Teddie Beverley, who was the last remaining live member of the band The Beverley Sisters has died at the age of 99.
The band, comprised of three sisters, came to fame with their beloved Christmas songs including I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, Little Donkey, and Little Drummer Boy.
Teddie, whose real name was Hazel Pamela Chinery made up the band with her twin Babette (Babs) and her elder sister Jocelyn (Joy).
The twins were born in 1932 and Joy in 1929, coincidentally on the same day of the year on May 5.
Babs died in 2018, at the age of 91, and Joy also died at the age of 91 in August 2015. In 2006, all three sisters were appointed Members of the British Empire in the New Year Honours list.
The trio was born in Bethnal Green but at the end of their lives they lived in adjoining homes in New Barnet, in North London. The sisters described their North London homes as ‘detached, but almost touching’.
Joy Beverley was married to former England captain and football legend Billy Wright, while Teddie married British water-skiing champion Peter Felix, and later, property developer Donald Cottage in 1973. Babs was briefly married in the 1960s but then stayed unmarried until her death.
The band was at its peak popularity during the 1950s and 1960s, and became well-known through their radio and television appearances. Their main hits included their Christmas hits plus the songs Bye Bye Love, Always And Forever, Sisters, and they charted in the US with their version of Greensleeves.
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The sisters became known for their matching outfits and for finishing each other’s sentences. They also shared a beds until they were teenagers and The Guardian once reported that when one of the sisters answered the phone, they would say: “Hello, one of the Beverley Sisters speaking.”
The group was reportedly one of the most successful and highest-paid singing acts in Europe for more than 20 years.(Image: Getty Images)
It was reported that they once told an interviewer for Desert Island Disc’s: “Don’t worry about who says what – we all think the same.”
