Report in Bravo of 9 April 1981 on Kristy McNichol filming her new movie The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, a musical drama film that also starred Dennis Quaid, Mark Hamill and Don Stroud. It opened in the US on 29 May 1981.
Kristy McNichol – holding the “Otto”, the trophy for the annual Bravo readers’ poll — on the cover of Bravo of 19 February 1981. This week 41 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:
• Pink Floyd’s The Wall live in Dortmund
• Julian Lennon: John’s double
• Bob Geldof brought fans on to the stage
• Bravo visit to Sandokan actor Kabir Bedi
• The Stray Cats: Three guys make great rockabilly
• Chris Atkins in his private “lagoon”
• Young heroin smuggler on her eight months in a Turkish jail
• New York’s Ritz, the world’s weirdest disco
• Teens singer Robbie: I must dress up to evade fans
• Goombay Dance Band founder Oliver Bendt: Everybody laughed at him
• Reader Yvonne Geisler’s Hollywood trip to present Kristy McNichol her “Otto”
Actress and Bravo favourite Kristy McNichol on a super-poster in Bravo of 13 November 1980.
Actress Kristy McNichol on a single-page poster in Bravo of 22 March 1979.
Kristy McNichol on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 22 January 1981. She had won the readers’ poll for favourite actress of 1980.
The Top 10 for actresses is below. The list for male actors runs on Wednesday.
1. Kristy McNichol
2. Olivia Pascal
3. Tatum O’Neal
4. Nastassja Kinski
5. Doris Day*
6. Greta Garbo
7. Bo Derek
8. Jane Fonda
9. Carrie Fisher
10. Dolly Dollar
* The Doris Day & Rock Hudson film Pillow Talk had been a popular film on TV that year. Did Rock Hudson also feature in the men’s Top 10? Tune in on Wednesday to find out.
Bravo favourite Kristy McNichol on a photospread with autograph card in Bravo of 30 August 1979.
Kristy McNichol on the cover of Bravo of 30 August 1979. This week 41 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:
• The Who are rocking again
• Autograph card and photospead of Kristy McNichol (coming Saturday)
• The story behind Boomtown Rats’ “I Don’t Like Mondays”
• Rumours: was Elvis corpse kidnapped
• Henry Winkler, the nice show-off
• Udo Lindenberg’s new thundering show
• Introducing the new craze of “Jogging”
• Queen ruled open air concert in Saarbrücken
Kristy McNichol on a single-page poster in Bravo of 21 January 1982. She came in second place in the readers’ poll for favourite actresses of 1981. More Kristy McNichol posters.
Here’s the top 10 of actresses:
Bravo favourite Kristy McNichol and Tatum O’Neal on a superposter in Bravo of 2 October 1980. They were co-stars on the filk Little Darlings, running in Germany as Kleine Biester (Little Beasts).
Actress Kristy McNichol features on the cover of Bravo of 17 April 1980. This week, 39 years ago Germany’s youth read about:
• Kristy McNichol moves into her own home (see below)
• The line-up for 1980 Eurivision Song Contest
• All about The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Judas Priest blackmailed on their Germany tour
• ELP’s Carl Palmer’s new band
• Austrian singer-songwriter Georg Danzer on tour in West-Germany
• Toto: Six session musicians are becoming worldstars
• Profile of Schalke 04 football star Klaus Fischer
• The dates for Kiss’ Germany tour
• Growing up Turkish in Germany with strict fathers
• Bravo looks at The Knack in concert
• Teen actor Tommi Ohrner to make his singing debut
• Bravo visits Dutch trio Luv at home
• Vote for the best moped of the year
• Learn the “Rappers’ Delight” dance
• Bravo test drives LA’s craziest rollercoasters
• Reader Gudrun Scholz (15) presents the silver Otto to footballer Kevin Keegan
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