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Rose Knox-Peebles has hit back at a theatre critic who said her stage make-up looked \u2018a fright\u2019, only the 81-year-old wasn\u2019t wearing any.<\/p>\n
The former Vogue model was performing as Erda, the earth goddess, in a new production of Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera House in London.<\/p>\n
Rose\u2019s presence on stage is constant throughout but it was her face that caught the eye of a reviewer. <\/p>\n
She spends most of the production wearing not a single stitch of clothing \u2013 let alone a full face of theatrical make-up.<\/p>\n
Financial Times reviewer Richard Fairman attended opening night of the new production of the first chapter of Wagner\u2019s Ring cycle.<\/p>\n
He wrote of Rose\u2019s performance: \u2018Erda, the earth goddess, is also on stage the whole evening, played by Rose Knox-Peebles and made up to look quite a fright, though that probably goes with the territory if you have been around since the dawn of time.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Rose did not appreciate this description of herself as \u2018frightful\u2019 since that was simply her natural face and she wrote to the paper to tell them as such.<\/p>\n
She said: \u2018Your reviewer tells readers that Erda, the earth goddess, was made up to look \u201cquite a fright\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u2018This is not so. I wore no make-up \u2013 the \u201cfright\u201d look is all naturally mine.\u2019<\/p>\n
Rose\u2019s career has spanned decades, writing short stories and novels, collecting art, and acting in various shows, films and theatre productions.<\/p>\n
The model had previously taken part in an Age UK charity project, during which she revealed she had once kissed Elvis.<\/p>\n
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According to The Mirror, in the 70s, she attended his concert with her husband while on holiday in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
\u2018We got a table right at the back of a gigantic room, very dark,\u2019 Rose shared.<\/p>\n
\u2018The first time, and the only time it ever happened, the singer stepped off the stage into the audience. I felt as if I was flying over the heads of everybody, and I landed I pulled his head towards me and I kissed him.<\/p>\n
\u2018I remembered thinking as I walked back to the table, am I ever going to wash my face again?\u2019<\/p>\n
The actress has four children and six grandchildren, living what she describes as her \u2018hermit crab\u2019 life in West London.<\/p>\n