Josephine Douglas was a British actress, best remembered as the co-producer and co-host of Britain's first pop chart television show, Six-Five Special

Six-Five Special

The Six-Five Special is a British television programme launched in February 1957 when both television and rock and roll were in their infancy in Britain.-Description:...

, during 1957-58.

She was born in Huddersfield

Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

, England, and began her career by appearing in minor roles in several British films during the 1950s including the Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...

 film Stage Fright

Stage Fright (film)

Stage Fright is a 1950 British crime film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock starring Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding and Richard Todd...

(1950). She was also a panelist on quiz shows.

Her most notable works as producer were Our Miss Fred (1972), Dracula AD 1972

Dracula AD 1972

Dracula A.D. 1972 is a 1972 Hammer Horror film directed by Alan Gibson, written by Don Houghton and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Stephanie Beacham. Unlike earlier films in the Hammer Dracula series, Dracula A.D...

(1972) and Virgin of the Secret Service (1968).