Jim Dale He trained as a dancer for six years, before his debut as a stage comic in 1951. He did two years of national service in the Royal Air Force. As a songwriter, Dale is best remembered as the lyricist for the film theme "Georgy Girl", for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1966. The song (performed by the Seekers) reached number 2 in the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart the following year, it also made number 3 in Dale's native UK and Number 1
Georgy Girl her second father: he provided for her education, and for a studio in his own home in which she teaches dance to children. As Georgy has become a young woman, however, his feelings for her have become more than fatherly: James offers Georgy a legal contract, proposing to supply her with the luxuries of life in return for her becoming his mistress. Georgy sidesteps his proposal by never giving him a direct response; Leamington's business-like language and manner (and awkward inability to express any affection for her) leave her cold. Georgy's flatmate is the beautiful Meredith (Charlotte Rampling), who works