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The acclaimed Cornish actress Dame Kristin Scott Thomas was born in Redruth, Cornwall, to Deborah (Hurlbatt) and Lieutenant Commander Simon Scott Thomas. Her father was a pilot for the British Royal Navy and died in a flying accident in 1964. Her stepfather, Lt. Cdr Simon Idiens, was also a pilot, and died six years later under similar circumstances. Her childhood home was Dorset, England. She left at the age of 19 to work as an au pair in Paris. She was married to French doctor François Oliviennes, with whom she had three children; Hannah, Joseph, and George.- Music Artist
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Mick Fleetwood was born on 24 June 1947 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. He is a music artist and actor, known for The Running Man (1987), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Triple Frontier (2019). He was previously married to Lynn Frankel, Sara Recor and Jenny Boyd.- Zelah Clarke was born on 5 November 1953 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Jane Eyre (1983), Lady Jane (1986) and How Green Was My Valley (1975). She has been married to Francis Ash since 1992. They have one child.
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Seán James Sutton is an English actor working extensively around the world in film. His first acting roles on camera were in commercials before he moved on to films (and sometimes even television). He lives in Europe but travels extensively around the world for work.
Sean comes from an artistic family: his father was a watercolourist and his mother was a writer; his older brother is an architect and his younger brother is a song writer and producer.
On a personal level, Sean enjoys expensive whisky when he can afford it, and listens to progressive music a lot which can be bad for one's health and which annoys the neighbours. He's also a vegan.- Michael Ward was born George William Everard Yeo on 9th April 1909 in the village of Carmenellis, Cornwall. Being the son of a clergyman, his family moved from parish to parish for most of his early life. He detested this nomadic lifestyle and being an only child. It was not until 1930 when the family settled in Caddington, near Luton, that he got the chance to make friends and become independent.
Between 1930 and 1945 Michael worked as a private tutor and then as an ambulance driver during the war years.
By March 1946 he had chosen acting after abandoning his first love, to be a concert pianist, winning a scholarship to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
On completing the course, he began auditioning and in 1946 landed the role as understudy to comedian Vic Oliver in The Night and the Music at the Coliseum, now the home of English National Opera.
This was the beginning of a long career in supporting roles comprising of nearly seventy films, twenty West End shows and over two hundred television appearances.
It was in 1947 that Michael secured his first film role. Directed by Alexander Korda, An Ideal Husband starred Paulette Goddard and was released in June of that year. It was generally well received and acted as a springboard for Michael's screen career, as between 1947 and 1960 he starred in no fewer than thirty films, making him one of the country's busiest and best-known character actors.
The year 1961 brought Michael to the attention of an even wider audience, playing the photographer in Carry On Regardless. Further roles in the series included 'Man in Tweeds' in Carry On Cabbie, 'Archimedes' in Carry On Cleo, 'Vivian the Window Dresser' in Carry On Screaming and 'Andre the Wigmaker' in Carry On Don't Lose Your Head.
The BFI credited Michael as delivering one of the funniest one liners in British film history, as the effete gentleman in tweeds who alights from Kenneth Connors' black cab. Remember it? Watch it again and judge for yourself.
Other classic British comedy vehicles included four Norman Wisdom comedies, as well as dozens of other films, but eventually television provided the bread and butter of his later career.
His work on the big screen was reflected on TV, from the early 1960's to the mid-1970's, the golden age of British television comedy. Appearances ranged from Hancock's Half Hour, The Jack Benny Show, Steptoe and Son, Sykes and Rising Damp. Other shows included The Avengers, The Two Ronnies and The Dick Emery Show. He was most memorably cast in Morecambe and Wise, where he played Adrian, the comedy duo's extremely camp next door neighbour.
After making what would be his last ever screen outing in 1978's Revenge of the Pink Panther, Michael suffered a stroke, forcing him to retire. He finally passed away on 8 November 1997 at St Mary's Hospital, Ladbroke Grove, London, aged eighty-eight. - Actress
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Angela Rippon was born on 12 October 1944 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Wire in the Blood (2002), Chiller (1995) and House of Cards (1990).- Writer
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Peter Tilbury was born on 20 October 1945 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Chef! (1993), Sorry I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1981) and Shelley (1979).- Chris has been an actor in the UK for over 35 years. For the most part he's worked in London, UK regional repertory, touring commercial theatre, TV, Radio and Film He has also played leading roles for BBC radio 4 in many dramas being blessed with a very distinctive voice.
He is a published poet and has written for TV comedy and drama shows.
Now residing in Southern California with his wife Jay. Chris is continuing his successful career in the USA.
For further details of his work you can see his resume on IMdb. - Additional Crew
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Simon Atherton was born on 6 August 1957 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. He is an actor, known for V for Vendetta (2005), The Fifth Element (1997) and Edge of Tomorrow (2014).- Peter Craze was born on 27 August 1946 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), Nana (1968) and The Bill (1984). He was married to Illona Linthwaite. He died on 30 December 2020.
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Tristan de Vere Cole served in the Royal Navy from the age of 16 to 25, and was then an actor and Assistant Stage Manager at the Bristol Old Vic, before starting his career in television.
He directed episodes of many acclaimed series such as "Bergerac" (1981-1991), "Secret Army" (1979) and "Warship" (1974-1976), as well as the four-part classic serials Kenilworth (1967) and John Halifax, Gentleman (1974) and many period plays including Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) and The Game (1997) set in 1913. He also directed Alan Plater's highly acclaimed Trinity Tales (1975). He directed the first ever episode of the long-running Yorkshire TV soap "Emmerdale" (1972-)
Experience of shooting at sea proved valuable for his two feature films, which were both Anglo-Norwegian productions, Orions belte (1985), shot in Spitzbergen, the Arctic, the North Cape and Oslo, and Dykket (1989), shot in the North Sea.- Editor
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John MacDonnell was born on 15 November 1955 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. He was an editor and actor, known for Tutti Frutti (1987), Jonathan Creek (1997) and Love Soup (2005). He died on 28 August 2008 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK.- Actor
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Benjamin Luxon was born on 24 March 1937 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Die Fledermaus (1983), Don Giovanni (1978) and The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland (1973).- Derek Graham was born on 13 February 1942 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Clifton House Mystery (1978), Robin Hood (1984) and Dramarama (1983). He died on 18 May 2001 in Bristol, England, UK.
- Douglas Mounce was born on 6 November 1947 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Rosamunde Pilcher (1993), That Summer! (1979) and Clatterford (2006). He died on 21 April 2013 in Exeter, Devon, England, UK.
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Gwen Bartle was born in 1920 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. Gwen is known for The Broad Fourteens (1945). Gwen was married to Leslie Arthur Ginger. Gwen died in 2005 in Hemel Hempstead, England, UK.- Alan Opie was born on 22 March 1945 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Simon Boccanegra (1991), Mary Stuart (1982) and Death in Venice (1990).
- Jill Martin was a British musical theatre star born in Redruth in Cornwall. Her first theatrical break came in the late 1950s when she under-studied Julie Andrews in the West End production of 'My Fair Lady'. In 1979 she took over that leading role of Eliza from Liz Robertson and in the 2000s revival with Martine McCutcheon in the lead she played Mrs Eynsford-Hill, making her the only actress to appear in all three British productions. She also appeared in 'Les Miserables' and was an original cast member when it opened at the Barbican. She was not known for television roles, though she did feature in Victoria Wood's 'Acorn Antiques'. Jill Martin died on Christmas Eve, 2016, aged 78.
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D.M. Thomas was born on 27 January 1935 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. He is known for Onegin (1999), The Gertrude Stein Mystery or Some Like It Art (2010) and Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (1988). He was married to Maureen Skewes, Denise Aldred, Victoria Field and Angela Embree. He died on 26 March 2023 in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK.- Leo Beskeen was born in 1916 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Look, Stranger (1970). He died in 1979 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK.
- Rowan is a Welsh actress, born in Cornwall to Welsh and Scottish parents. After growing up at sea, she studied drama at Ysgol Glantaf and with South Glamorgan Youth Theatre in Cardiff, Wales. She traveled extensively before settling back in Wales. She is known for "The Establishment: Division 9" and "It's My Shout: Short Films from Wales"; winning "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" at the "It's My Shout" Awards, 2016. She is fluent in English & Welsh. She also writes romance novels. She lives in South Wales.
- Keith Warmington was born on 12 August 1949 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK.