Who's the most famous person you've met, and what were they like?

I have met a few. James Bolam was the most unpleasant. Very surly and difficult. The late John Hallam was the nicest (an actor probably more recognisable by face than name). He usually played really aggressive men but I would speak to him on the phone and he would talk about his plants (particularly petunias). Leonard (of Mayfair) celebrity hairdresser who taught Nicky Clarke, John Frieda and others is also very nice. He was a good friend but we lost touch because of distance and illness. He invited me to a number of celebrity functions. Gloria Hunniford was very nice. Lulu shoved me out the way to get to her.

When my Mum died we had to take my two very small daughters to stay with inlaws while we went to the funeral and sorted things with my Dad. We arrived back to pick them up day before Remembrance Sunday. We went to the inlaws local church for the service on the Sunday. I had a tap on my shoulder and Sir John Mills said how very sorry he was to hear I had lost my Mum. My inlaws lived in same village as him and he had heard my news. At the time it meant so much to me. He said some lovely things.

I didn't think I'd met any when I first saw this post, but I've actually met quite few.
Does any one recall a group called Picketywhich from the 60s? The drummer lived next door to us for years - Bobby Brittain.
Then when I worked in a certain country town library - the town was popular with celebrities - I met a few of them over the library counter.
Brian Eno and his brother Roger, Jerome from Robson and Jerome, John McCarthy. The authors Anne Fine and Barbara Erskine (I did some research for her). One of the group Busted - his name escapes me now. All very pleasant and natural.
My absolute favourite was an actor called Douglas Wilmer who played Sherlock Holmes on TV years ago and was in ElCid and other films of the 60s and 70s. He could be very demanding but was so witty, interesting and could be very charming. I didn't take to him at first but came to like him a lot. Always the same to everyone. His autobiography is very amusing.
I'm all name dropped out now.

My husband shook hand with Richard Branson when he was working on construction for an office for him.
I went to a garden party at Buckingham palace and stood very near the queen but didn't get to talk to her but she was lovely.

My husband won Nat West competition to train with the England T20 cricket team and I went as his guest. It was tough training but at lunch we got to chat to all of the players while having hospitality buffet. Steven Finn chatted was the most friendly and sat with some children answering their questions, Joe Root was the most polite and chatted to my DH about an old knee injury he had. We were both able to get little cricket bats signed by the whole team. Months later we were at a cricket match sitting in a front row when England were fielding and Joe Root was stood on the boundary just in front of us. He turned to face the crowd and recognised my DH and asked him if he had any more problems with his knee.

I used to travel on the same tube as Tony Robinson often enough that we would sometimes have short chats about trivialities (like whether there would be enough room on the train for us). He seemed very nice.

I used to play Badminton with the actor Philip Madock - enough said.

Where to start? As a teenager I was in a folk trio and met/socialised with all the 'stars' of that scene, even the Corries when they were the Corrie Folk Four and Paddy Bell. Then I met and married DH who was the drummer in a rock band who often played as warm up band to famous bands of the 60's so I met most of them too. Later DH's band did dinner dance and cabaret work, sometimes my trio were part of the cabaret so we met and were friends with all the artists who were on that circuit.

For two years when she was 9 & 10 DD1 appeared in the Pantomimes at the local theatre so we got to know Russell Hunter and Tony Roper and many other actors. Later that DD worked for the Scottish Youth Theatre with famous patrons and aspiring actors who would later become stars. Meanwhile, DD2 trained then worked in TV and Film production - has met and chatted with Sean Connery and still blushes to remember that she told him he looked just like her Grandad! As her + 1 at premieres and BAFTA events and as walk-ons in various productions we met and became friendly with loads of actors.

Having been politically active in the SNP since my 20s I know well nearly all of the prominent politicians in that party. I kinda went off Alex Salmond (a very funny man) when he [accidentally] shut my hand in a door but would single out John Swinney and, of course, Nicola Sturgeon (whom I have known since she was 16) as two of the kindest, most caring people I have ever known.

I've met a lot of politicians over the years and my favourite was Tony Benn who was always friendly and had something interesting to say. The cutest though we're Boyzone and Westlife. My daughter's dance group were backing dancers on a couple of songs during their concerts in Birmingham. At the time, Westlife were just starting out and were the support act. All of them were lovely and very patient with the star struck 14 year olds. My daughter still swoons when she sees Ronan Keating!

We used to go to a local Hotel for Diner/Cabaret Evenings, after one show (& very late as he liked his meal after performing) Ken Dodd, had a lovely chat, got his autograph & a kiss. Also at the same venue some months later Gerry Marsden from Gerry & the Pacemakers (not the original Pacemakers), got his autograph, nice guy.

Used to go into Pubs owned by former Burnley FC players & got to know them well (supported Burnley from 5 years old). One of the ex-players had a Fish & Chip Shop which we went in quite a lot, he was often working in there. Also a local Pub where we drank with several ex-Burnley players.

When I worked as a waitress I met Denis Law (Man United & Scotland footballer), there's a theme here The waiters were told that under no circumstances could they ask for his autograph. Saw many of the great footballers including George Best but never actually met them face to face

Also when I was waitressing I met Stuart Hall, he was absolutely charming & a delight to serve

Best man at my 1st Wedding was Yorkshire Watercolour Artist Ashley Jackson, I married his half-brother, I also visited his home a few times, fondly remember him & his family. I've been to visit his Gallery since, he's such a lovely man

After my 1st Marriage we ran a Country Pub, the Hollies were frequent visitors

I met Bill Wyman at Talland Bay in Cornwall. He had His young wife Mandy with him .He bought us a drink at the hotel he was staying at. My daughter talked to his wife and I talked to B.W. All about when I first saw The Stones when they played at Longleat. Fascinating. A really lovely man

Met and chatted to the last three Archbishops of Canterbury, and had lunch with George Carey and his wife.
Olave, Lady Baden Powell sat in our kitchen to have a cuppa...

Having worked in most of the major private hospitals in London I've met and nursed more famous people than I care to remember. A-Z listers from national treasures to starlets, aristocracy, politicians and everyone else in between. Obviously it's all confidential.

However, as they are now dead, I think I can respectfully name a few: Lucian Freud and Harold Pinter (gulp!) both very pleasant and appreciative, and in the case of Freud, very chatty; and many decades ago, the lovely Diana Dors and Matt Monro - both very friendly, and stoical.

Away from nursing, so I can let rip! Lord Richard Rogers (architect) tall, friendly, extremely attractive, hard to believe he's 80-something, and very happily married to the lovely Ruthie; Rupert Everett, very tall and handsome; Alan Yentob, very short and scruffy but friendly; Tessa Jowell, looks and speaks like a little girl, friendly; Su Pollard, chatty and zany and very beautiful; Elaine Page, narky; Kelly Hoppen, a cow.

Enough for now.

in our job we've met lots of "stars" some nice some downright rude. We were lucky to get the job of shadowing Bill Clinton for two days,on the golf course and at a dinner on two days ,and he was a charming man ,my other half shadowed the Queen and Phillip on a couple of jobs and says she's just a wee granny and quite amusing (I'm not a royalist so I wasn't really interested) and we've been very lucky to meet the wonderful Tony Bennett and some of my music hero's like Eddi Reader ,Eric Bibb and James Taylor .It has been an interesting (and long) career

Joanna Lumley. I found myself alone with Joanna and we had a lovely chat about poetry. She really is a delightful person.

My famous person turned out to be infamous. Years ago I was at a summer fete run by the nuns at a Convent/Old people's care home opposite my home. I guessed the exact weight of a cake in a comp. and was presented with it by the guest of honour, who gave me a big kiss on my LIPS. Have you guessed who it was yet? Yes, it was Jimmy Savile. Didn't like him then, and it still makes me feel sick when I think about it. He handed me the cake, then grabbed my face to plant the kiss.

Mick Jagger in the 1970's in Greece - deserted street - small town - we had a short conversation with him (my husband and I) during which he recommended various places to visit. No photos - In those days we could only afford a film with 12 pictures and we'd used them all. I'll never forget it though.

My sister who lives in New York had Glen Close for a neighbour and their kids played together and sometimes Glen would pop over to pick her up,my sister said she was just like any othe mom

I played tennis with Stanly Baker when he was making Zulu and met a few of the actors but can't remember who they were , too long ago

And had forgotten Billy Fury, he bought a farm here so met him often

Had s chat with Anne Widdicombe when we were both canvassing for different parties, that was fun.

Forgotten to mention I met John Humphries the broadcaster several times, his brother worked st BBC Wales and Humphries tried organic farming here but it didn't work out.

The nicest, kindest person with a great sense of humour is Gordon Brown , met him many times

Ozzy Osbourne, quiet and charming!!!!

The Beatles, at the Cavern Club - before they became famous.

Joan Collins at a first night party. Lots of celeb actors shun these events but our Joan was there charming everyone and looking amazing. She posed for photos and chatted away as though the only place she wanted to be was amongst strangers answering questions. A real trooper.

I couldn't get over how tiny she is.

Met a few, the one who left a very lasting impact was Ian Paisley.
I was once sitting at the same table as him at a dinner, he started out fine but as the evening went on he just became more and more loud and strident. At another function you could hear him all over a very large room.

I spent an afternoon and had tea with Barbara Cartland at her stately home Hatfield House. She was all in pink and constantly clutched her white Pekenese Dickie (named after Mountbatten) she advised me not to touch Dickie but I could fuss the two fat Labradors as much as I wanted. Over high tea she told me she wouldn't have gone to Charles and Diana's wedding even if she had have been invited because of a family rift. She could talk for England. Half way through tea she dipped into her handbag, produced a compact and giant powder puff and vigorously powdered her face, then she summoned one of the liveried butlers to bring more plates, she cut two enormous slices of sponge cake and placed them on the floor for the fat Labradors, Dickie remained on her lap and ate off her plate. She was incredibly well read and articulate in all subjects.
Later she invited me to see her drawing room where she dictated her novels to her secretaries and proudly showed me her D.B.E medal. The room was full of photos of Mountbatten and various Royals. A few days later she sent me a package with pictures of us together, a book on Hatfield and a gold plated necklace. I'm not a fan of her books, but a lovely friendly lady who had just celebrated her 90th birthday.

My sister had a story about being introduced to Lewis Collins and Martin Shaw back in the day but because she was never in to watch TV on a weekend she had no idea who they were! ?
I often think how much richer David Bowie's life would have been if he had ever has the good fortune to meet me ....... ??

Nursed Roald Dalh, charming man. Very tall, we had to extend his mattress. He gave me a book for my children which he signed.