A page from an autograph album signed by Diana Dors (1931 -1984), the English actress, born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, Wiltshire. Promoted as the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood, Dors described herself as "the only sex symbol Britain has produced since Lady Godiva."  In 1946, aged 14, she was offered a place to study at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, becoming the college's youngest ever student. She lodged at the Earls Court YWCA, and supplemented her £2 per week allowance, most of which was spent on her lodgings, by posing for the London Camera Club for one guinea (£1.05) an hour. Her first film part was a walk-on piece that developed into a speaking part in The Shop at Sly Corner at a rate of £8 per day for three days. During the signing of contracts she changed her contractual surname to Dors, the maiden name of her maternal grandmother, on the suggestion of her mother Mary. Dors later commented "They asked me to change my name. I suppose they were afraid that if my real name Diana Fluck was in lights and one of the lights blew....."