Toyah said in a 1981 interview: "I don’t know, they won’t tell me, but its definitely my birth name. There is a town in Texas, called Toyah, and Toyah in Red Indian means 'water'. My parents deny that's where they got it from". Toyah was born with a twisted spine, clawed feet, a clubbed right foot, one LESS