Baker, George Morris (1931–2011), actor and author, was born on 1 April 1931 in the British embassy in Varna, Bulgaria, the second of five children of Francis Pearson (Frank) Baker (1884–1943), honorary British vice-consul, and a businessman in the import–export trade, and his wife, ...
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Baker, George Morris (1931–2011), actor and author
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Barry, Iris [née Iris Sylvia Symes Crump; married names Porter, Abbott] (1895–1969), writer, film critic, and film curator
Inga Fraser
Barry, Iris [née Iris Sylvia Symes Crump; married names Porter, Abbott] (1895–1969), writer, film critic, and film curator, was born Iris Sylvia Symes Crump at 12 Warren Road, Washwood Heath, near Birmingham, on 25 March 1895, the only child of Alfred Charles Crump...
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Brunel, Adrian Hope (1889–1958)
Maker: Sasha
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Brunel, Adrian Hope (1889–1958), film director and writer
Robert Murphy
Brunel, Adrian Hope (1889–1958), film director and writer, was born at 58 Claverton Street, Pimlico, London, on 4 September 1889, the only son of Reginald Norman Brunel Harris (b. 1865), solicitor, who used the name Reginald Brunel-Norman, and his wife, Fanny Lucy Adelaide, ...
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Craigie (married names Begbie-Clench, Dell, Foot), Noreen Jean [Jill] (1911–1999)
Maker: Fred Daniels
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Jill Craigie (1911–1999), by Fred Daniels, 1949
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Craigie [married names Begbie-Clench, Dell, Foot], Noreen Jean [Jill] (1911–1999), film-maker, writer, and feminist scholar
Hollie Price
Craigie [married names Begbie-Clench, Dell, Foot], Noreen Jean [Jill] (1911–1999), film-maker, writer, and feminist scholar, was born at 17 Dancer Road, Fulham, London, on 7 March 1911, the daughter of Arthur Charles Craigie (1884–1970), theatre box office clerk, and his wife, ...
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Crisp, Quentin [real name Dennis Charles Pratt] (1908–1999), writer and actor
Paul Bailey
Crisp, Quentin [real name Dennis Charles Pratt] (1908–1999), writer and actor, was born on 25 December 1908 at Wolverton, Egmont Road, Sutton, Surrey, the youngest of the four children of Spencer Charles Pratt, a feckless and frequently insolvent solicitor, and Frances Marion, ...
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Dehn, Paul Edward (1912–1976), writer and film critic poet and children's writer
Raleigh Trevelyan
Dehn, Paul Edward (1912–1976), writer and film critic, was born on 5 November 1912 at 13 Belfield Road, Didsbury, Manchester, the elder son and eldest of the three children of Frederick Edward Dehn (1881/2–1947), cotton merchant, and his wife, Helen, née Susman (1880–1976)...
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Jay, Sir Antony Rupert [Tony] (1930–2016)
Maker: Geraint Lewis
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Sir Antony Jay (1930–2016), by Geraint Lewis, 2011
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Jay, Sir Antony Rupert [Tony] (1930–2016), writer, management consultant, and film producer
Jonathan Lynn
Jay, Sir Antony Rupert [Tony] (1930–2016), writer, management consultant, and film producer, was born at the maternity home at 174 Sutherland Avenue, Paddington, London, on 20 April 1930, the son of Ernest Jay, née Ernest Joseph Alberge (1893–1957), actor, and his wife, ...
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Kossoff, David (1919–2005)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Kossoff, David (1919–2005), actor and broadcaster
Dennis Barker
Kossoff, David (1919–2005), actor and broadcaster, was born on 24 November 1919, at the Mothers' Hospital, Clapton, London, the son of Lewis (Louis) Kossoff, tailor, and his wife, Annie, née Shaklovich. At the time of his birth registration his parents, Russian Jewish immigrants, lived at ...
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MacLennan, Elizabeth Margaret Ross [Liz] (1938–2015), actress, writer, and theatre producer
Ian Brown
MacLennan, Elizabeth Margaret Ross [Liz] (1938–2015), actress, writer, and theatre producer, was born on 16 March 1938 at 23 Park Circus, Glasgow, the only daughter and second of the four children of Sir Hector Ross MacLennan (1905–1978), an obstetrician and gynaecologist who was knighted in ...
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Milton, Ernest Gianello (1888–1974), actor and author
Antonia J. Bunch
Milton, Ernest Gianello (1888–1974), actor and author, was born Milton Lichtenstadter, in San Francisco, California, USA, on 10 January 1888 (though in some sources he gave the year as 1890), the only child of Martin Lichtenstadter (1860–1905) and his wife, ...
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Parker, Sir Alan William (1944–2020)
Maker: John Swannell
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Sir Alan William Parker (1944–2020), by John Swannell, 1998
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Parker, Sir Alan William (1944–2020), film and commercials director, writer, and cartoonist
Andrew H. Spicer
Parker, Sir Alan William (1944–2020), film and commercials director, writer, and cartoonist, was born on 14 February 1944 at St Mary’s Hospital, Highgate Hill, Islington, London, the only child of William Leslie Parker (1921–2008) and his wife Elsie Helen, née Hughes...
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Percival, John Lancelot Blades (Lance) (1933–2015), actor and writer
Roger Philip Mellor
Percival, John Lancelot Blades (Lance) (1933–2015), actor and writer, was born on 26 July 1933 at 1 Lyle Court, Linden Chase, Sevenoaks, Kent, the twin son of John Douglas Percival (1902–1983), a builder’s merchants’ representative, later a fencing engineer, and his wife, ...
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Pitt, Ingrid (1937–2010), actress and writer
Peter Hutchings
Pitt, Ingrid (1937–2010), actress and writer, was born on 21 November 1937 in Poland, the daughter of a German father and a Polish Jewish mother. Many biographical accounts give her birth name as Ingoushka Petrov, although the origin of this is unclear. She herself gave her father's name as ...
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Pitt, Ingrid (1937–2010)
Maker: Bill Zygmant
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Ingrid Pitt (1937–2010) by Bill Zygmant, 1975 © Bill Zygmant / Rex Features
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Shearer, Moira [née Moira Shearer King; married name Moira Shearer Kennedy, Lady Kennedy] (1926–2006), ballet dancer, actress, and writer
John Percival
Shearer, Moira [née Moira Shearer King; married name Moira Shearer Kennedy, Lady Kennedy] (1926–2006), ballet dancer, actress, and writer, was born on 17 January 1926 at Morton Lodge, Dunfermline, Fife, the only child of Harold Charles King, civil engineer, and his wife, ...
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