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Arlene Phillips is an English choreographer and theatrical director who also acquired notoriety as a television judge and presenter most notably known to be the former judge on the BBC television show, “Strictly Come Dancing”. She was the judge on the show from 2004 through 2009. She has also worked as a judge on a reality dance show, “So You Think You Can Dance”.

Renowned to be the choreographer of various West End and Broadway musicals, films, and television shows, Arlene rose to recognition initially as a choreographer for the British dance troupe, “Hot Gossip”. At the age of 78, she became the oldest participant to feature in ITV’s twenty-first series of “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!” in November 2021. Besides, she is active on social media platforms with over 99.9k followers on her verified Twitter account: @@arlenephillips and over 27k followers on Instagram: @arlenephillips.

How much is the Net worth of Arlene Phillips?

Arlene Phillips has fairly significant earnings from her job as a choreographer and Television program judge. Having began her career as a choreographer in her mid-teens, she has come a long way up becoming one of the popular faces in the dance world. Her source of income is certainly her choreographing fees and her appearances as a judge. Including all of her earnings, her estimated net worth is $1.2 million.

Early Years: Where is Arlene Phillips from?

Arlene Phillips was born on May 22, 1943, in Prestwich, Lancashire, England. Her birth name is Dame Arlene Phillips. She holds British nationality. Her ethnicity is White while Gemini is her zodiac sign. Born and reared in her birthplace, Lancashire, Arlene showed an interest in ballet dancing at a very young age that she already had begun dance courses at age of 3.

Her mother who had always shown a passion to dance was Arlene’s biggest inspiration, unfortunately, died at age of 43 following her suffering of illness. Growing up alongside her two siblings; a brother, Ian, and a sister, Karen, she attended Broughton Preparatory School, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Beaver Road Primary School, Didsbury, and Manchester Central High School for Girls. She nonetheless left school at age of 16 and subsequently entered the ballet and tap dance at the Muriel Tweedy School in Manchester.

What is the Professional Career of Arlene Phillips?

Arlene started her career as a choreographer and a teacher when she moved to teach her brand of jazz dance at The Dance Centre(Pineapple Dance Studios) in Covent Garden. She also went to teach at the Italia Conti Stage School. Also, She rose to recognition as a choreographer for the British dance ensemble, “Hot Gossip”. She then worked as an assistant choreographer on the 1982 picture, “Annie”. Her choreographic work for the Duran Duran song, “The Wild Boys” was also voted the Best British Video at the 1985 BRIT Awards. In 1996, she was stage director on the initial run of Michael Flatley’s Irish dance spectacular, Lord of the Dance. She choreographed the 2002 Commonwealth Games opening and closing ceremonies.

Her breakthrough came when she began serving as a judge on the BBC One show, “Strictly Come Dancing” in 2004. She was a judge on the show for 4 years till 2008. She became the Executive Producer and Creative Director for the ITV television series, “Britannia High” in 2008. Also, She was also one of the helping hands behind hit BBC shows, “DanceX” and “Strictly Dance Fever”. She has also been a judge on the UK edition of “So You Think You Can Dance?”. She choreographed the performance of the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. In 2010, Phillips wrote a series of children’s fiction novels. She featured on Let’s Dance For Comic Relief in the Dance Judge Panel in 2013. She recently appeared as the oldest celebrity on ITV’s twenty-first series of “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!”.

Honors and Awards

• Appointed as the Officer of the Order of the British Empire(OBE)
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire(CBE) and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire(DBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to dance and charity

Who is the Husband of Arlene Phillips?

Arlene Phillips is a married lady and has been married twice to date. Her first marriage was with fashion designer Danny Noble, with whom she got married even with a big age gap of 9 years as she was 27 and he was 18 at the time of their marriage. Through her first marriage, she had a daughter named Alana Philips. Following her divorce from Danny, she got married to her partner, Angus Ion with whom she has been together since 1985.

Angus was working as a set designer on the shoot of the music video for Freddie Mercury’s song, I Was Born to Love You when the couple encountered one other for the first time. They immediately started dating and finally got married. Arlene was 47 years old when she got pregnant with her second and first child with Angus. The couple is having a great life together alongside their children; Abi Ion and Alana Phillips.

Body Stats: Height and Weight

Arlene Phillips is a gorgeous lady with a well-maintained body physique in her 70s. Phillips is tall with a height of 5ft 3inches(1.60m) while her body weighs around 56kg(123 lbs) (123 lbs). She is a gorgeous woman with brown hair and a pair of brown eyes.

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