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- Jeffery Danny Dench (29 April 1928 - 25 March 2014) was an English actor, best known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was the older brother of actress Judi Dench.
Jeffery Dench was born in Tyldesley, Manchester to Eleanora Olave (née Jones), a native of Dublin, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a physician who met his future wife while studying medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. Jeff lived in Tyldesley with his brother Peter; later the family moved to York where his sister, Judith, was born.
Jeffery Dench was born in Tyldesley, Manchester to Eleanora Olave (née Jones), a native of Dublin, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a physician who met his future wife while studying medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. Jeff lived in Tyldesley with his brother Peter; later the family moved to York where his sister, Judith, was born.
Dench attended St Peter's, York, where he began acting with the role of Cleopatra in George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra.
He spent his national service at an army theatre in Catterick before attending the Central School of Speech and Drama. It was here that he met Betty, his first wife, who was working as a speech therapist. He moved to Clifford Chambers and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963, where he worked for many years.
With his wife Betty, Dench had three daughters: Sarah, a teacher who lives in Brailes; Clare, who lives in Shiplake; and Emma, a Roman historian previously at Birkbeck, University of London, and at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Betty died from a heart attack on 11 January 2002. Dench then married Ann Curtis, a costume designer for the RSC and a longtime family friend. They lived in Stratford-upon-Avon and in 2012 he became the President of Stratford-upon-Avon Choral Society.
On 27 March 2014 it was announced that Dench had died in England, UK two days earlier. - Lord James Blears was born on 13 August 1923 in Tyldesley, Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for North Shore (1987), Magnum, P.I. (1980) and Hawaii Five-O (1968). He was married to Leonora Adelaina. He died on 3 March 2016 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
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Jess Yates was born on 20 December 1918 in Tyldesley, Manchester, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Diane's Magic Theatre (1968), Origami (1968) and Junior Showtime (1969). He was married to Heller Toren. He died on 9 April 1993 in Llandudno, Wales, UK.- Alan Gerrard was born on 15 May 1929 in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1961), BBC Play of the Month (1965) and Ryan International (1970). He died on 29 January 2009 in London, England, UK.
- Fred Norris was born in Tyldesley, Lancashire, England, UK. He was previously married to Doris.
- Ella Toone was born on 2 September 1999 in Tyldesley, England. She is an actress, known for UEFA Women's Nations League 2023-24: League A Group 1 (2023), Match of the Day (1964) and Jamie Johnson FC (2023).
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Aida Broadbent was born on 9 February 1908 in Tyldesley, Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for No, No, Nanette (1940), Irene (1940) and Sunny (1941). She was previously married to James Wilbur Armstrong.