Debbie McGee is 58-years-old, though the sprightly dancer is in great shape for her age.
The Strictly Come Dancing contestant is best known for her marriage to magician Paul Daniels, who she was an assistant to.
Sadly, Paul passed away in 2016. However, the widow of the successful magician is making the most of life with her stint on TV dance completion Strictly.
Express.co.uk looks back at the performer through the ages.
Th blonde British star was born in Surrey, in Kingston-upon-Thames, to parents who ran a corner shop – Patrick McGee and Lillian Howes.
Debbie had a bother a sister, who worked in the city Her sister was a banker and her brother was an accountant.
However, Debbie did not take the mathematic route, instead choosing to go into showbiz, thanks to her love of dance.
Having danced since she was seven, Debbie studied at the royal ballet school for the age of 16, and then joined the Iranian National Ballet in Tehran.
Unfortunately the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 cut Debbie’s ballet career short and the young woman fled back to the UK.
However, it was this dramatic change in circumstance that led to Debbie to meet the love of her life and her husband Paul Daniels, when she found a job performing with him in the 1979 summer show in Great Yarmouth.
The pair went on to star in the longest running magic show ever to run in the West End together.
They then appeared in the BBC One show, The Paul Daniels Magic Show, which ran for 15 years.
Most recently Debbie McGee stared in Aladdin at the Grand Opera House in York, before joining this year’s Strictly contestants.
Yesterday BBC host Zoe Ball talked audiences through Debbie’s costume for the show.
This week Debbie, 58, will this week be taking on the Quickstep to Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off alongside partner Giovanni Pernice.
However, the star fears this week may be the week she faces elimination.
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