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Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is best known for his comedic Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy consisting of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), made with recurrent collaborators Simon Pegg, Nira Park and Nick Frost. He also collaborated with them as the director of the television series Spaced.- Actress
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A native of Bournemouth in the UK, Janet Montgomery moved to London when she received a scholarship at a dance school. One of her first acting jobs was a guest star role on the critically-acclaimed UK teen drama series, Skins (2007), as Nicholas Hoult's love interest.
Upon moving to Los Angeles, Montgomery was quickly cast in the Dark Castle film, The Hills Run Red (2009). In addition to guest-starring on FX's The League (2009), she recurred on the HBO series, Entourage (2004) as E's assistant and Drama's girlfriend. She was also a series regular on the Fox series, Human Target (2010), with Mark Valley and Jackie Earle Haley. More recently, Montgomery was the lead of CBS's Made in Jersey (2012).
Montgomery played one of the dancers, opposite Natalie Portman, in Darren Aronofsky's Oscar-nominated psychological thriller, Black Swan (2010). She also starred in Jesse Peretz's Our Idiot Brother (2011), opposite Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks.
Other recent projects include Dancing on the Edge (2013), with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Matthew Goode, as well as Spies of Warsaw (2013), opposite David Tennant. She just completed shooting the lead of the independent film, If You See Her (2014), and is about to start shooting the female lead in Salem (2014), the first original series for WGN.- Ben Hardy was born Ben Jones on 2 January 1991 in England, United Kingdom. He grew up in Sherborne and attended The Gryphon School.
Ben starred in The Judas Kiss (1998) play, written by David Hare, in 2012 and played the character Arthur Wellesley, a member of the hotel staff. The play was held in Hampstead Theatre on the September 6, 2012.
On April 19, 2013 it was announced that Ben would play Peter Beale in EastEnders, taking over from Thomas Law who played the character from 2006 until 2010. He made his first appearance as Peter on 7 June 2013. On November 19, 2014 it was announced that Ben would leave the show.
Hardy joined the cast of X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) on February 25, 2015, following his departure from EastEnders in an (at the time) undisclosed role. Since leaving EastEnders that February, he was persistently linked to Singer's next X-Men film, and was at one point rumored to be in the running to play Cyclops, a role that went to Tye Sheridan. However, Hardy ended up playing winged mutant Angel (a.k.a Warren Worthington III). - Susannah Fielding is an English actress. She grew up in Havant, Hampshire in a single-parent family. She completed her A levels at Christ's Hospital school, a charity school in West Sussex where she found her love of acting.
She went on to train at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she graduated early to star in Tennesee Williams' 'The Rose Tattoo' alongside Zoe Wannamaker on the Oliver stage at the National Theatre, London. She was then cast as Hero in 'Much Ado About Nothing' alongside Simon Russell-Beale, and 'Philistines' with Ruth Wilson and Phil Davies which kick-started her highly acclaimed theatre career. She went on to star in 'Wallander' alongside Kenneth Branagh, followed by roles in numerous hit UK comedy series. She played Rafe Spall's long-suffering girlfriend Chloe in 'Pete Versus Life', and had roles in 'Catastrophe', 'Lovesick' and 'Black Mirror'.
She then played series regular Brooke, love interest to Joel McHale in 'The Great Indoors' for CBS in the US where she also starred alongside Stephen Fry. She returned to the UK to play Jennie Gresham in the highly acclaimed comedy series 'This Time with Alan Partridge' where she shone as Steve Coogan's co-star in mock magazine show 'This Time'. She also played leading roles in TV dramas 'Sticks and Stones' and 'Life', both written by award-winning writer Mike Bartlett. - Actor
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A grand, robust, highly theatrical British classical actor, Maurice Evans was born on June 3, 1901, in Dorchester, England, the son of a justice of the peace who enjoyed amateur play writing on the side. In fact, his father adapted several adaptations of Thomas Hardy's novels and Evans would often appear in them. Early interest also came in London choirs as a boy tenor.
Making his professional stage debut in 1926, Evans made do during his struggling years by running a cleaning and dyeing store. He earned his first triumph three years later in the play "Journey's End." When his resulting attempts as an early 1930's romantic film lead and/or second lead in White Cargo (1929), Raise the Roof (1930), The Only Girl (1933), The Path of Glory (1934), Bypass to Happiness (1934) and Checkmate (1935) didn't pan out, he refocused on the stage.
Following a season with the Old Vic theatre company, he arrived in America and proceeded to conquer Broadway, establishing himself as one of the world's more illustrious interpreters of Shakespeare. His eloquent, florid portrayals of Romeo, Hamlet, Macbeth and Richard II are considered among the finest interps. He was also deemed a master of Shavian works which included superlative performances in "Major Barbara", "Man and Superman" and "The Devil's Disciple".
As a U.S. citizen (1941), Maurice was placed in charge of the Army Entertainment Section, Central Pacific Theater during WWII and left military service with the rank of major. His post-war career included a handful of character film roles, notably Kind Lady (1951), Androcles and the Lion (1952), Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) (as composer Sir Arthur Sullivan), The War Lord (1965), Rosemary's Baby (1968), and as "Dr. Zaius" in the Planet of the Apes (1968) series.
Films would never be Evans' strong suit, earning much more stature on TV. More importantly, he brought Shakespeare and Shaw to 1950's TV, adapting (and directing) a number of his stage classics including King Richard II (1954), The Taming of the Shrew (1956), Man and Superman (1956), Twelfth Night (1957), The Tempest (1960). He won an Emmy award in 1960 for his Macbeth (1960).
Interestingly, for all his legendary performances under the theatre lights and stirring TV classics, the ever-regal stage master is probably best known to generations for his delightful, Shakespeare-spouting appearances on the Bewitched (1964) TV series, as Elizabeth Montgomery's irascible warlock father. Following guest shots on such popular TV shows as "Medical Center," "The Big Valley," "Columbo," "Streets of San Francisco," "Fantasy Island" and "The Love Boat," he made his final on-camera appearance in the TV movie A Caribbean Mystery (1983).
Evans returned to England to live out his remaining years and died there on March 12, 1989, in a Sussex nursing home of heart failure as a result of a bronchial infection, aged 87.- Actress
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Jayne Atkinson was born on 18 February 1959 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Free Willy (1993), The Village (2004) and 24 (2001). She has been married to Michel Gill since 3 October 1998. They have one child. She was previously married to Joe Urla.- Victoria Yeates was born on 19 April 1983 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Call the Midwife (2012). She has been married to Paul Housden since June 2018.
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Serena Scott Thomas was born on 21 September 1961 in Nether Compton, Dorset, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Inherent Vice (2014), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Hostage (2005). She was previously married to Scott J. Tepper.- Producer
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In 1989, Stephen Daldry worked as a freelance reader of unsolicited manuscripts for Literary Manager Nicholas Wright in the Scripts Department at the Royal National Theatre. In July of that year, he directed a Dadaist/expressionist production of "Judgement Day," a play by Odon von Horvath, at the Old Red Lion in London.- Actor
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The son of a surveyor, Charles Gray was born and raised in Queen's Park, Bournemouth. As a young actor, he received his vocal training from the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Old Vic, having long abandoned his first job as clerk for a real estate agent. His voice was to become one of his most valuable tools. In fact, from January 1966, he subtly, almost imperceptibly, dubbed for Jack Hawkins after this actor became unable to speak his lines due to throat cancer. In later years, Gray's trademark voice was regularly heard on television commercials.
Gray's theatrical debut came in 1952 in the part of Charles the Wrestler (he measured 6 foot, 1 inches in height) in "As You Like It", appearing under his original name, 'Donald Gray'. From 1956, as 'Charles' Gray (since there already was a one-armed actor named Donald Gray), he took to leading dramatic roles, and won critical plaudits as Achilles in "Troilus and Cressida", Macduff in "Macbeth" and as the gluttonous Sir Epicure Mammon in Tyrone Guthrie's up-dated version of "The Alchemist", in 1962. He repeated his Old Vic performance as Henry Bolingbroke for his Broadway debut at the Winter Garden Theatre in 1956. A notable later performance, while touring the U.S. and Canada, was as the Prince of Wales in Peter Stone's tale of the famous 19th century actor Edmund Kean ("Kean", 1961). In 1964, Gray won the Clarence Derwent Award as Best Supporting Actor for his part in the controversial play "Poor Bitos", by Jean Anouilh, co-starring Donald Pleasence. He was offered his first role on the big screen, reprising a success on the West End stage in 1958, as Captain Cyril Mavors,in the satirical musical Expresso Bongo (1959).
For the next forty years, heavy-set, silver-haired, jut-jawed Charles Gray used his imposing frame and mellifluous voice to great effect in creating for the screen a memorable gallery of egocentric, imperious toffs, and suave, sardonic super-villains. While his performances at times verged on the camp, Gray cheerfully allowed himself to be cast within his range of basically unsympathetic characters, which he could play well and with ease. He tended to favour television as his preferred medium, though some of his most popular roles were for the big screen. Among his niche of staple characters were the coldly pompous military heavies (General Gabler in The Night of the Generals (1967), or the perpetually sneering, overbearing upper-class twits (true-to-form, as defecting spy Hillary Vance in the Thriller (1973) episode "Night is the Time for Killing"). At his evil best, he was commanding as the demonic acolyte Mocata, in The Devil Rides Out (1968) and as the feline-stroking, velvety-voiced nemesis of James Bond, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, in Diamonds Are Forever (1971). He was also suitably sinister as Bates the Butler, one of the red herrings of Agatha Christie's The Mirror Crack'd (1980).
Gray's recurring roles included Lord Seacroft (senior, as well as junior) in the short-lived satirical miniseries The Upper Crusts (1973) as a down-on-his-heels aristocrat, keeping up appearances after being forced to live in a high-rise housing estate; and as the sedentary brother of the famous sleuth at 221b Baker Street, Mycroft, in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976). Later, he was utilised as temporary replacement, first for Edward Hardwicke,and, subsequently, for the hospitalised star Jeremy Brett, in Granada Television's various instalments of the Sherlock Holmes saga (1985-1994). Gray died of cancer in March 2000, aged 71.- Writer
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John le Carré was born in Poole, Dorset in England on 19 October, 1931. He went to Sherborne School and, later, studied German literature for one year at University of Bern. Later, he went to Lincoln College, Oxford and graduated in Modern Languages. From 1956 to 1958, he taught at Eton and from 1959 to 1964, he was a member of the British Foreign Service as second secretary at British Embassy in Bonn, and then, as Politician Consul in Hamburg. His first novel was written in 1961 and, by the time of his death in December 2020, he had published nearly 30. His books took many prizes, and inspired numerous films.- Director
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Jamie Lloyd was born on 12 November 1980 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK. Jamie is a director, known for National Theater Live: Cyrano de Bergerac (2019), Romeo & Juliet. (2024) and She Stoops to Conquer (2012).- Actor
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Robert Newton was one of the great character actors -- and great characters -- of the British cinema, best remembered today for playing Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1950) and its sequel in 1954. His portrayal of Long John Silver and of Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952) created a persona that was so indelible that his vocal intonations created the paradigm for scores of people who want to "Talk Like a Pirate." The performance overshadows Newton's legacy, which is based on many first-rate performances in such movies as This Happy Breed (1944), Odd Man Out (1947) and Oliver Twist (1948), where his Bill Sykes is truly chilling. Oliver Reed, who played Sykes in the Oscar-winning movie musical Oliver! (1968) was influenced by Newton.- Actress
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Rebecca Night broke onto the scene leading Andrew Davies' BBC hit show "Fanny Hill" - directed by James Hawes (Slow Horses) alongside Alison Steadman and Samantha Bond.
She and her husband actor Harry Hadden-Paton and their children split their time between New York & London.
With great range of roles across theatre, film & tv she recently co-starred in the two-hander Pulitzer-Prize- winning play "Night, Mother" alongside acting royalty Stockard Channing. As described by lead theatre critic Mark Shenton: "Night is like a young Julia Roberts... with natural stage chops... It turns out to be a riveting, revealing evening.".
Film work includes Oscar-nominee Mike Figgis' 'Suspension of Disbelief' and other television includes Catherine Linton in ITV's 'Wuthering Heights', (Tom Hardy, Tom Payne, Sarah Lancashire and Andrew Lincoln), Yvonne Moncin in 'Maigret' (Rowan Atkinson and Fiona Shaw) and a regular starring role in Sky's 'Starlings' (Lesley Sharp, Unwell Roach & Brendan Coyle) and Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman' (Tom Sturridge).
Lead of Bella Manningham opposite James Purefoy and Cathy Tyson in the BBC's audio and podcast drama re-make of 'Gaslight"
Theatre roles include Frances in David Hares's 'Racing Demon' (Paapa Essiedu, David Haig, dir. Jonathan Church), Queen Elizabeth in Oscar-winner David Seidler's North American Premiere of The King's Speech alongside Tony-nominee Harry Hadden-Paton and James Frain at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Cecily Cardew in Peter Gill's The Importance of Being Earnest in London's West End (Daisy Haggard, Dame Penelope Keith), Eugenie in Sir Richard Eyre's production of 'A Flea in Her Ear' at the Old Vic Theatre and Rose of Sharon in Chichester Festival Theatre's production of 'Grapes of Wrath' (dir. Jonathan Church).
She created the role of Jack Cardiff's carer Lucy alongside Tony-winner Robert Lindsay in Tony-winner Terry Johnson's "Prism". Within the play she transforms into both Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall.
At the Roundabout Theater's Gala Night of "The Importance of Being Earnest" on 42nd St, Broadway, NYC she reprised her role of Cecily Cardew alongside the legendary Dame Angela Lansbury, Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Jayne Houdyshell, John Glover, Simon Jones, Daniel Davis and Thom Rhoads. Drama-Desk-winner Michael Wilson directed.
Trained at Rose Bruford College (alumni Gary Oldman) where she played Charity in 'Sweet Charity' and National Youth Theatre where she starred in 'Master and Margarita' alongside Matt Smith, Daniel Ings, Tom Allen, Ben Aldridge, Shane Zaza, Reece Ritchie, Charlie Covell & Harry Melling.
Writer.- Luke grew up in the British West Country and is the son of a cabinetmaker father and a scientist mother. He has worked extensively across many fields supporting his chosen profession through the years and went to Drama Centre London before leaving early to work on Kenneth Branagh's Wallander (2008). He is a keen sportsman, nature enthusiast, and active supporter and volunteer of charity work.
- Louisa Clein was born in 1979 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Judge John Deed (2001), Island at War (2004) and Emmerdale Farm (1972). She has been married to Jeremy Brier since 2011. They have three children.
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John Mathieson came up through the traditional camera ranks. Before his start as a cinematographer in feature films he shot many music videos, documentaries and TV commercials. He also worked in cutting rooms and has always considered himself as a film maker, interested in all areas of the process, rather than a dedicated cinematographer.- Actor
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Geoffrey Hutchings was born on 8 June 1939 in Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Topsy-Turvy (1999), Henry V (1989) and Cor, Blimey! (2000). He was married to Andrea Godfrey and June Watts. He died on 1 July 2010 in London, England, UK.- Actress
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Jade is an English Actress born in Bournemouth, Dorset.
She is most known as Patricia Williamson in the Belgian/American/British Teen Drama Mystery television series of Nickelodeon: House of Anubis.
She has a twin sister, Nikita Ramsay who is also acting.
Her first professional acting job was X-Men 2 as a X-Kid.
She has appeared in a lot of movies and television shows in which she mostly acts along side her twin, Nikita.- Carol MacReady was born in 1939 in Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. She is an actress, known for 102 Dalmatians (2000), Quills (2000) and A Boy Called Christmas (2021). She was previously married to James Laurenson.
- Hattie known for playing Ghita in Game of Thrones Season 5 and Jade in BAFTA winning Beast, has been named one of Britain's female rising stars by IMDB and Screen Terrier for 2016. She can currently been seen in a leading role of Maggie in A Kind Of Spark and also recently filmed as guest lead Daisy McCrae in Doc Martin, Betty Seagrim in ITV Mini Series Tom Jones, Emily in The Reckoning, as Lucy in BBC Doctors, Mia in Kindling and the lead in short film That. Hattie won Best Actress for her role in Daisy at the Marbella International Film Festival October 2016 where she plays a terminally ill girl with EB.. Hattie plays Lucia in psychological thriller Homebound -'HOMEBOUND is a subtle chiller with excellent performances from the entire cast, Hattie Gotobed, in particular, is impressive as the family's eldest daughter.' World Premiere Fantastic Fest September 2021. She has starred in several other feature films including playing, Lily alongside Chris Hemsworth and Kristen Stewart in Snow White and the Huntsman, A young girl in Jack the Giant Slayer with Nick Hoult, She doubled as Brad Pitt's daughter in WWZ and filmed the co-lead role of the Colonel alongside Bonnie Wright in Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg? Hattie is represented by Katy Wale at Denton Brierley in the UK and Brendan Thomas at Luber Roklin Entertainment in the US. Hattie is a strong horse rider, loves animals and has stunt and stage combat training.
- Robert Brown was born on 23 July 1921 in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A View to a Kill (1985), Octopussy (1983) and Licence to Kill (1989). He was married to Rita Becker. He died on 11 November 2003 in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK.
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Hetty Baynes was born in 1956 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Cordelia (2019), The Casual Vacancy (2015) and The Hour (2011). She was previously married to Ken Russell.- Actor
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Born in Dorset, England, Oliver went to school at the prestigious Eton College, and was member of a drama group called Double Edge Drama. He did not train to be an actor at university but went instead straight into television, with an extensive stint on the soap opera "Families" (which also kicked off the career of Brit actor Jude Law). He won the lead role in "Loaded" (1994) which got him some attention from film critics. He has done a great deal of television and theatre work and was in "Crime and Punishment" on BBC Radio 4.- Actor
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Julian Bleach was born on 29 December 1963 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Brothers Grimm (2005), Les Misérables (2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).- Actress
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Gala Gordon is a British producer and most recently been appointed Contributing Editor at Harper's Bazaar to cover the West End theatre shows online and in print.
Gala has co-founded a new production company with actress Lily James. They develop thought-provoking and innovative film, television and theatre.
Previously, Gala founded her former production company Platform Presents to create a platform for rising talent: actors, writers and directors, with a particular interest in female voices. In a quest to discover new and exciting writing talent, Gala initiated the Platform Presents Writers Prize amassing up to 3000 entries per year from across the globe. During this time, Gala worked with many formidable writers including, Robert Schenkkan, Kenneth Lonergan and Mary Laws. As a result of the Prize, Platform Presents produced the European premiere of Mary Law's play Blueberry Toast at the Soho Theatre (Fleabag), which received critical acclaim. Harper's Bazaar selected Gala as a 2020 Change Maker, whilst Vanity Fair, Forbes, The Evening Standard and The New Yorker reviewed her company's work.
Tipped by ES Magazine as 'a woman pivoting to transform London's West End,' Gala was chosen as a UK representative of the theatre industry to discuss Rebuilding our Capital of Culture interviewed by Chief Theatre Critic, Nick Curtis.- Nikita is an English Actress born in Bournemouth, Dorset now based in Los Angeles. She is known for her role as Piper Williamson in the TV Series 'House of Anubis' on Nickelodeon.
Some of her film work includes 'All About Evil' starring Natasha Lyonne and Thomas Dekker, 'A Haunting at Silver Falls' & 'A Haunting at Silver Falls: The Return' on Netflix as well as 'The Myth of the American Sleepover' which premiered at SXSW and The Cannes Film Festival.
Nikitas voice can also be heard in many animated projects including 'Its a Small World: the animated series' for Disney, Bratz Toys and 'Dance Central' video game for Xbox. - Actor
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Neil Linpow is a multi award winning British and Irish actor, writer and director. He was born in Bournemouth, England and is of Irish and Chinese descent. He is best known for his dramatic narrative work, writing and starring in the crime thrillers - Little Bone Lodge (2023), Lesson 7 (2020) and Time (2019).- Actress
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Juliette Kaplan was born on 2 October 1939 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Last of the Summer Wine (1973), Don't Let Go (2013) and A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (1958). She was married to Harold Hoser. She died on 10 October 2019 in Kent, England, UK.- Daniel Abineri was born on 8 August 1958 in Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997), Spring & Autumn (1972) and Sweet and Sour (1984). He has been married to Claudia Rosencrantz since 1998. They have one child. He was previously married to Julie Roberts.
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Sarah Bullen was born on 3 October 1950 in Charmouth, Dorset, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for The Fourth Protocol (1987), Space: 1999 (1975) and Dick Turpin (1979).- Actor
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Christos Lawton is a London based actor.
Originally from Dorset, he was classically trained at Drama Centre London.
Notable credits include Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo', Ralph Fiennes' 'The Invisible Woman' and Julian Fellowes' 'Downton Abbey'. Theatre credits including playing the title role in 'The Picture of Dorian Grey' (European Tour) and Mercutio in 'Romeo & Juliet' (Leicester Square Theatre).
He can be seen in the regular role of George Hodgson in Ridley Scott's anthology TV series 'The Terror' for AMC/BBC Two.- Janine Wood was born on 30 December 1963 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Wuthering Heights (1992), Cuban Fury (2014) and Bugs (1995).
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Alison was born in January 1968. Her big break came after a casting director saw her in Anthony Neilson's hit The Censor at The Royal Court, and invited her to audition for Butterfly Collectors to play opposite Pete Postlethwaite. She then played the evil Renee Williams in Bad Girls (1999), and she was subsequently offered the role of Hazel Bailey in Footballers' Wives (2002). She's also known for her recurring character DI Samantha Keeble in Eastenders. Alison co-created the critically acclaimed series Harlots.- Chris Jarvis, was born in 1980 in Poole, Dorset, England. He is an actor known for his roles in movies like Wrong Turn 6: Las Resort, Mamma Mia and The Shattering. Chris is married to Haley Newton Jarvis. In 2014, Chris Jarvis joined the cast of Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort for filming in bulgaria. In Wrong Turn 6 Chris played the villain Jackson.
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Thomas Hardy was born on 2 June 1840 in Upper Bockhampton, Dorset, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Tess (1979) and Maiden No More. He was married to Florence Emily Dugdale and Emma Lavinia Gifford. He died on 11 January 1928 in Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK.- Music Artist
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Robert Fripp was born on 16 May 1946 in Dorset, England, UK. He is a music artist and composer, known for Children of Men (2006), The Big Boss (1971) and Power Rangers (2017). He has been married to Toyah Willcox since 16 May 1986.- Actor
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He was born in Parkstone, Dorset, England. His father was English and his mother was Danish. Olaf was a student of architecture at the Architectural Association, London, and of painting at the Chelsea School of Art. In Paris, he studied under the tutelage of Marcel Grommaire, at the Acedemie Colorossi. He has exhibited in Europe, including with the London Group and the Bloomsbury Gallery, London; in Paris at the Gallerie d'Alsace, the Centre Culturel Saint Severin, and L'Imagerie - and in Mallorca, at La Residencia and the Galleria Ortez, Palma de Mallorca. Alongside his work as a painter, he has been a working actor since his days in England. His first full time employment was in the Design Department at Pinewood Film Studios in England. He subsequently worked in Theatre Décor. He was a member of the BBC Radio Drama Reparatory Company. He went onto working successfully as an actor in London's West End Theatre and the various alternative media.
Upon immigrating to the United States in 1986, Olaf continued his acting career while his second wife, Gabrielle Beaumont, pursued a very successful TV Director career. He had a reoccurring role as Professor Stahlman in the Doctor Who television series. He is one of only 25 actors to have speaking roles in both the "Star Trek" and the "Doctor Who" franchises. He still receives mail from fans around the world who follow the Dr. Who series and admire his work. He has written numerous screen plays and was a close friend of Sir Alec Guinness for many years.
Olaf Pooley's current studio location is at the Santa Monica Art Studios located at 3026 Airport Drive, Santa Monica, CA 90405. For more information about his paintings, email: inharmony@aol.com.- Jane Gurnett was born on 12 March 1957 in Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, UK. She is an actress, known for A Touch of Frost (1992), Casualty (1986) and The Rainbow (1988).
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David Croft was born on 7 September 1922 in Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Dad's Army (1968), Hi-de-Hi! (1980) and Are You Being Served? (1972). He was married to Ann Croft. He died on 27 September 2011 in Tavira, Portugal.- Producer
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Kevin Loader was born in 1956 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK. He is a producer and director, known for The Death of Stalin (2017), Nowhere Boy (2009) and In the Loop (2009).- Actor
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Arin Alldridge was born in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Guardians (2017), London's Finest (2014) and The Hunt for Gollum (2009).- Peggy Ann Clifford was born on 23 March 1921 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Chance of a Lifetime (1950) and Rheingold Theatre (1953). She died on 26 May 1986 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Naomi Ryan was born on 24 May 1977 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Doctor Who (2005) and Coronation Street (1960).
- Billy Burden was born on 15 June 1914 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Are You Being Served? Again! (1992), Hi-de-Hi! (1980) and George & Mildred (1976). He died on 3 June 1994 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, UK.
- The daughter of glamorous British film star Margaret Lockwood was destined for an acting career by the age of five when she was enrolled in a theatrical school. Around this time her parents separated and then divorced three years later. Young Julia was often left in the care of a nanny, though her mother remained on hand to provide gentle prodding into the world of entertainment. Julia's film debut duly followed in 1947 with a tiny role in Daphne Du Maurier's Hungry Hill (1947). Mother and daughter also shared the stage on several occasions. In 1953, Julia returned to the screen as the juvenile lead in a television adaptation of Johanna Spyri's Swiss classic novel Heidi (1953). 'Toots', as she was affectionately called, went on to reprise her role in a BBC children's serial in 1954. By decade's end, she had moved from standard teenage family fare (including The Flying Eye (1955), which is possibly the first film to presage the development of drones) to bawdy comedy (Please Turn Over (1959), directed by the regular helmsman of the Carry On franchise, Gerald Thomas). Julia spent most of the 60s alternating between stage ('Peter Pan', 'Arsenic and Old Lace') and TV work. She twice more co-starred with her mother in The Royalty (1957) and its sequel The Flying Swan (1965), about the daily goings on at a posh London hotel. Her last recurring role was in a short-lived sitcom with Richard Briers, Birds on the Wing (1971), which ran to just six episodes. Julia married the character actor Ernest Clark (best known as the bluff Sir Geoffrey Loftus in the 1970s "Doctor" comedies) in December 1972. With her husband, she retired to her 14th century Somerset farmhouse in 1976 where she devoted herself to raising a family.
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David Hugh Jones was born on 19 February 1934 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), American Playhouse (1980) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). He was married to Amanda Jones and Sheila Allen. He died on 18 September 2008 in Rockport, Maine, USA.- Actress
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English/Canadian actress and model Tiffany Louise Hannam-Daniels was born in Poole, Dorset to her Canadian father and Bermudian mother.
At aged 7 her parents decided to send her to drama school to overcome her shyness where immediately Tiffany knew she wanted to be an actress. She studied singing, dance and acting appearing in numerous Musical Theatre and Shakespeare productions. Tiffany achieved top marks in all of her LAMDA exams up to Gold Medal, competed in the Speech & Drama section of the Bournemouth Music, Speech & Drama festivals for 11 consecutive years until age 18, winning numerous individual categories and both the Junior and Senior Championships twice. In addition she was honoured to receive the most outstanding competitor award in the drama section three times.
Her first professional role was at age 10 playing the young Jamie King in 'True True Lie', followed by a Disney Hannah Montana promo and voice over for the ghost of John Cusack's dead daughter in the adaption of Stephen King's feature film '1408', also starring Samuel L. Jackson. In November 2013 played the part of Gabriele Dillmann, the heroic German stewardess in the hijacking of Lufthansa flight 181 at Mogadishu in 1977, in a television docudrama.
Tiffany graduated with a BA Hons degree from the Arts University Bournemouth in 2016.
Her most recent role is in 'River Of Blood' filmed in Thailand, directed/filmed/produced by Howard J Ford and written by Tom Boyle, in which she acted as well as worked as production assistant.- Paul Russell was born on 17 October 1963 in Sherborne, Dorset, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Prospero's Books (1991) and Chocky's Challenge (1986).
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Stephen is an actor and comedian known for his roles as Purple Republic Enemy in "Club Penguin Shutdown", Generic Co-Worker in "Onyx: Rebooted", himself in various comedy sketches across the internet, and many other things.
He is also a writer and producer, with his own small animation studio. He is the co-creator of The Branding Boys, alongside his best friend Harley, as well as the creator and star of the animated comedy "Worst Agents Ever", co-written by and also starring Harley Mitten.
Stephen also does YouTube as a hobby, owning his channel "RedRacc", which has over 400 videos and counting.