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Acres, Birt (1854?–1918), film-maker  

Stephen Herbert

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Published online:
28 September 2006

Acres, Birt (1854?–1918), film-maker, was born in Richmond, Virginia, USA, most probably on 23 July 1854, to British parents who had emigrated to America as prospective farmers. No record of his early life has been found; we know only that his father's name was ...

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Adams, Douglas Noël (1952–2001), writer  

Nick Webb

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Published in print:
05 March 2009
Published online:
06 January 2005

Adams, Douglas Noël (1952–2001), writer, was born on 11 March 1952 at the maternity hospital in Cambridge, the son of Christopher Douglas Adams (d. 1985) and his wife, Janet Dora Sydney, née Donovan.

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Adams, Douglas Noël (1952–2001)  

Maker: Brian Griffin

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Published in print:
05 March 2009
Published online:
06 January 2005
Douglas Noël Adams (1952–2001) by Brian Griffin, 1986 © Brian Griffin; collection National Portrait Gallery, London

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Agate, James Evershed (1877–1947), drama critic  

Ivor Brown

revised by Marc Brodie

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Agate, James Evershed (1877–1947), drama critic, was born at Pendleton, Lancashire, on 9 September 1877, the eldest of the five sons and one daughter of Charles James Agate (1832–1909), cotton manufacturer's agent, and his wife, Eulalie Julia Young, daughter of a widowed piano teacher. Although generally regarded during his lifetime as the writer from ...

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Agate, James Evershed (1877–1947)  

Maker: Howard Coster

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004
James Evershed Agate (1877–1947) by Howard Coster, 1934 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Aggas, Robert (c. 1620–c. 1682), landscape and scene painter  

W. C. Monkhouse

revised by Arianne Burnette

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Aggas, Robert (c. 1620–c. 1682), landscape and scene painter, was the son of Samuel Agas of St Andrew's parish, Holborn. The family was originally from Stoke by Nayland in Suffolk. Samuel Agas was the son of Edward Aggas, a bookseller and printer, and relative of ...

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Aherne, Caroline Mary (1963–2016)  

Maker: Trevor Leighton

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Published online:
09 January 2020

Caroline Aherne (1963–2016), by Trevor Leighton, 1999

© Trevor Leighton/National Portrait Gallery, London

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Aherne, Caroline Mary (1963–2016), comedian, actress, and writer  

Jeff Evans

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Published online:
09 January 2020

Aherne, Caroline Mary (1963–2016), comedian, actress, and writer, was born on 24 December 1963 at Perivale maternity hospital, London, the second child of Bartholomew Edmond (Bert) Aherne (1933–1994), a railwayman with London Transport, and his wife Mary Frances (Maureen), née Regan...

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Aldridge, Ira Frederick (1807?–1867), actor  

Heidi J. Holder

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Aldridge, Ira Frederick (1807?–1867), actor, was probably born on 24 July 1807 in New York city, the son of Daniel Aldridge, a lay preacher. Little is known of his mother, Lurona, who died when he was a youth. He was the first major African-American actor, although virtually all of his appearances were in ...

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Aldridge, Ira Frederick (1807?–1867)  

Maker: Henry Perronet Briggs

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004
Ira Frederick Aldridge (1807?–1867) by Henry Perronet Briggs, c. 1830 [as Othello] National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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Alexander, Jean [real name Jean Margaret Hodgkinson] (1926–2016), actress  

Jeff Evans

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Published online:
09 January 2020

Alexander, Jean [real name Jean Margaret Hodgkinson] (1926–2016), actress, was born on 11 October 1926 at 18 Rhiwlas Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, the second child of Archibald Alexander (Archie) Hodgkinson (1895–1969), electrician, and his wife Ellen Frances (Nell), née Hill...

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Allen, Dave [real name David Edward John Archer Cullen Tynan-O'Mahony] (1936–2005), comedian  

Dennis Barker

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Published in print:
07 March 2013
Published online:
08 January 2009

Allen, Dave [real name David Edward John Archer Cullen Tynan-O'Mahony] (1936–2005), comedian, was born on 6 July 1936 at Merrion House, Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, the youngest of three sons of (Gerard John) Cullen Tynan-O'Mahony (b. 1900), journalist and managing editor of the ...

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Allen, Dave (1936–2005)  

Maker: Trevor Leighton

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Published in print:
07 March 2013
Published online:
08 January 2009
Dave Allen (1936–2005) by Trevor Leighton, 1999 Camera Press, London

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Allen, James John [Jim] (1926–1999), playwright and scriptwriter  

Jason Tomes

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Allen, James John [Jim] (1926–1999), playwright and scriptwriter, was born on 7 October 1926 at 31 Higher Duke Street, Miles Platting, Manchester, the second child of John (Jack) Allen, a railway labourer, and his wife, Catherine (Kitty) Lee. The family was of Irish descent. After attending local Roman Catholic schools, ...

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Alleyn, Edward (1566–1626), actor, theatre entrepreneur, and founder of Dulwich College  

S. P. Cerasano

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Alleyn, Edward (1566–1626), actor, theatre entrepreneur, and founder of Dulwich College, was born on 1 September 1566 in the London parish of St Botolph without Bishopsgate, 'near Devonshire House, where now is the sign of the Pye'. He was baptized the following day in the parish church, the son of ...

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Alleyn, Edward (1566–1626)  

Maker: unknown artist

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004
Edward Alleyn (1566–1626) by unknown artist by permission of the Trustees of Dulwich Picture Gallery

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Allgood, Sara (1883–1950), actress  

Susan C. Triesman

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Allgood, Sara (1883–1950), actress, was born in Dublin on 31 October 1883, the second daughter of George Allgood (d. in or before 1911), a printing compositor, and his wife, Margaret Harold, a second-hand furniture seller.

Sara was educated at Marlborough Street Training College, Dublin...

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Allgood, Sara (1883–1950)  

Maker: Robert Gregory

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004
Sara Allgood (1883–1950) attrib. Robert Gregory National Gallery of Ireland

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Anderson [married name Sykes], Marjorie Enid (1913–1999), radio broadcaster  

Sally Thompson

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Anderson [married name Sykes], Marjorie Enid (1913–1999), radio broadcaster, was born on 7 November 1913 at 35 Barton Street, London, the only child of Harold Harry Anderson (d. 1918/19), private secretary, of independent means, and his wife, Charlotte Augusta, née Boyle (...

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Anderson, Mary (1859–1940), actress  

Donald Roy

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Anderson, Mary (1859–1940), actress, was born in Sacramento, California, USA, on 28 July 1859, the daughter of Charles Henry Anderson (d. 1863) and his wife, Antonia Leugers, and named Mary Antoinette. Her mother, a Philadelphian of German, staunchly Catholic descent, had been disowned by her family after eloping to ...