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Ann Todd - In the British
actress` biography, The Eighth Veil, She mentioned that she was
often punished as a child and recalled a time when she shouted at
her mother and was reported to her father who took her into his
study, put her across his knee, and spanked her backside.
Brigette Bardot -
The French actress admitted in a biography that as a youngster
she was often caned, and also refers to once receiving fifty
whacks for breaking a vase of her mother`s. The same story was
also told by a French journalist on a TV documentary called the
real Brigitte Bardot. (Enter for Text from Biography and
Documentary)
Britt
Ekland - In her biography, True Britt, the Swedish
actress mentions how she was often spanked by her father because
of her rebellious nature, and also that she was, in her words,
"Thrashed" by her father for staying out until the
early hours with some graduation students. (Enter for
Text From Biography)
Barbara Cartland -
The writer received one spanking from her father while growing up.
In an unauthorised biography the following text was featured. -
Only once was Bertie driven to spanking both Barbara and Ronald.
It was Ronald`s birthday and Barbara had been forbidden to go to
his room and talk to him before they was called. She not only
disobeyed but together they tried to light the gas and in doing
so Ronald fell into the round tin bath which had not yet been
emptied. After the beating Polly was so furious that she threw
Ronald`s birthday present, a copy of the bible, on his bed saying:
"Here is your present." and slammed the door. Barbara
was packed off to bed: "Until you learn how to behave."
Carol Vorderman - In
a weekly newspaper feature called, 11 plus, where a different
celebrity each week is asked the same 11 questions about their
schooldays, the British TV presenter admitted that she got the
cane at school. When asked the 11th and last question, were you
ever punished at school? she said: "Only
when I was a small child. I got the cane for playing slaphand,
which when I look back now I think was a bit harsh."
Cilla Black - The
British singer/television celebrity confessed in a weekly
newspaper feature called schooldays: "I was a natural show
off and must confess to experiencing six of the cane twice at
school." (Enter for Newspaper Article)
Cleo Lane - The
singer recalls in her biography getting the cane at home and from
the headmaster at school. She mentions regularly playing truant
from school and going to the park, but was found out when the
schoolboard man visited her house. Her mother kept a cane hanging
over the mantlepiece but it was there mainly as a deterent, but
this time she felt the full brunt of it as well as the headmaster`s
who caned her on the hand. She also mentions regularly being
invited into the headmaster`s study for canings on the hand for
lateness and not being silent when silence was required.
Catherine
Cookson - In her autobiographical memoir, Our Kate,
the famous writer talks about her catholic schooldays and her
fear of a particular schoolmistress called Miss Corfield. She
mentions how Miss Corfield would inflict physical and mental pain,
the physical with the assistance of the cane and the mental with
sarcasm. She later goes on to explain that the mistress had a 4ft
long cane with a frayed tip, caused by use, and she would be told
to hold out her hand for usually 3 strokes and sometimes more.
Charlize Theron
- On a Q&A on the E-Online celebrity website,
the South African actress mentions being spanked by her mother
when she misbehaved. She said: "I have a mother who, pardon
the expression, kicks my ass if I get out of line. On the other
hand, she has always made me feel the sky is the limit. No matter
how miserably I failed, she was always there for me. I might fail
in a movie, but when it comes to being a real person, I get my
sense of respect and dignity from my mother. When I was growing
up, she never hesitated to spank me if I deserved it. And I feel
completely blessed to have been brought up that way. She's my
support system and my voice of reason."
Cher - In her book
called, The First Time, the American singer/actress mentioned
that: "My mother was a spanker." And she recalled an
incident when she was told she couldn`t walk her friend home, and
decided to walk her to the end of the road instead. Meanwhile her
mother had been standing at the door calling her, and when she
returned was given "The mother of all spankings."
Cybill Shepherd
- In her biography, Cybill Disobedience, the American actress
recalls having to bend over to receive spankings with a belt from
her father while growing up. (Enter for Text from Biography)
Dolly Parton - The
American country singer/actress tells in her biography that she
was regularly spanked on her behind with a switch and a belt
while growing up at home. She also refers to the threat of
getting the paddle, in her own words: "Getting a board
across our butts." (Enter for Text From Biography)
Dorothy Dandridge -
In a biographical book about the American actress, her sister
recalls their childhood and how their aunt, who they were told to
refer to as `Ma-Ma,` was in charge of the discipline and dished
out regular spankings. She recalls that, Dottie, was the one who
received the most spankings from `Ma-Ma,` which were administered
to the buttocks with a hairbrush, sometimes with the flat side
and sometimes the bristled side. She also mentions that they were
sent to a public school where they were quickly told that if they
were late they would be spanked.
Dyan
Cannon - In a book called, Carey Grant - A Class
Apart, there was a mention about the divorce hearing between
Grant and American actress Dyan Cannon. It stated that during the
hearing, Dyan said that grant had screaming and shouting episodes,
and had spanked her. Also in two other books about Carey Grant it
tells that during their divorce proceedings Cannon explained that
grant had spanked her in front of their servants.
Eartha
Kitt - In her biography the American actress
recalled being spanked numerous times at home while growing up. A
switch or an ironing cord was administered to her backside.
Estelle
Skornik - The young lady who is well known in the UK
for her appearances in a series of TV commercials advertising
Renault Clio motor-cars admitted in a magazine interview that at
school she was once taken over her teacher`s knee, had her
knickers pulled down, and given a bare bottom spanking in front
of the entire class. (Enter for Magazine Interview)
Fiona Phillips - The
British TV presenter admitted on a chat show and it was also
reported in the press that in her schooldays she was often told
to bend over and spanked on her backside with the slipper by a
schoolmaster. (Enter for
Press Reports)
Felicity
Kendall - In her biography, Felicity Kendall - White
Cargo, the British actress recalls receiving corporal punishment
at her convent school in india. She explains how she was made a
class prefect and that her position of authority went straight to
her head. She would hold meetings and recruit members that during
break times would tease and bully some of the children from
poorer families that were in different classes and wore different
uniform. She goes on to explain that this regretable behaviour
was eventually noticed by the staff and she not only suffered the
embarrassment of losing her prefects badge, but had to receive
several hard strokes to the palm of her hand with a wooden ruler
from her teacher in front of her entire class. She said that her
teacher was quite rightly livid about it and struck so hard that
the ruler broke on the third stroke. She said that the pain was
terrible but not nearly as terrible as the humiliation, and
mentioned that her appetite for bullying was extinguished after
that. Felicity also recalls a couple of punishments she recieved
on the domestic scene. She described how her nanny would wash her
wig and leave it out to dry in the sun, and she took the wig and
ran off with it and her nanny chased her and smacked her bottom
for it. She also mentions that the only time her mother lost her
temper with her she took a mason pearson hairbrush to her bare
bottom, and added that whatever it was she did she didn`t do it
again.
Geri
Halliwell - In her biography, Geri Halliwell, if
only, the British singer mentioned being spanked by her parents
while growing up. She recalled how her father would administer
the belt, and her mother would use a wooden spoon or a flipflop.
Grace
Slick - In the American rock singer`s biography,
Somebody To Love, she recalled that if she didn`t get straight A`s
on her school report card, her mother would "Beat on my butt
about 20 times with the wooden side of a hairbrush." She
also added that because they wore so many peticoats in those days
it didn`t hurt quite as much as her mother thought.
Grace Jones
- In a magazine article, the American singer/actress` brother,
Bishop Noel Jones, told how they received regular spankings from
their grandparents when growing up with them in Jamaica. He
Commented: "Spankings were an almost everyday occurrence,
our grandfather used a cane, you`d touch your toes, and then
Whack! Whack!
Hillary Clinton - In
the book, Bill & Hillary, it was mentioned that Hillary`s
strict father, Hugh Rodham, would frequently administer Corporal
Punishment to his daughter. The book also states that Hillary
could expect a spanking from her father when he arrived home from
work if she`d misbehaved at school, he would say "if you get
in trouble at school, you get in trouble at home".