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Dan Fogelman was born on 19 February 1976 in River Vale, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for This Is Us (2016), Life Itself (2018) and Tangled (2010). He has been married to Caitlin Thompson since 13 June 2015. They have one child.- Actress
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One of stage, screen, radio and TV's most inimitable, irrepressible entertainers, Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold was born in London on December 9, 1897, the daughter of an upscale Austrian-Jewish financier and English homemaker. The blue-eyed blonde loved to perform in school plays and made her professional stage debut at age 11 as the Herald in "Pinkie and the Fairies."
She went on to appear at London's Savoy Theatre, at Christmastime in 1911, in the children's fantasy "Where the Raindow Ends," starring Reginald Owen and a cast of 45 children, including Gingold and a 12-year-old Noël Coward. Trained in the classics under actress/writer Rosina Filippi (1866-1930), Hermione played everything from the Page in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" to Jessica in "The Merchant of Venice" and Cassandra in "Troilus and Cressida." Stage parts in "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and "The Dippers" also came about during this period.
But it was Hermione's deep, guttural voice (as a result of vocal nodes) and flair for tart, quirky comedy that truly boosted her notoriety in the 1930's when she triumphed as a musical revue artist. Sharpening her talent and bawdy, razor-like wit in this venue throughout World War II, she graced such revues as "The Gate Revue," "Sweet and Low," "Sweet and Lower," "Sweet and Lowest," "Swinging the Gate" and "Rise Above It." In between she appeared in a few films, including a cleaning woman bit in the comedy thriller Someone at the Door (1936), and featured roles in the comedies Meet Mr. Penny (1938) and The Butler's Dilemma (1943).
After performances in such legit plays as "Fumed Oak" and "Fallen Angels" in 1949, and having completed character roles in the pictures The Pickwick Papers (1952), The Slasher (1953) and The Adventures of Sadie (1953), she transported herself to the States, making her New York bow with the popular revue "John Murray Anderson's Almanac," directed by Cyril Ritchard. She was an immediate success and went on to win the theatre's Donaldson Award for this performance. Settling now in America, she involved herself with a variety of theatre projects including "Sticks and Stones" (revue, 1956), "The Sleeping Prince (play) 1956), "Fallen Angels" (play, 1957-58), "First Impressions (play, 1959), "From A to Z (revue, 1960) and as Julia in "Abracadabra," (play, 1960), which she also wrote.
Beloved on Broadway, Hermione served as intriguing replacements for "Milk and Honey" (1962) and "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad" (1963) and continued to make a mark with such plays as "Charley's Aunt." In 1973, the 75-year-old veteran was a featured highlight nostalgically warbling the exotic tune "Liaisons" in the Stephen Sondheim musical hit "A Little Night Music" as Madame Armfeldt. She later returned to Sondheim with the tribute show "Side by Side by Sondheim" in 1978.
Never one to be overlooked for long, she was invited to Hollywood and made a delightfully offbeat niche for herself in several eccentric comedies and plush musical films. Usually permitted to play her charming and haughty self, she was Golden Globe awarded playing the aging courtesan in Gigi (1958) while singing the nostalgic duet "I Remember It Well" with equally aging playboy Maurice Chevalier. Other movie roles would include a quirky cameo as a witch queen in the comedy Bell Book and Candle (1958); another quirky cameo in the second-rate Hitchcockian thriller The Naked Edge (1961); a Golden Globe nominated part as the mayor's wife in the musical The Music Man (1962); a comically villainous voice in the animated musical feature Gay Purr-ee (1962) starring the vocal talents of Judy Garland; a charming reunion with Chevalier in the lightweight comedy I'd Rather Be Rich (1964); a bizarre landlady in the romantic comedy Promise Her Anything (1966), which reunited her with her "Gigi" star Leslie Caron; a devious British Munster relative in Munster, Go Home! (1966); and her Madame Armfeldt recreation in a rather pallid film version of her stage hit A Little Night Music (1977). Her last film was as an aging actress who rubbed elbows with Garbo in the comedy-drama Garbo Talks (1984) starring Anne Bancroft.
Gingold was a delightfully ribald raconteur and became a very popular TV talk show guest, particularly on The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957). She was finishing up the last touches on her autobiography when she passed away in New York City of pneumonia and a heart ailment on May 24, 1987. Her autobiography, How to Grow Old Disgracefully, was published a year after her death (1988). It had been previously presented in installments -- The World Is Square (1946), My Own Unaided Work (1952) and Sirens Should Be Seen and Not Heard (1963). A one-of-a-kind entertainer if ever there was one.- English character actress best known for her many portrayals of feisty cockney types, ranging from barmaids to landladies, charwomen to cooks. Unlike her working class screen personae, Irene's parentage was quite cosmopolitan, her father (Frederick) a Viennese banker, her mother (Maria) a French aristocrat - affluent enough to enable her to travel extensively in her youth. She received her acting training at the Embassy School, under the auspices of the sister of Sybil Thorndike, but did not make her debut on the London stage until 1938.
Her first successful role was in a West End comedy entitled 'George and Margaret' and this led to many other parts, including 'Blithe Spirit' by Noël Coward. From 1937, plump, cheerful Irene Handl became a popular supporting character in British films, usually in small roles or cameos, often as eccentric or pixillated old ladies. On occasion she could be a scene-stealer, as in I'm All Right Jack (1959) as the grumbling wife of shop steward Peter Sellers. She was also the definitive Mrs. Hudson, landlady to the famous detective at 221b Baker Street, in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970).
Irene Handl enjoyed a prolific career on radio (partnering Arthur Askey in 'Hello Playmates' and Tony Hancock in 'Hancock's Half Hour'), as well as in television. Her best-loved appearance was opposite Wilfred Pickles in the title role of Ada Cresswell in the sitcom For the Love of Ada (1970). She also made guest appearances in numerous shows, ranging from The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) to The Rag Trade (1975), and remained an active performer well into her eighties. She also narrated an audio-book version of The Importance of Being Earnest and published two novels: The Sioux in 1969 (described by a reviewer as a 'gothic comic melodrama') and a more downbeat sequel, The Gold Tip Pfitzer in 1986. Besides acting and writing, Handl was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, loved Chihuahua dogs and Rock and Roll music. Irene never married. Shortly before she died at her flat in Kensington, she had been making plans for a third novel. - Actress
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Luisa Guerreiro is an Off-West End Award winner, and dynamic actress working on stage and screen. Born in Maida Vale, London, UK - Luisa trained at Royal Holloway, University of London & The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
She is a physical comedy actress on the Cirque du Soleil database. She is also a professional puppeteer, performance capture artist, creature performer, musical theatre performer and highly proficient advanced screen combatant. She also works as a movement artist / choreographer and is executive producer at Old Lamp Entertainment.
Luisa holds a UK & Portuguese Nationality and has the right to work in the US - (01 Visa)- Actor
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Comic eccentric and gifted raconteur Victor Spinetti was born in Wales on September 2, 1929, the son of Giuseppe Spinetti and Lily (Watson) Spinetti. Educated at Monmouth School, he was initially interested in a teaching degree but turned to acting instead and studied for the stage at the College of Music and Drama in the capital city of Cardiff.
A familiar stage presence in London's West End, his roles included "Expresso Bongo" with Paul Scofield and Leonard Bernstein's "Candide". He also spent six years with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop. Becoming noticed in some of his more important theater pieces such as "The Hostage," "Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'be," "Henry IV, Parts I & II" and "Every Man in His Humour," Victor's triumphant West End performance in the musical "Oh! What a Lovely War" led to the Broadway stage and both "supporting actor" Tony and Theatre World awards.
In the late 1960s, Victor co-starred in "The Odd Couple" with Jack Klugman when it toured London. A noted performer with the Royal Shakespeare Company, he proved equally adept in theatre musicals, providing delicious villainy as Fagin in "Oliver!" and Captain Hook in "Peter Pan". A theatre director of both legit and musical plays as well, Victor's one man show "A Very Private Diary" played all over the world. At age 70+, Victor remained active under the theatre lights playing Baron Bomburst in the musical version of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" in 2003, and Baron Zeta in the operetta "The Merry Widow" in 2004.
Making his film debut with an uncredited bit in the British Behind the Mask (1958), Victor was featured in such films as Sparrows Can't Sing (1963) and The Gentle Terror (1963) before becoming a vital part of the cult "Beatlemania" phenomenon adding to the insanity in three of The Beatles' cinematic vehicles: A Hard Day's Night (1964), Help! (1965) and their hour-long Magical Mystery Tour (1967). While he could be quite dramatic when called upon, it was his comedic character diversions that showed up in such 1960's and 70's films as The Wild Affair (1965), the Burton/Taylor take on The Taming of The Shrew (1967) (as Hortensio), The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968), Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969), Start the Revolution Without Me (1970), offbeat leads in both the comedy A Promise of Bed (1969) and the crimer Scacco alla mafia (1970), another Taylor/Burton effort Under Milk Wood (1971), Digby: The Biggest Dog in the World (1973), The Little Prince (1974), The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), Meeting Resistance (2007), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Some Like It Cool (1977) and Fiona (1977).
A TV favorite in England, he starred or co-starred in the comedy series Two in Clover (1969) opposite "Carry On" star Sidney James and Take My Wife... (1979). He focused more and more on the small screen into the 1980's with guest spots on such series as "Time of Your Life," "Sweet Sixteen," "Kelly Monteith" and "Bad Boyes," and a third regular TV series role in the comedy An Actor's Life for Me (1991) playing the inept agent of a struggling actor.
An excellent conversationalist and storyteller who briefly extended his talents into writing, Victor's later acting credits included the films Under the Cherry Moon (1986), The Krays (1990) and Julie and the Cadillacs (1999), the TV movies Mistral's Daughter (1984), The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988) (as Van Daan), The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen (1995) and as a voiceover actor (the animated TV series (SuperTed (1983) and The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989)).
Last seen in a couple of short films in 2006, Victor died on June 18, 2012, age 82, after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer the year before. He survived (by 15 years) his longtime partner, actor Graham Curnow, who died in 1997.- Writer
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Val Guest began his career as an actor on the British stage and in early sound films. He ran the one-man London office of "The Hollywood Reporter" until an encounter with director Marcel Varnel led to a screen writing job at Gainsborough Studios. Guest's directing career began in the early 1940s with a Ministry of Information short about the perils of sneezing (!), an inauspicious start to a lengthy roster of films that includes the science-fiction classics The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), Quatermass 2 (1957), The Abominable Snowman (1957) and The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961). He was married to the actress Yolande Donlan from 1954 until his death in 2006, aged 94.- Actor
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Kieran Darcy-Smith was born on 12 June 1965 in Mona Vale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an actor and director, known for Wish You Were Here (2012), Bloodlock (1998) and Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010). He has been married to Felicity Price since 7 January 2006. They have two children.- Actor
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Steve McFadden was born on 20 March 1959 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for EastEnders (1985), Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993) and Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000).- Alan Turing was born on 23 June 1912 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Turochamp (1948). He died on 7 June 1954 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, UK.
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Brian Hibbard was born on 25 November 1946 in Ebbw Vale, Gwent, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Revolver (2005), Funland (2005) and Little White Lies (2006). He was married to Caroline Bunce. He died on 17 June 2012 in Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, UK.- Joe Ashman was born on 17 August 1994 in Edlesborough, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Free Rein (2017), The Man in The Box and The Manor (2018).
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Wayne was born in Plymouth, but when he was about 7 his family moved to Hartlepool, where he went to the Muriel Carr School of Dancing, which was situated above a cycle shop. As a boy he wanted to be a song-and-dance man like Gene Kelly and entered the children's section of a song-and-dance competition at the Middlesborough Tournament, singing '5' 2" Eyes of Blue' and winning the cup for the highest marks in the children's section. But on the dance side the adjudicator told him he must learn ballet as he tapped with his feet turned out like a ballet dancer. He won a scholarship which gave him two free lessons a week at the Royal Academy of Dance in Newcastle Upon Tyne, but by the time his train fares were paid they weren't exactly free, and his working-class family--his father was a process worker at the Steetley Magnesite Company--had to be careful with their money. When he was 12 and a pupil at West Hartlepool Tech, out of 500 entrants he won a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School by default as he missed the height test, which wasn't discovered until after he was granted the scholarship. He graduated in 1966 with a performance of 'Blue Boy' on 'Les Patineurs' and became a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in 1973, performing in over 50 roles including some created for him by Frederick Ashton and Rudolph Nureyev. He began diversifying acting on stage and television and in films, choreographing ballets, and appearing in pantomime with Danny La Rue at the London Palladium. He won rave reviews in the stage musicals of 'Cats' and 'Song and Dance', played the Emcee in Gillian Lynne's production of 'Cabaret' in the West End, and won a Golden Rose Award for his 'Dizzy Feet' television show, and with his own company of dancers and musicians he did a three-month, 10-city tour with 'Dash.' He has topped the bill in over 16 pantomimes and devised and directed many productions and charity galas including Carnival of the Birds, Design for Dance, 90 years of... , Stars of the Night, 50 Wonks at Wayne Sleep, Birthday Offering (for Princess Margaret), and D.B.E. (for Dame Beryl Grey). His own choreographic works include 'David and Goliath', 'Savoy Suite', 'A Soldiers Tale', The Hot Shoe Show', 'Wonderland', 'Cinderella and Toad' (Wind in the Willows), 'Wizard of Oz', 'Salad Days', 'Roll Over', 'Carousel', 'World of Classical Ballet', 'History of Dance', and 'Hollywood and Broadway'. He arranged the dance sequence for the film 'Death on the Nile' and formed his own dance company, DASH, which did many seasons in London's West End, then returned to London after a world tour. As an actor he's appeared in 'The Tempest', 'The Servant of Two Masters', 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' as Puck, 'The Soldier's Tale', and the films 'The First Great Train Robbery' and 'The Tales of Beatrix Potter'. He has two entries in the Guinness Book of Records', was Show Business Personality of the Year in 1984, has been the subject of 'This is Your Life' and 'The South Bank Show'; he's received honorary degrees from the Universities of Exeter and Teeside, and is patron of the South West region of the Royal Academy of Dance, the British Ballet Organisation, and other institutions. He's written 'Variations on Wayne Sleep' and 'Precious Little Sleep' and has set up a charity, 'The Wayne Sleep Dance Scholarship' to help aspiring dancers with their tuition- Script and Continuity Department
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Angela Allen was born on 12 February 1929 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Lost in Space (1998), The African Queen (1951) and The Dirty Dozen (1967).- Actress
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Anneka Rice was born on 4 October 1958 in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Comic Relief: Behind the Nose (1992), Challenge Anneka (1987) and 2point4 Children (1991). She was previously married to Nicholas Allott.- Gillian Freeman was born on 5 December 1929 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK. She was a writer, known for The Leather Boys (1964), That Cold Day in the Park (1969) and I Want What I Want (1972). She was married to Edward Ronald Thorpe. She died on 23 February 2019 in Islington. London, England, UK.
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Julia Smith was born on 26 May 1927 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK. She was a writer and producer, known for EastEnders (1985), The District Nurse (1984) and Angels (1975). She was married to David Maxwell Geary. She died on 19 June 1997 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.- Actress
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Myrtle Devenish (29 July 1912 - 21 January 2007) was a Welsh-born, film and television actress whose career spanned more than four decades.
She appeared in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film Brazil as well as several other films.
She also made a number of appearances on British television including in Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV and later in her career in One Foot in the Grave.- Director
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Ryan is a BBC Broadcast and BAFTA (Wales) nominated filmmaker. After completing his MA at the Int. Film School, Wales, Ryan was selected for the prestigious Skillset "New Entrants" scheme, which saw him work on numerous TV and film productions.
His first short, "Hidden Animals" was broadcast on SKY and selected for the London Short Film Festival, amongst others. This saw him selected for the BBC scheme "It's My Shout", showcasing new directing talent in 2010, and his short "The Shirt" was broadcast on BBC 2 in December of that year.
In 2010 he co founded dotMOV, an independent production company based in Cardiff, which has produced a number of award wining films for clients such as the NHS and local charities and NGO's. In addition, in 2011 he produced the BAFTA nominated and Raindance selected short film Funday.
In 2012 he began his role as Producer on his first feature length documentary, "Pretty Village" and he has recently begun development on a number of other projects- Mark Williams was born on 21 March 1975 in Ebbw Vale, Wales, UK. He is an actor, known for The Tuckers (2020), Masters Snooker (1975) and Snooker: Coral Welsh Open (2009). He is married to Joanne Dent. They have three children.
- Born, Maida Vale, Middlesex, London, England, 5 November 1878, sixth child and fifth daughter of Conrad Tulloch and Kate Tulloch (née Rose). When a child spoken-word performer with her sisters in musical ensemble "The Misses Tulloch", performing from early 1890s in London and on UK tours. Became stage actor, 1897, understudying Sydney Fairbrother as "Micah Dow" in J.M. Barrie's "The Little Minister" in London, 1898 and played the character on UK provincial tour, 1898. Adopted stage name "Dora Senior", 1899, first when acted with Herbert Beerbohm Tree in 1899 "King John" London stage production and in King John (1899) film. Last acting role as "Dora Senior" "Bertha" in Gerhart Hauptmann 's "The Weavers", London, May 1901. Married Clement Salaman in July 1901 and retired from professional performing. Five children. Moved with family to Somerset, England, 1909x1910. 1919, moved to Treborough Lodge, Treborough, Somerset. Known as "Dora (Clement) Salaman". Involved in Amateur Theatre, locally (Somerset), regionally (West England) and nationally (England) as actor, writer, producer and adjudicator, particularly from beginning of 1930s until her death. Published playwright, 1930 onwards. Lecturer on Drama, English Literature, Housecraft and other subjects. Also occupied in county (Somerset) affairs (Parish and District Councils, Magistracy, Women's Institute, etc.). Widowed, 10 August 1935. Member of several local wartime organisations, 1939-1945. Died 30 December 1945, Treborough Lodge. Buried, St Peter's Church, Treborough, 3 January 1946.
- Mary Glynne was born on 25 January 1895 in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for The Good Companions (1933), Inquest (1931) and Emil and the Detectives (1935). She was married to John Mannell and Dennis Neilson-Terry. She died on 19 September 1954 in London, England, UK.
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Pam Ayres was born on 14 March 1947 in Stanford-in-the-Vale, Oxfordshire, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Rex the Runt (1991), Playbus (1988) and Jackanory (1965). She is married to Dudley Russell. They have two children.- Elizabeth Addeyman was born on 10 August 1900 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), The Secret Tent (1956) and Man Alive! (1956). She was married to Arthur Brough. She died on 22 March 1978 in Folkestone, Kent, England, UK.
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Jeff Banks was born on 17 March 1943 in Ebbw Vale, Gwent, Wales, UK. He is known for Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008), The Clothes Show (1986) and Children in Need (1992). He is married to Sue Mann. They have two children. He was previously married to Sandie Shaw.- Costume Designer
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Paul Brown was born on 13 May 1960 in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a costume designer and production designer, known for Angels and Insects (1995), Up at the Villa (2000) and Tosca Live from the Royal Opera House (2011). He died on 13 November 2017 in the UK.- Writer
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Adam Llewellyn was born on 5 March 1989 in Ebbw Vale, Gwent, Wales, UK. He is a writer and director, known for Bernard & Knives (2012), Knives (2011) and Big Girl (2010).- Tom Bourdillon was born on 16 March 1924 in Quainton, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He died on 29 July 1956 in Mount Jagihorn, Baltscheider, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.
- Bruce Copp was born on 27 January 1920 in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He died on 15 January 2021 in Palafrugell, Catalonia, Spain.
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Helena Ramos was born on 28 July 1954 in Vale de Cambra, Aveiro, Portugal. She was an actress and writer, known for Era Uma Vez... (1997), Barbara (1980) and Voo Directo (2010). She died on 31 October 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.- Lewis Rhys Davies was born on 26 February 1992 in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He is an actor, known for High Stakes (2008).
- Urien Wiliam was born on 7 November 1929 in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. Urien was a writer, known for Will Quack Quack (1984). Urien was married to Eiryth Davies. Urien died on 21 October 2006 in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK.
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Matthew Floyd was born on 15 October 1984 in Mona Vale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for The Invisible Man (2020), Daybreakers (2009) and Australia (2008).- Producer
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Phil C. Samuel was born on 11 November 1895 in Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia. Phil C. was a producer and production manager, known for Macbeth (1960), Odd Man Out (1947) and Zarak (1956). Phil C. died in 1981 in London, England, UK.- Editorial Department
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Desmond Skirrow was born on 13 November 1923 in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a writer, known for The Queen Street Gang (1968), Tonight with Dave Allen (1967) and What's My Line (1951). He died on 16 August 1976 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.- Martyn Joseph was born on 15 July 1960 in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK.
- Llew O'Brien was born on 26 June 1972 in Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia. He has been married to Sharon since 1993. They have three children.
- Ryland Davies was born on 9 February 1943 in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (1981), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981) and Eugen Onegin (2007). He was married to Anne Howells. He died on 5 November 2023 in the UK.
- Edith Joan Lyttelton, who wrote under the pseudonym G. B. Lancaster, was at one time New Zealand's most successful author. She was born at Clyne Vale, a sheep station not far from Campbell Town in Tasmania, a daughter of Westcote McNab Lyttleton and Emily Wood. Around 1879 her father, who had managed Clyne Vale, moved his family to New Zealand after assuming management of Rokeby, a sheep station south of Christchurch.
Lyttleton's writing career began by submitting short stories to the New Zealand Illustrated Magazine. Because of her mother's view that it was unbecoming of women to be writers, she published these stories under the pseudonym Keron Hale. Later, after her real identity was revealed, she adopted the name, G. B. Lancaster, a character from her first successful story. She was the most prolific of the New Zealand contributors to The Australian and the Bulletin, by the time of her move to England in 1909, they had published at least sixty of her short stories.
Her first success, "The Law-Bringers", was published in 1913, she would go on to author 11 novels and over 250 short stories and other works. Amongst her more popular were "Pageant" (1933), which topped the best-seller chart in America for six months, "Promenade" (1938) and "Grand Parade" (1943). Her stories usually revolved around the legacy of imperialism and were set in colonial Australia, New Zealand or Canada.
During World War I she did volunteer work for the Red Cross in London and had assisted Dominion soldiers while they were on leave there. She also wrote several patriotic articles that appeared in newspapers of many allied nations.
Edith Joan Lyttleton died on 10 March, 1945 at London, after many months of declining health. - Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Hardy Amies was born on 17 July 1909 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK. He was a costume designer, known for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Two for the Road (1967) and Maytime in Mayfair (1949). He died on 5 March 2003 in Langford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.- Alan Hart was born on 17 February 1942 in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a writer, known for Media Morphs: Conspiracy (2010), 1948: The Birth of a New Specimen of Human Being (2009) and Panorama (1953). He was married to Nicole Smith. He died on 15 January 2018 in the UK.
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Scott Denté was born in River Vale, New Jersey, USA. He is known for Midnight at the Pera Palace (2022), Sweet Sweet Summertime (2017) and Book Club (2015). He has been married to Christine since 1987.- Abbie Hunt was born on 2 August 1995 in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for StreetDance 2 (2012) and Frozen at Christmas (2014).
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Steve Lavner was born on 6 February 1975 in River Vale, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for A Joke (2010) and Chelsea's Chappaqua (2000).- Harry Gripp was born on 20 November 1889 in Vale, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Blood Will Tell (1927), Kathleen Mavourneen (1919) and The Suburban (1915). He died in 1953 in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Claude Beaugrand was born in 1949 in Acton Vale, Québec, Canada. Claude was an editor, known for Polytechnique (2009), Silk (2007) and The Rocket (2005). Claude was married to Francine Poirier. Claude died on 8 October 2023 in Cowansville, Québec, Canada.- Jackson Page was born on 8 August 2001 in Ebbw Vale, Wales, UK.