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- Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood is an English actress and model, best known for her roles as Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (2003), Corrie McKenzie in Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010), and Sibyl Vane in Dorian Gray (2009). She was born on 17 August 1990 in the Streatham district of South London, England, as daughter of Philip and Sarah Hurd-Wood. Hurd-Wood's career in acting started in 2002 when she was picked for the role of Wendy Darling, after her grandparents spotted a television clip that said P.J. Hogan was searching for a "young English rose" for the feature film Peter Pan. She traveled to Gold Coast, Australia for eight months for filming. Her performance received good reviews and was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor, and a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress. Hurd-Wood portrayed the character Imogen Helhoughton in the 2004 TV film Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, as a 13-year-old victim of a serial killer. Also in 2004, she had a major role of Betsy Bell in the thriller An American Haunting, as a girl who is haunted and tormented by an unrelenting demon. Hurd-Wood was nominated for the 2006 Teen Choice Awards in the category Movie - Choice Scream for her role. In 2005 she appeared in an adaptation of the best-selling novel by German writer Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Set in 18th century France, Hurd-Wood portrayed Laura Richis, the red-headed virgin daughter of a politically connected merchant played by Alan Rickman. She had her brunette hair dyed red. She was nominated for the "Best Supporting Actress" award at the 33rd Saturn Awards by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for her role. The year 2007 saw Hurd-Wood starring as a waitress in the music video for the song "A Little Bit" by Madeleine Peyroux. In the 2008 film Solomon Kane, she played Meredith Crowthorn, a Puritan captured by a band of marauders who killed her family and whom Kane sought to rescue. Her younger brother Patrick appears in the film as her brother Samuel. During filming, Hurd-Wood studied for her GCSE A-levels at Godalming College in Surrey. Later in the year she acted in the film Dorian Gray based on the Oscar Wilde novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. She was in the small but key role of the young budding actress Sibyl Vane, with whom Gray falls in love. She was studying in the first year of the linguistics course at UCL while working in this film. In her first contemporary role, Hurd-Wood was cast as Corrie Mackenzie, one of the principal characters in the 2009 Australian action-adventure film Tomorrow, When the War Began, based on the novel by John Marsden. At this point, she discontinued studying for a Linguistics degree to concentrate full-time on acting. Hurd-Wood portrayed the lead character Mae-West O'Mara in the 2010 film Hideaways, narrating a story to her six-year-old daughter, about the strange powers of the men in the Furlong family. Her performance was well-received by critics. Later in the year, she played the younger version of the character Isabel, played by Jenny Agutter, in the short film The Mapmaker. Also in the same year, she was featured in the music video for "Revolver" by Warehouse Republic. In 2014, Hurd-Wood played the female lead role of Elisabeth James in the film Highway to Dhampus, a story about the effect foreigners in Nepal and Nepali expatriates have on the locals.
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Peter Davison was born as Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett on 13 April 1951 in Streatham, London. A decade later, he and his family - his parents, Sheila and Claude (an electrical engineer who hailed from British Guiana), and his sisters, Barbara, Pamela and Shirley, moved to Knaphill, Woking, Surrey, where Davison was educated at the Winston Churchill School. It was here that he first became interested in acting, taking parts in a number of school plays, and this eventually led to him joining an amateur dramatic society, the Byfleet Players.
Upon leaving school at the age of sixteen, having achieved only modest academic success with three O Levels of undistinguished grades, he took a variety of short-lived jobs ranging from hospital porter to Hoffman press operator. He was still keen to pursue an acting career, however, and so applied for a place at drama school.
Davison was accepted into the Central School of Speech and Drama and stayed there for three years. His first professional acting work came in 1972 when, after leaving drama school in the July of that year, he secured a small role in a run of "Love's Labour's Lost" at the Nottingham Playhouse. This marked the start of a three-year period in which he worked in a variety of different repertory companies around Great Britain, often in Shakespearean roles. He then made his television debut, playing a blond-wigged space cowboy character called Elmer in "A Man for Emily", a three-part story in the Thames TV children's series The Tomorrow People (1973) (April 1975). Appearing alongside him in this production was his future wife, American actress Sandra Dickinson, whom he had first met during a run of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in Edinburgh. They married on 26 December 1978 in Dickinson's home town of Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Davison spent the following eighteen months working as a file clerk at Twickenham tax office. He also took the opportunity to pursue an interest in singing and songwriting, which led him to record several singles with his wife. He later provided the theme tunes for a number of TV series, including Mixed Blessings (1978) and Button Moon (1980). Davison played the romantic lead, Tom Holland in Love for Lydia (1977), a London Weekend Television (LWT) period drama serial transmitted in 1977.
Davison's greatest acting breakthrough came when he played Tristan in the BBC's All Creatures Great and Small (1978), based on the books of country vet James Herriot. It was a highly successful series, which ran initially for three seasons between 1978-1980. His success in All Creatures Great and Small (1978) brought him many other offers of TV work. Among those that he took up were lead roles in two sitcoms: LWT's Holding the Fort (1980), in which he played Russell Milburn, and the BBC's Sink or Swim (1980), in which he played Brian Webber. Three seasons of each were transmitted between 1980-82, consolidating Davison's position as a well-known and popular television actor.
In 1980, Doctor Who (1963) producer John Nathan-Turner, who had worked with Davison as the production unit manager on All Creatures Great and Small (1978), cast him as the Fifth Doctor in the series. Taking over from Tom Baker, who had been in the role for an unprecedented seven years, Davison was seen as a huge departure as he was by far the youngest actor to date. Davison announced he was taking the lead role in Doctor Who (1963) on the BBC's lunchtime magazine program Pebble Mill at One (1972) on 3 December 1980, when he discussed with the presenter a number of costume ideas sent in by viewers and was particularly impressed by a suggestion from one of a panel of young fans assembled in the studio that the new Doctor should be "like Tristan Farnon, but with bravery and intellect".
His appearance in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), was recorded on 19 December 1980 and transmitted on 2 February 1981, by which time the viewing public were well aware that he would soon be taking over the lead role in Doctor Who. There was in fact only a month to go before he would make his on-screen debut in the series - albeit a brief one, in the regeneration sequence at the end of Logopolis: Part Four (1981).
His first full story was in Castrovalva: Part One (1982), the first story of season nineteen transmitted on 4 January 1982. Another significant change for the series was that it was taken off Saturdays for the first time, instead being broadcast on Mondays and Tuesdays. Davison was an immediate hit as the Doctor, with ratings picking up considerably from Tom Baker's final season. Several episodes from Davison's first season achieved over 10 million viewers, which would be the last time these numbers would be achieved in the original run of Doctor Who (1963). One particular success from Davison's first season was the stylish return of the Cybermen in Earthshock: Part One (1982), which became the most popular Cybermen story since the 1960s.
As the incumbent Doctor, Davison took part in the major celebrations of the 20th anniversary of Doctor Who (1963) in 1983, which included the multi-Doctor special The Five Doctors (1983). Nevertheless, Davison found himself dissatisfied with his second season on Doctor Who (1963), feeling that the writing, directing, budgets and tight recording schedules in the studio were frequently letting it down. With this in mind and fearing typecasting, he finished his tenure at the end of his third season in The Caves of Androzani: Part Four (1984). He left on a high, as it has been repeatedly voted one of the best stories ever by fans.
Davison became a father when, on December 25, 1984 (one day before the couple's sixth wedding anniversary), Dickinson gave birth to a daughter, Georgia Elizabeth, at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London. Ten years later, however, the marriage broke down and they separated and later divorced. Most of Davison's work since then has been in the medium for which he is best known: television.
His credits include regular stints as Henry Myers in Anna of the Five Towns (1985), as Dr. Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice (1986), as Albert Campion in Mystery!: Campion (1989) and as Clive Quigley in Ain't Misbehavin (1994) all for the BBC, and as Ralph in Yorkshire TV's Fiddlers Three (1991). In addition, he has reprized his popular role of Tristan Farnon on a number of occasions for one-off specials and revival seasons of All Creatures Great and Small (1978).
Davison has returned several times to the world of Doctor Who (1963). In 1993 he appeared as the Fifth Doctor in Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993), a brief two-part skit transmitted as part of the BBC's annual Children in Need Charity appeal, and in 1985 he narrated an abridged novelization of the season twenty-one story "Warriors of the Deep" for BBC Worldwide's Doctor Who audio book series. In addition, he has appeared in a number of video dramas produced by Bill Baggs Video. In 2003 and 2004 he appeared as quiet and unassuming detective "Dangerous Davies" in The Last Detective (2003), the Meridian TV adaptations of Leslie Thomas's novels.- Nicholas Clay was an English actor, most famous for playing the legendary knight Lancelot du Lac (Lancelot of the Lake) in the medieval fantasy film "Excalibur" (1981).
Clay was born in London.His father was a professional soldier, who served in the Corps of Royal Engineers (nicknamed "Sappers"). The Clay family eventually settled in Kent, where Clay was raised. Clay became interested in acting as a teenager, and performed with the Little Medway Theatre Club. He was later formally educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Clay made his film debut in the science fiction horror film "The Damned" (1963), concerning children with a mutation which makes them resistant to nuclear fallout. He was only 17-years-old at the time. He remained a theatrical actor for the rest of the 1960s.
Clay's next film role was that of handyman Billy Jarvis in the thriller "The Night Digger" (1971). In the film, Jarvis represented a threat to the film's female protagonists Maura and Edith Prince (played respectively by Patricia Neal and Pamela Brown). Clay's first leading role was that of naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) in the biographical film "The Darwin Adventure" (1972),
Clay returned to the horror genre in the film "Terror of Frankenstein" (1977). He played Henry Clerval, the best friend of Victor Frankenstein. Clay found a notable role in the television miniseries "Will Shakespeare" (1978), where he played Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624). In real-life poet William Shakespeare had dedicated two narrative poems to Wriothesley: "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece". Wriothesley is also mentioned in Shakespeare's Sonnets, under the name of the "Fair Youth", as a subject of the poet's admiration.
Clay played Lieutenant Raw in the war film "Zulu Dawn" (1979), which depicted the historical Battle of Isandlwana (1879). The film was released at the centennial of the battle. Clay had key roles in two Arthurian films released in 1981, playing Lancelot du Lac in "Excalibur" and Tristan in "Lovespell". Both Lancelot and Tristan were knights of Arthurian legends, known for their romantic affairs with married women. Lancelot was romantically involved with Queen Guinevere (Arthur's wife), and Tristan was romantically involved with his aunt-by-marriage Iseult of Ireland (wife of his uncle Mark of Cornwall).
Clay had another romantic role as gamekeeper Oliver Mellors in "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (1981), an adaptation of the 1928 novel David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930). Both the novel and its film adaptation portrayed a love affair between Mellors and the wife of of his employer, Constance Reid, Lady Chatterley.
Clay next found a leading role in television as the historical monarch Alexander the Great, King of Macedon (356-323 BC, reigned 336-323 BC) in the miniseries "The Search for Alexander the Great". Next he appeared in a couple of crime novel adaptations. He played murder suspect Patrick Redfern in the mystery film "Evil Under the Sun" (1982), based on the 1941 novel by Agatha Christie. He also played murder suspect Jack Stapleton in the television film The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1983), based on the 1902 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Clay next had a supporting role in another literary adaption. He played the Greek nobleman Glaucus in the miniseries "The Last Days of Pompeii" (1984), an adaptation of the 1834 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. He had a guest star role as Dr. Percy Trevelyan in a 1985 episode of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". The episode was an adaptation of the short story "The Adventure of the Resident Patient" (1893), where Trevelyan was Sherlock Holmes' client.
Clay played the Prince in the fantasy film "Sleeping Beauty" (1987), based on the traditional fairy tale recorded by both Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. He next played nobleman Charles De Montfort in the Crusade-themed adventure film "Lionheart" (1987). This was his last role in a feature film.
In the same year, Clay played the historical figure Alexis Mdivani (1905-1935) in the television film "Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story" (1987). The real-life Mdivani was a Georgian nobleman who married American heiress Barbara Hutton (1912-1979). He was killed in an automobile accident when only 30-years-old.
Clay's last notable role in the 1980s was that of self-made businessman Mike Savage in the dramatic television series "Gentlemen and Players" (1988-1989). The series focused on an intense personal rivalry between Savage and "blue-blooded" businessman Miles "Bo" Beaufort (played by Brian Protheroe). It lasted 2 seasons, and a total of 13 episodes.
In the 1990s, Clay taught drama at the Actors' Centre and the Academy of Live and Performing Arts, and became an associate Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His career declined, and he mostly appeared in television roles. He had guest-star roles in then-popular television series, such as "Zorro", "The New Adventures of Robin Hood", and "Highlander: The Series".
His last substantial television roles were that of mythological king Menelaus of Sparta in the miniseries "The Odyssey" (1997), and Lord Leo in the Arthurian miniseries "Merlin" (1998). His last recurring role was that of Dr. Angus Harvey in the controversial medical drama "Psychos" (1999) which only lasted 6 episodes. The series was at the time accused of reinforcing stereotypes and prejudice towards people involved in mental health.
Clay died in May 2000, suffering from liver cancer. He was 53-years-old. He was interred in the graveyard of St Peter's Church, Sibton, Suffolk. He was survived by his wife, actress Lorna Heilbron. The couple had two daughters. - Actress
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Naomi Campbell was born on 22 May 1970 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Zoolander 2 (2016), I Feel Pretty (2018) and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995).- Actress
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June Whitfield had a long and successful career that has included musical theatre, films and numerous radio and television performances. Her mother was into amateur dramatics and June had elocution and dancing lessons from an early age. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in theatre. One of her earliest experiences was working with Wilfred Pickles, whose great comic talent and gift for timing made quite an impression on her.
She became a household name on the radio comedy "Take It From Here" in 1953, a time when radio was far more popular than television. When television overtook radio in popularity, June made a successful transition. Over the next few years she worked with most of the biggest names in comedy, including Arthur Askey, Tony Hancock, Frankie Howerd, Benny Hill, Harry H. Corbett, Wilfrid Brambell, Ronnie Barker, Richard Briers, Eric Morecambe and Dick Emery.
She became a television double-act with Terry Scott on Happy Ever After (1974) and Terry and June (1979). She also appeared in three installments of the popular Carry On film series, Carry on Nurse (1959), Carry on Abroad (1972) and Carry on Girls (1973).
By the 1980s, June Whitfield was viewed by some members of the alternative comedy scene as representing the kind of traditional, safe comedy they were reacting against. However, she still had her talent of perfect comic timing and her range of voices, which enabled her to continue working. She moved back to more theatre and radio, including The News Huddlines, a satirical radio show fronted by Roy Hudd. In 1992 she appeared in Carry on Columbus (1992), a failed attempt to resurrect the Carry On series. The same year she started a more successful venture, Absolutely Fabulous (1992), which became one of the most popular sitcoms of the decade and put her back into the spotlight.- Actress
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She became an actress because her mother had been stage struck so attended RADA and won a gold medal but despite that she was out of work for a year. An early success was as Ruby in Getting Married at St Martins Theatre in 1938, Probably best remembered for her role as Edna the Inebriated Woman for which she won the Television Actress of the ~Year Award in 1972. As a small child she was sent to an acting teacher who taught her to recite The Murder of Nancy Drew by Charles Dickens and used to recite it in childrens competitions and win prizes- Actress
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Amma Asante is a British BAFTA award winning screenwriter and director, known for Belle (2013), and A Way of Life (2004). She is a former child actress, who began her writing career at the age of 23 with a script deals from both Channel 4 in the UK and BBC. Her first movie, A Way of Life, which she wrote and directed won her numerous awards, both in the UK and internationally, including FIPRESCI prizes and the Carl Foreman BAFTA Film Award. In 2017 Amma was awarded an MBE on the Queen's New Year's Honours List, for her services to film as a writer and director.- Music Artist
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A star in multiple fields, Streatham born David Orobosa Omoregie, known professionally as 'Santan Dave' or just 'Dave' the musician has cultivated a strong following and his star has since gone supernova. After a viral Glastonbury appearance, the rapper secured a spot on the Channel 4 turned Netflix show Top Boy (2011) as villain: Modie, delivering a truly unnerving, borderline psychotic performance. With his career truly flying, Dave dropped his debut album 'Psychodrama', a narrative/concept piece that eventually won a BRIT Award for best album. In his BRIT awards performance of 'Black', Dave stunned, like in his older song Dave: Question Time (2017), he took his chance and fired at the British establishment, social injustice and paid tribute to his late friend Jack Merritt. His stunning, charged performance catapulted him firmly into the A List. Regardless of his next move, Dave's career trajectory is only upwards.- Actor
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Jack Haig was born on 5 January 1913 in Streatham, Lambeth, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for 'Allo 'Allo! (1982), Hugh and I (1962) and The Gnomes of Dulwich (1969). He was married to Sybil E Dunn. He died on 4 July 1989 in Hampstead, Camden, London, England, UK.- Naga Munchetty was born on 25 February 1975 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She has been married to James Haggar since 2007.
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Henry Kendall, born in London on 28 May 1897 was an English stage and film actor, theatre director and an immaculately stylish revue artiste.
Kendall was educated at the City of London School, and made his first appearance on the stage in September 1914 at the Lyceum Theatre, playing a 'super' in Tommy Atkins. He had a distinguished war career, serving as a Captain in the Royal Air Force from 1916 to 1919, and on demobilisation was awarded the Air Force Cross.
In addition to a busy career as an actor and entertainer, he was frequently engaged as a director, notably staging the first productions of See How They Run (Peterborough Rep, tour and Q Theatre 1944; Comedy Theatre 1945), and The Shop at Sly Corner (St Martin's Theatre 1945).
He also directed numerous plays at the Embassy Theatre and Q Theatre.- Antony Scott was born on 29 December 1933 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Superman (1978), Department S (1969) and Tangiers (1982). He died on 29 June 1983 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Philip Ray was born on 1 November 1898 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Starr and Company (1958), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1960) and Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966). He died on 11 May 1978 in Kingston-upon-Thames, England, UK.
- Patricia Plunkett was born on 17 December 1926 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for It Always Rains on Sunday (1947), For Them That Trespass (1949) and Bond Street (1948). She was married to Tim Turner. She died on 13 October 1974 in London, England, UK.
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An amiable, beloved Cockney cut-up from the 1930s on, London-born Tommy Trinder, the son of a tram driver, quit school and sought the stage, milking laughs at the tender age of 13 in a musical revue that was touring South Africa. Following that he became a boy vocalist at Collins' Music-Hall. The wry, rubber-faced comedian gradually built up his name in traveling variety shows, clubs and dance halls, then achieved stardom in the musical revues "Tune In" and "In Town Tonight" (both 1937).
Known for his trademark leering glare, wagging finger, spade-jawed grin, effortless ad-libbing, pork-pie hat and catchphrase "You lucky people!", Trinder made his film debut in 1938 in the musical comedy Save a Little Sunshine (1938). He then top-lined the mild comedy Almost a Honeymoon (1938) and kept things moving in Laugh It Off (1940) and She Couldn't Say No (1940). He scored one of his biggest hits sharing top billing with Claude Hulbert and Michael Wilding in the cheeky WWII comedy Three Cockeyed Sailors (1940), the tale of three tipsy navy buddies who accidentally find themselves aboard a Nazi ship and become heroes. Trinder's standout role, in which he also sang two songs, kept him in the Ealing Studios fold for years to come.
A huge radio favorite, he continued on the live stage at such forums as the London Palladium (where he was a major headliner) while managing to entertain war-weary audiences with his special brand of movie escapism. He provided excellent comedy relief in the war adventure Somewhere in France (1942), then showed a serious side in a moving tribute to firefighters during London's "blitz" with Far into the Night (1943). Back in top comic form with While Nero Fiddled (1944), he stepped into an almost semi-autobiographical role with Champagne Charlie (1944), the story of 1860s music hall entertainer George Leybourne.
Trinder's film career began to wane after the war. He did not appear in another film, in fact, until Bitter Springs (1950). He tested out the new medium of television and eventually became a top presence in variety shows, particularly on Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955).
In later years the entertainer could still draw heavy crowds especially on stage, in pantomime and in cabaret shows. He also appeared on occasion in film cameos. In 1975, after decades of delighting British audiences, Trinder was designated a Commander in the Order of the British Empire. He died at age 80 from a heart ailment on July 10, 1989. A biography by Patrick Newley entitled "You Lucky People! - The Tommy Trinder Story" was published in 2008.- Actress
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Vivacious, uncommonly beautiful Hyacinth Hazel O'Higgins (aka Hazell) was a star entertainer of British revues and musical theatre. Called 'Britain's answer to Betty Grable', she was described as having 'the longest legs in show business'. She was also blessed with an excellent singing voice and seemingly boundless energy. Educated at Mountview,Streatham and privately tutored for acting by Miss E.C. Massey and Mrs Grandison-Clark, she began her stage career as a teen in a 1937 West End chorus line of "On Your Toes" at the Palace Theatre. During the war years, she played her part entertaining British troops, touring the Middle East, Italy and Austria as a member of E.N.S.A.. At her peak in the 1950's and 60's, she gave critically acclaimed performances in a wide variety of roles, including "Pygmalion" (1951, as Eliza), "The Beggar's Opera" (as Polly Peachum, 1968) and "Fiddler on the Roof" (as Golde, 1969). She even had her measure of international success with the salacious role of 'Mrs. Squeezum' in the period romp "Lock Up Your Daughters" (1959). She enacted this part in more than 2000 performances in Britain and Australia over a three-year period. Possibly her best character was that of Dixie Collins, an ageing 'has been' movie star in "Expresso Bongo". She played Collins in both the original stage version of Wolf Mankowitz's 1958 play, and in a little seen TV movie made the same year (but not in the cinematic version, in which the role went to Yolande Donlan). Unaccountably, despite her versatility as an entertainer, her looks and effervescent personality, she never rose to any great heights in films. Sadder still, was her untimely death (aged somewhere between 48 and 50, sources vary), choking to death in a restaurant in Westminster, London, on a piece of steak.At the time she was playing the part of 'Goldie' in a West End production of 'Fiddler on the Roof'- Actress
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Cat Burns was born on 6 June 2000 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Cat Burns: End Game (2024), Jon Batiste & J.I.D & NewJeans & Cat Burns & Camilo: Be Who You Are (2023) and Sicily Rose (2019).- Geoffrey Dunn was born on 13 December 1903 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Victoria Regina (1964), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Quo Vadis (1951). He died on 6 September 1981 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
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David Jacobs was born on 19 May 1926 in Streatham Hill, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Little Women (1950), Brian Rix Presents ... (1960) and Aladdin (1951). He was married to Lindsay Stuart-Hutcheson, Caroline Munro and Patricia Bradlaw. He died on 2 September 2013 in England, UK.- Writer
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Laura Beaumont was born in 1956 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie (2016), From the Top (1985) and Thomas & Friends: Marvelous Machinery (2020). She is married to Bill Oddie. They have one child.- Actor
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Paul England was born on 17 June 1892 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for She Shall Have Music (1935), I Adore You (1933) and The Trial of Madame X (1948). He died on 21 November 1968 in Devon, England, UK.- John Crocker was born on 19 September 1925 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Deep Concern (1979), Affairs of the Heart (1974) and The Avengers (1961). He died on 18 February 2015 in Chiswick, Hounslow, London, England, UK.
- Maureen Glynne was born on 18 August 1928 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Franchise Affair (1951), The Outsider (1948) and The Turners of Prospect Road (1947). She was married to Peter Hammond. She died in September 2005 in London, England, UK.
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Steve Hayes was born on 31 January 1931 in Streatham, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Time After Time (1979), Capitol (1982) and Conan the Adventurer (1997).- Producer
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John Jacobs was born on 3 June 1924 in Streatham, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for American Playhouse (1980), ITV Sunday Night Drama (1959) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He was married to Rita. He died on 29 November 2001 in England, UK.- Actor
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Humza Arshad was born in Streatham, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Diary of a Badman (2010), HATE (2020) and Untitled Little Bad Man Project.- Vanessa was possibly better known for her appearances in Ivor Novello's musicals in the immediate post-war years as well as appearing occasionally on television. During her career she had a little cosmetic surgery on her nose that enabled her to breath more easily. Her partnership with contralto Olive Gilbert in Novello's hit shows was legendary.
- Billy Whittaker was born on 6 January 1911 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Kipps (1960), The Dickie Henderson Show (1960) and Behave Yourself (1962). He was married to Mimi Law. He died on 15 November 1994 in Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, UK.
- Gerald Verner was born Robert Stuart Pringle in Streatham, London, England, on June 26,1897. He was a prolific writer of thrillers and wrote more than 120 novels translated into over 35 languages. Among his successful stage plays were adaptations of Peter Cheyney's "The Urgent Hangman" into "Meet Mr.Callaghan" (1952) and the Agatha Christie thriller "Towards Zero" (1956). Many of his books were adapted into radio serials, stage plays and films. In the 1930s he wrote for the magazines "The Thriller" and "Detective Weekly". With changed titles and the protagonists, many of these stories were recycled as novels for publisher Wright & Brown. His style was heavily influenced by that of Edgar Wallace. The Duke of Windsor was an avid fan of Verner's thrillers and was presented with a special edition of 15 of them bound in blue. He died of natural causes at Broadstairs, Kent, England on September 16, 1980.
In his early days Verner used to write as Donald Stuart, and his output included 44 stories for the Sexton Blake Library. He also wrote 6 stories for Union Jack and 3 for the The Thriller. He also wrote two plays, "Sexton Blake" and "The Shadow", as well as two films, The Man Outside (1933) and The Shadow (1933). He died of natural causes at Broadstairs, Kent, England, on September 16, 1980. His son, Christopher Verner, has supervised many special effects projects for films and TV commercials. - Joan St. Clair was born on 29 June 1925 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Paris Express (1952). She was married to Mark Raffles. She died on 25 December 2009 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.
- Stella Hamilton was born on 11 November 1930 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Trouble in the Air (1948).
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Viola Merrett was born on 9 April 1921 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), He Who Gets Slapped (1947) and R.U.R. (1948).- Actor
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Charles Lefeaux was born on 14 January 1909 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Nom-de-Plume (1956), The Conquest of the Air (1931) and Dark Pilgrimage (1962). He died on 5 May 1979 in Camden, London, England, UK.- Actor
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John Railton was born on 23 February 1929 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Little Sweep (1962), Man in a Suitcase (1967) and Witch Hunt (1967). He died on 19 February 2013 in England, UK.- Graham Sutherland was born on 28 August 1903 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was married to Kathleen Barry. He died on 17 February 1980 in South End Green, London, England, UK.
- Deering Wells was born on 31 January 1896 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1960), The Royalty (1957) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He died on 29 September 1961 in Alton, Hampshire, England, UK.
- Ethel M. Dell was born on 2 August 1881 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She was a writer, known for The Safety Curtain (1918), The Rocks of Valpre (1935) and The Eleventh Hour (1922). She was married to Gerald Tahourdin Savage. She died on 17 September 1939 in Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- Ethel Doxat-Pratt was born in 1890 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Fate's Plaything (1920). She was married to B.E. Doxat-Pratt. She died in 1962 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Music Department
Marius B. Winter was born on 3 January 1898 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Indiscretions of Eve (1932). He died in 1956 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK.- Lionel Marson was born on 15 June 1895 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Three Golden Nobles (1959), Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1952) and Great Expectations (1959). He died on 31 March 1960 in Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK.
- Art Department
Dudley H. May was born on 8 March 1907 in Streatham, London, England, UK. Dudley H. was married to Gladys Godfrey. Dudley H. died on 18 June 1971 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK.- Chuka Umunna was born on 17 October 1978 in Streatham, London, England, UK.
- Cinematographer
- Producer
John Wiles was born on 11 January 1925 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and producer, known for Urge to Kill (1960), The Witness (1959) and Man with a Gun (1958). He was married to Betty. He died on 13 January 2013 in Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Brenda Duncan was born on 15 April 1895 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Spy-Catcher (1959), Hancock's Half Hour (1956) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). She died on 21 August 1988 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Jo-Ann Kelly was born on 5 January 1944 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She died on 21 October 1990.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Peggy Cochrane was born on 12 January 1902 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She was a composer, known for Rhythm in the Air (1936), The Heart of a Man (1959) and The Indiscretions of Eve (1932). She was married to Jack Payne. She died on 9 August 1988 in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England, UK.- Lord Scarman was born on 29 July 1911 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was married to Ruth Clement. He died on 8 December 2004 in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, England, UK.
- Alfred Barrett was born in 1870 in Streatham, London, England, UK. Alfred was a writer, known for Cash on Delivery (1926). Alfred died on 16 November 1945 in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK.
- Actor
Vernon Cowper was born on 10 December 1871 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor. He died in 1922 in Southwark, London, England, UK.- Writer
- Producer
Brandon Fleming was born on 27 April 1889 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Melody of My Heart (1936), Music and Millions (1936) and Mr. Stringfellow Says No (1937). He died in 1970 in Kensington, London, England, UK.