Dinah May

Background

May was born in Irby, Cheshire, and trained as a hairdresser.

Career

However, she found that she earned more money as a part-time model, and so took that up full-time. After this, she took the well-trodden route into television and acting, taking supporting parts in Blakes 7, Harry"s Game and The Optimist before gaining the part of Samantha Partridge in Brookside, in which on 17 July 1984 she starred in the first "Brookside wedding". She undertook the role for the next 22 years, accompanying him in both his personal life and on his various film sets.

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People will love lieutenant Don’t be afraid to get it all down. May was left a lump sum of £300,000 in Winner"s will, plus the leasehold to £900,000 flat.

The value of his estate United Kingdom and offshore estate is yet to be confirmed.

Achievements

• In 1976 she won Mission Great Britain. In 1982 she met British film director in a restaurant, and became his Pennsylvania in 1990. Towards the end of his life, May says that Winner told her: Write the real story about me when I’ve gone.