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Aimi MacDonald (born Glasgow, Scotland, 27 February 1942) is a British actress. She is best known for her role as "The Lovely" Aimi MacDonald in the television sketch comedy show At Last the 1948 Show (Rediffusion, 1967).
Aimi MacDonald's Scottish father was a medical doctor. Her mother was English. She is the youngest of three daughters.
MacDonald went to ballet school and entered show business at 14. She was a dancer, working during her teens in Britain and the United States. While performing with a troupe in Las Vegas, she met Elvis Presley at the Silver Slipper casino, remarking years later that he would "jam with the rest of them" and on his ability as a jazz guitarist.
MacDonald married an American musician at 17 and they had a daughter named Lisa. The marriage did not last and MacDonald returned to Britain, appearing during the 1960s in musicals in London's West End and in cabaret. She played in the first London production of the musical The Boys from Syracuse (Jewel Courtesan) in 1963 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, alongside Bob Monkhouse and Ronnie Corbett. She recalled that she had to keep working to support herself and her daughter and that this was sometimes a struggle.
A poetic genius,
Is something I don't see,
Why would a genius be trippin on me?
And he's looking at me now,
Why he can't see is that I'm looking through his eyes,
So many lies behind his eyes.
And tell me stories from your past,
Sing me songs you wrote before.
I tell you this my Poison Prince,
You'll soon be knocking on Heaven's door.
Some kind of Poison Prince,
With your eyes in daze.
Some kind of Poison Prince,
Your life is like a maze.
And what we all want and what we all crave,
Is an upbeat song
So we can dance the night away
Oh, who said life was easy,
Who said life was fair,
Who said nobody gives a damn,
And nobody even cares
The way you're acting now,
Like you left that all behind.
You've given up,
You've given in,
Another sucker of that slime
Some kind of Poison Prince,
With your eyes in daze.
Some kind of Poison Prince,
Your life is like a maze.
And what we all want and what we all crave,
Is an upbeat song
So we can dance the night away
Some kind of Poison Prince,
With your eyes in daze.
Some kind of Poison Prince,
Your life is like a maze.
And what we all want and what we all crave,
Is an upbeat song