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Beryl Cook Biography

Beryl Cook was born in 1926 in Surrey, England, one of four sisters. She left school at fourteen, showing little talent for painting and worked in a variety of jobs.  Moving to London in 1943 Beryl became a showgirl in a touring production of ‘The Gypsy Princess’.  She also worked in the fashion industry, which inspired her life-long interest in the way people dress and how they look.