Bainbridge, Dame Beryl Margaret (1932–2010), actress, writer, and artist, was born on 21 November 1932 at 294 Menlove Avenue, Allerton, Liverpool, the younger child of Richard Bainbridge, commercial agent, and his wife, Winifred, née Baines. Her father was a self-made man who left school at ten, established himself successfully in business, but then went bankrupt as a result of the 1929 financial crash. His wife, who considered that her husband had married above himself, was disappointed and embittered by the family's reduced circumstances, and the young ...
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Bainbridge, Dame Beryl Margaret (1932–2010), actress, writer, and artist
Mark Bostridge
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Bainbridge, Dame Beryl Margaret (1932–2010)
Maker: Eamonn McCabe
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Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge (1932–2010) by Eamonn McCabe, 2002 © Eamonn McCabe
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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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Hatton [née Kemble; other married name Curtis], Ann Julia (1764–1838), writer and actress
Moira Dearnley
Hatton [née Kemble; other married name Curtis], Ann Julia (1764–1838), writer and actress, was born on 29 April 1764 in Worcester, the daughter of Roger Kemble (1722–1802), owner of a travelling theatre company, and his wife, Sarah Ward (1735–1807). Her siblings included ...
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Hayward, (Harold) Richard (1892–1964), writer and actor
Richard Clarke
Hayward, (Harold) Richard (1892–1964), writer and actor, was born on 24 October 1892 at 21 Forest Road, Southport, Lancashire, the fourth son and fifth of the seven children of Walter Scott Hayward (1855–1910), yachtsman and boat designer, and his wife, Louise Eleanor (1859–1932)...
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Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?–1756), author and actress
Paula R. Backscheider
Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693
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Haywood, Eliza (1693?–1756)
Maker: George Vertue
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Eliza Haywood (1693?–1756) by George Vertue, 1725 (after Jacques Parmentier) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Inchbald [née Simpson], Elizabeth (1753–1821), writer and actress
Jane Spencer
Inchbald [née Simpson], Elizabeth (1753–1821), writer and actress, was born on 15 October 1753 in Standingfield, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, the youngest child but one in the large family of John Simpson (d. 1761), farmer, and his wife, Mary (...
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Inchbald, Elizabeth (1753–1821)
Maker: Sir Thomas Lawrence
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Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821) by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1796 courtesy Agnew's, London
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Jacob, Naomi Eleanor Clare (1884–1964)
Maker: Bassano
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Naomi Eleanor Clare Jacob (1884–1964) by Bassano, 1939 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Jacob, Naomi Eleanor Clare [pseud. Ellington Gray; known as Naomi Ellington Jacob] (1884–1964), writer and actress
George Malcolm Johnson
Jacob, Naomi Eleanor Clare [pseud. Ellington Gray; known as Naomi Ellington Jacob] (1884–1964), writer and actress, was born on 1 July 1884 at 20 High Saint Agnes Gate, Ripon, Yorkshire, the daughter of Samuel Jacob, a German Jew and schoolmaster, and Selina Sara (Nina) Ellington, ...
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Kossoff, David (1919–2005)
Maker: unknown photographer
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David Kossoff (1919–2005) by unknown photographer, 1987 Rex Features
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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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Lewes, Charles Lee (1740–1803), author and actor
Robert Shaughnessy
Lewes, Charles Lee (1740–1803), author and actor, was born on 19 November 1740 in New Bond Street, London. His father, according to Lewes's account in his Memoirs, was a classically educated Welsh hosier who was also a friend of the author Edward Young...
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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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Pinter, Harold (1930–2008), actor, playwright, and director
Michael Billington
Pinter, Harold (1930–2008), actor, playwright, and director, was born on 10 October 1930 at Tudor House, Newington Green, London, the only child of Hyman (Jack) Pinter (1902–1997), ladies' tailor, and his wife, Frances, née Moskowitz (1904–1992). At the time of his birth his parents lived at ...
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Pinter, Harold (1930–2008)
Maker: Justin Mortimer
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Harold Pinter (1930–2008) by Justin Mortimer, 1992 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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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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