Brighton actress's fiery scene

Above: judy cornwell

THIS is the extraordinary thing about ageing: the body’s all changing and dropping to bits, but you go on being you. You’re still the same person.” At 66, Judy Cornwell feels as rebellious now as at just 15. She can be fiery, feisty and her anti authoritarian streak shows no sign of abating.

“There are some people you chemically dislike,” she says. “Your hair stands on end and you know that you’ll fall out.”  She had her first real “falling out” aged just 10 when she punched a nun and was expelled from the Sisters of Mercy convent in Australia (her family had emigrated to Australia).