Lulu and husband Maurice Gibb - without beard
Feb. 28 Maurice Gibb Wins A Stage Role - But Loses His Beard: It's one thing getting the chance to star in a new musical, but for 20-years old Maurice Gibb, husband of pop star Lulu - it means a drastic haircut and his beard has got to go. So Maurice decided that if anyone was going to shave off his beard - a painful operation at the best of times - it would be his wife. Lulu is as much attached to my beard as I am, so it is a loss for both of us, says Maurice. I didn't want to go to the barber's shop, so I asked Lu to volunteer for the job. Then, as soon as I can, I will re-grow it'. Maurice, already internationally famous as founder-member of the Bee Gees, is making his stage debut as an actor in Sing a Rude Song, which opens at the Greenwich Theatre on 17 February 1970. It is a musical biography of music hall star Marie Lloyd, with Barbara Windsor playing Miss Lloyd. The show, which will transfer to the West End after a month at Greenwich, is a Greenwich Theatre production in association with Robert Stigwood (Maurice's manager) and Bob Swash. Photo shows Lulu pictured with her husband Maurice Gibb after cutting off his beard, at their Kilburn home today
