ITV / Rex Features Ken Russell in 1987 Credit: Rex Features 1988: Imogen Millais Scott and Glenda Jackson in Salome's Last Dance Credit: Everett Collection / Rex Features 1988: Hugh Grant and ...

Ken Russell was a flamboyant and often controversial ... they now attract a cult following. Salome's Last Dance (1988) was inspired by Oscar Wilde's Salome, which was banned from the London ...

Ken Russell, the outrageous talent who defied ... including Crimes of Passion, Gothic, Salome's Last Dance and the cult horror-comedy The Lair Of The White Worm, starring Hugh Grant.

Ken Russell defined an era of trippy ... In the 80s, "Altered States," "Crimes of Passion," "Salome's Last Dance," and "The Lair of the White Worm." And in the 90s, "Whore" and an segment in ...

Ken Russell’s lifelong love affair with music ... and on being demobbed dabbled in ballet, freelance photography and film making for the Free Cinema movement. His capacity for courting ...

He joined the RAF and qualified in radio but, inspired by a fellow serviceman, soon left to essay his fortunes as a ballet dancer ... who worked with him. Ken Russell was married four times.