MARIANNE FAITHFULL - FAITHFULL QUITS MOVIE AFTER HEART ATTACK

British rocker MARIANNE FAITHFULL is devastated doctors ordered her to pull out of new movie THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY - after she suffered a recent heart attack.

The 58-year-old singer was thrilled she'd won the lead role as countess in the movie adaptation of OSCAR WILDE's celebrated morality tale.

But she had to quit the film just before filming was due to start, after she was rushed to hospital with severe chest pains.

Faithfull's manager and boyfriend FRANCOIS RAVARD tells gossip website PageSix.Com, "Marianne really wanted to do it but had to pull out at the last moment. She had a slight heart attack, but she's fine now."

The health scare has finally prompted Faithfull to stop smoking her trademark cigarettes.