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- Jessica Barden is an English actress. She is best known for playing Alyssa in Channel 4 series The End of the F***ing World, and the film The Lobster (2015).
She also had small roles in Tamara Drewe (2010), Hanna (2011) and Far from the Madding Crowd (2015).
In 2016 she played Justine in Penny Dreadful.
Her film debut was Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007). - Actress
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Joanne was born at Littlebeck, Whitby and educated at Eskdale School, Sleights Pimary and Red Roofs Theatrical School, Berkshire, Her first jobs were at Booths Fine Food Cafe and Alexanders Fish Restaurant in Whitby. She made her television debut in The Bill but became well known when she played Zoe Tattersall in Coronation Street. She was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for Best Actress for her role in Eyewtness and won the 2010 British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomerfor the film In Our Name. She got Emmy nominations in 2012 and 2014 for Downton Abbey and a Golden Globe Best Actress in 2015- Actress
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Dame Judi Dench was born Judith Olivia Dench in York, England, to Eleanora Olive (Jones), who was from Dublin, Ireland, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor from Dorset, England. She attended Mount School in York, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and at Old Vic Theatre. She is a ten-time BAFTA winner including Best Actress in a Comedy Series for A Fine Romance (1981) in which she appeared with her husband, Michael Williams, and Best Supporting Actress in A Handful of Dust (1988) and A Room with a View (1985). She received an ACE award for her performance in the television series Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985). She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1970, a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1988 and a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in 2005.- Faye Marsay was born on 30 December 1986 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Game of Thrones (2011), Pride (2014) and Andor (2022).
- Preeti Desai is a British actress, model, and former Miss Great Britain of Gujarati Indian descent. She made history by becoming the first woman of Indian origin to win the title. Known for starring in Damien Chazelle's 2020 film The Stunt Double commissioned by Apple Desai made her acting debut with acclaimed film Shor in the City (2011) and was nominated for Best Lead Actress at the South Asian Rising Star Film Awards in New York City. Desai is listed as the Times of India's 50 Most Desirable Women and People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People
- Penelope Wilton was born on 3 June 1946 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Match Point (2005). She was previously married to Ian Holm and Daniel Massey.
- The avuncular star character actor Richard Griffiths grew up in a council flat in less than prosperous conditions, the son of deaf and volatile parents in a dysfunctional family setting. According to an article in the Telegraph newspaper, his father Thomas was a steelworker 'who fought in pubs for prize money'. Like most children, Richard's "mother tongue" was the same as his parents. In his case, that was sign language. Like many kids in the 50s, his world did not include television. He had to explain sounds to his parents, for example music. Griffiths made a career out of language. For instance, he developed a talent for dialects which later allowed him to shine in a number of ethnic portrayals. He attended the Manchester Polytechnic School Of Drama and then began his career in radio drama and repertory theatre. He subsequently became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company where he often excelled playing Shakespeare's comic characters.
In a 2007 interview, Griffiths said "I like playing Vernon Dursley in Harry Potter because that gives me a license to be horrible to kids. I hate the odious business of sucking up to the public." In fact, unlike those jovial characters he so often portrayed on screen, Griffiths did not tolerate fools gladly. On occasion, he would get stroppy with members of an audience, especially those failing to switch off their mobile phones during a performance (who could blame him?). He was also highly thought of as a raconteur and wit.
The ever-versatile, often bespectacled and bearded Griffiths did his best work for the small screen, excelling as the inquisitive and resourceful civil servant Henry Jay in Bird of Prey (1982) and as the lovable 'cooking policeman' Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky (1994), a role specially created for him. As comic relief he made many a hilarious guest appearance, in, among other popular series, The Vicar of Dibley (1994) (as the Bishop of Mulberry) and as Dr. Bayham Badger in the superb BBC adaption of Bleak House (2005). He could also play evil and sinister, none more so than Swelter in Gormenghast (2000), a character Griffiths described being at once "laughably comic" and "a monster like Idi Amin". He was also much sought-after by Hollywood producers, appearing in a dual role in The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), as the ill-fated Magistrate Philipse in Tim Burton 's Sleepy Hollow (1999) and as King George in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011).
The much-acclaimed actor won a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award.
Griffiths was uncommonly skinny as a child and this required radiation treatment on his pituitary gland from the age of eight. It caused his metabolism to slow to such an extent that he eventually became obese, a condition which in all likelihood contributed to his death from complications during heart surgery on 28 March 2013 at the age of 65. - Producer
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Andrew Haigh is a writer and director. His film work includes Weekend, which premiered at SXSW and won the audience award. 45 Years, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, won 2 Silver Bears, and received an Academy Award nomination for lead actress Charlotte Rampling. Lean on Pete premiered in competition at Venice and won the Marcello Mastroianni award for actor Charlie Plummer. His most recent film, All of Us Strangers, has been nominated for 6 BAFTAs. His television work includes Looking for HBO and The North Water, a limited series for BBC.- Actress
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Monica was born in March 1969 into an Irish family and has a sister Gabrielle. She studied drama at the Guildhall School in London, graduating in 1991 and soon afterwards went into television. A supremely versatile character actress, she has tended to specialize in stunning portrayals of the darker side of life, as real-life stalker Maria Marchese in U Be Dead (2009), demure but deadly Miss Gilchrist in the superior Poirot adaptation After the Funeral (2006) and, particularly, as serial killer Rosemary West in Appropriate Adult (2011) for which she, along with fellow Guildhall graduate Dominic West, deservedly received a BAFTA award. Therefore it was rather a surprise when she was not the killer in Midsomer Murders episode The Great and the Good (2009), though she sort of made up for it by playing twin sisters, one nice, one less so, in Call the Midwife episode Episode #2.3 (2013). On stage she has not let the villainous side down as Regan in 'King Lear' with Ian McKellen and an unusual version of 'Macbeth', set in Africa, with her Lady Macbeth the only white protagonist. In 2014, despite a lighter role in the TV sitcom W1A (2014), she was back to being enjoyably horrid as George Mackay's bigoted mother in the film Pride (2014).- Emma Georgina Annalies Fielding (born October 7th 1965 in Catterick, North Yorkshire, England) is an English actress.
The daughter of a British Army soldier, Fielding was raised Catholic and spent much of her childhood in Malaysia and Nigeria, and a period in Malvern above her grandparents' betting shop. While studying at the Berkhamsted Collegiate boarding school, she won a place at the University of Cambridge to study law, but abandoned it and spent a gap year which included five months in a West Bank kibbutz picking watermelons, and as an usherette at the Oxford Apollo; before embarking on the study of acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
After graduation she worked for the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, coming to the attention of critics in 1993's RSC production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, in which she created the role of Thomasina, and then most notably in John Ford's The Broken Heart for which she won the Dame Peggy Ashcroft Award for Best Actress. Also in 1993, she was Agnes in The School for Wives at the Almeida Theatre, for which she won the Ian Charleson Award. She made her Broadway theatre debut in 2003 in Noël Coward's Private Lives. She has also appeared in numerous radio plays for the BBC, including playing Esme in Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll, a role she also played in the West End. More recently, she appeared in the BBC TV mini-series Cranford.
In 2009 she appeared as Daisy alongside Timothy West in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of John Mortimer's "Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders". She has also appeared in the crime drama 'Death in Paradise' playing the part of Astrid Knight. (Season 1 Episode 4). In 2014, she appeared in another crime drama DCI Banks (Series 3 Episodes 17 & 18).
In 2018, Fielding appeared in EastEnders as Ted Murray's (Christopher Timothy) daughter.
In November 2018, she provided the voice for the alien Kisar in the Doctor Who episode "Demons of the Punjab". - Actor
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Charles Laughton was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, to Eliza (Conlon) and Robert Laughton, hotel keepers of Irish and English descent, respectively. He was educated at Stonyhurst (a highly esteemed Jesuit college in England) and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (received gold medal). His first appearance on stage was in 1926. Laughton formed own film company, Mayflower Pictures Corp., with Erich Pommer, in 1937. He became an American citizen 1950. A consummate artist, Laughton achieved great success on stage and film, with many staged readings (particularly of George Bernard Shaw) to his credit. Laughton died in Hollywood, California, aged 63.- Actor
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Mark Benton was born on 16 November 1965 in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Anna and the Apocalypse (2017), Early Doors (2003) and The Second Coming (2003). He has been married to Sarah Gardner since 2002. They have three children.- Actor
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Alistair Petrie was born on 30 September 1970 in Catterick, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), The Bank Job (2008) and Rush (2013). He is married to Lucy Scott. They have three children.- Actor
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He originated the role of Posner in the award winning National Theatre production of The History Boys and repeated the role in the regional and international tours of the play and on Broadway where he received a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play, He trained at LAMDA and has appeared at the National in His Dark Materials and in The Accrington Pals at the Chichester Festival Theatre. His television work includes The Royal, Doctors and Inpectot Linley- Actress
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Former professional athlete Genevieve Chenneour was born in England and brought up in a military family. She had an active childhood starting with Ballet at the age of three and then Horse Riding, Dance, Swimming, Gymnastics and attended music school therefor finding her passion for discipline and performance at a young age. Her career as a performer kicked off when she was selected to join the Great Britain Artistic Swimming team at the age of 15, moving away from home and traveling the world competing on the world stage as a soloist, member of the duet and Team. Her highlight was being awarded an Olympic scholarship ahead of the Rio Olympics and competing at the European Olympics representing TeamGB.
Her career as a professional athlete ended abruptly after an injury to her hip which after an operation and period of intense rehabilitation created an opportunity to redirect her talents and drive to succeed.
Due to her vast experience in water, free diving and scuba diving Genevieve was asked to body double and stand in on underwater film scenes, working with safety divers and taking on air. At this time Genevieve relocated to London and was also signed to a modeling agency; she worked for clients such as Harrods, Etam, M&S, Adidas and many others... The physicality and performance elements of this work giving her a stepping stone into acting and film, with her first job being a Music Video for a band called the Magic Gang.
After dropping out of studying physiotherapy at University In 2018 Genevieve began attending acting classes.
After lock-down Genevieve succeeded in securing a role in the famous show 'Bridgerton' and an epic period drama 'Gateway To the West' which will both be released In 2024.- Actress
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Donna Preston was born on 6 June 1986 in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) and Judwaa 2 (2017).- Actress
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Wendy Richard, was born in Middlesborough to Henry and Beatrice Emmerton who moved to London when she was 5. and there they ran The Shepherds Tavern in Mayfair. Her father commited suicide due to depression when she was 11. She was educated at St Georges School in Mount Street, Mayfair, London and at a boarding school then while still in her teens became a shop assistant at Fortum and Masons but was fired on her second day for not selling anything. She then joined the Italia Conti stage school at 16 but refused elocution lessons as she didn't want to do voice exercises. Her first big break was when she did voice on the Mike Sarne record 'Come Outside' which went to number one in 1962 the charts but all she got out of it was £ 15. David Croft then cast her in the comedy series Hugh and I and nurtured her career resulting in appearances in such series as The Likely Lads, Newcomers, Up Pompeii, Dads Army and Eastenders. She had a part in the Beatles film Help but was cut out of it but survived in the comedy Bless This House. The day after her mothers funeral she married music publisher Leonard Black in May 1972 but it only lasted 5 months. Afraid of being on her own she then married advertising executive Will Thorpe but their relationship became turbulent and developed into violent abuse resulting in a divorce in 1984. Her 3rd marriage was to Paul Glorney, a carpet fitter, but they divorced in 1994. In February 1996 she met John Burns, a painter and decorator and they lived together before marrying in October 2008, In 1996 she had discovered a lump on her breast which turned out to be cancerous but she was given the all clear after an operation, There was a recurrence of it in 2002 and after further treatment she was again given a clean bill of health until in 2008 when a check up revealed that she had cancerous cells in her breast and that they had spread through her body. She made a half hour television Programme 'Wendy Richard: To Tell You the Truth' documenting the last few months of her life which was broadcast in March 2009- Actress
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Elizabeth Carling was born on 20 October 1967 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Casualty (1986), Goodnight Sweetheart (1993) and The Damned United (2009).- Actor
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Jamie Parker is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Harry Potter in the original cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: London Show (2017), for which he received an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play and a WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Play. He also received a Tony Award Nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play as a member of the original Broadway version ( The 72nd Annual Tony Awards (2018) ). Other notable include John Dudley in Becoming Elizabeth (2022) (2022), Lt Richards in 1917 (2019) (2019); Alan Greene QC in Des (2020) (2020); Scripps in The History Boys (2006) (original stage cast and film); Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Henry V (2013) at Shakespeare's Globe, 2012; and Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls (Olivier nomination, Best Actor in a Musical, 2015; UK Theatre Award win, Best Performance in a Musical, 2015). For his performance as Richard Rodgers in Rodgers & Hart & Hammerstein, recorded remotely from his home studio for BBC Radio 3, he has been shortlisted for a BBC Audio Award for Best Actor. He has made numerous other appearances in BBC audio dramas and as a BBC reader for Book at Bedtime and Book of the Week. He has sung at the Albert Hall in two BBC Proms: Prom 30: The John Wilson Orchestra Performs Frank Sinatra (2015), 2015 singing original Nelson Riddle arrangements with Seth MacFarlane; and 'The Golden Age of Broadway', 2021. Born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, Jamie Parker is an actor and singer, known for Becoming Elizabeth (2022) (2022), 1917 (2019) and Des (2020) (2020). He has been married to Deborah Crowe since 2007. They have one child.- Actress
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Amber Doig-Thorne is a British Actress and Producer. Amber has played leading roles in 29 Feature Films, numerous award winning short films, TV spots and comedy productions. Amber acquired her training at RADA, British Action Academy, and Beverly Hills Playhouse (USA). She is also a Comedian, Writer and Presenter. Amber has English, Irish and Scottish heritage; she is Neurodivergent (ADHD) and has previously lived in New Zealand. She played a lead role in IMDb's 2nd Most Anticipated Film of 2023 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) ', which was #1 in the US box office and had a worldwide cinematic release.
Amber is an incredibly versatile actor who brings her characters to life with great depth, emotional vulnerability and naturalism. She is also known for producing original comedy sketches - from which she has amassed over 3 million combined followers online. She was previously commissioned by BBC Comedy as a performer/writer - her sketch is available to view on BBC Three and iPlayer.
A talented sportswoman, Amber has competed at a national level in several sports. She has Firearms, Weapons and Screen Combat training, enjoys horse riding, archery, gymnastics, boxing and martial arts, and has danced in a West End Production. Amber speaks conversational French and Spanish, and is learning Russian.
A well-versed all rounder, Amber is also an established Presenter and Host - she has been flown around the world by the globe's most celebrated film studios to interview over 60 internationally renowned actors and directors about their upcoming films.
Amber is a Qualified Scientist and has a University Degree in Theoretical Physics. She interviewed Former US Vice President Al Gore regarding his stance on Climate Change, and is an active supporter of women in STEM.- Actor
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Anand Desai-Barochia was born in Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Outpost (2018), Bridgerton (2020) and The Tiger Hunter (2016).- Actor
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Bob Mortimer was born on 23 May 1959 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for House of Fools (2014), Catterick (2004) and Shooting Stars (1993). He has been married to Lisa Matthews since October 2015. They have two children.- Bill was born and bred in the North-East town of Middlesbrough, close to the North Yorkshire border, and trained at the Guildford drama school in the early Eighties.
Amongst his many Theatre credits are Mickey in the West End production of Blood Brothers, alongside Stephanie Lawrence, Tony Harrison's Trackers at the Royal National Theatre, Pastoral at the Soho Theatre.
Bill has been seen on television many times, most recently in Ted Lasso starring Jason Sudeikis, This Time with Alan Partridge starring Steve Coogan, Vera with Brenda Blethyn, the hugely popular drama Broadchurch with Olivia Colman and in the multi award-winning Downton Abbey opposite Phyllis Logan - as well as starring in Alan Bleasdale's Monicled Mutineer with Paul McGann, Hallmark's Blackbeard with Stacy Keach and Jessica Chastain, and the role of Stu Carpenter in Coronation Street for ITV.
His film credits include Lady Macbeth with Florence Pugh, Final Score with Pierce Brosnan, The Tournament with Robert Carlyle, In Our Name with Joanne Froggatt, United, the story of the Munich air disaster, with Jack O'Connell and David Tennant, Harrigan with Stephen Tompkinson and Extremis with David O'Hara. - Music Department
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John Barry was born in York, England in 1933, and was the youngest of three children. His father, Jack, owned several local cinemas and by the age of fourteen, Barry was capable of running the projection box on his own - in particular, The Rialto in York. As he was brought up in a cinematic environment, he soon began to assimilate the music which accompanied the films he saw nightly to a point when, even before he'd left St. Peters school, he had decided to become a film music composer. Helped by lessons provided locally on piano and trumpet, followed by the more exacting theory taught by tutors as diverse as Dr Francis Jackson of York Minster and William Russo, formerly arranger to Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, he soon became equipped to embark upon his chosen career, but had no knowledge of how one actually got a start in the business. A three year sojourn in the army as a bandsman combined with his evening stints with local jazz bands gave him the idea to ease this passage by forming a small band of his own. This was how The John Barry Seven came into existence, and Barry successfully launched them during 1957 via a succession of tours and TV appearances. A recording contract with EMI soon followed, and although initial releases made by them failed to chart, Barry's undoubted talent showed enough promise to influence the studio management at Abbey Road in allowing him to make his debut as an arranger and conductor for other artists on the EMI roster.
A chance meeting with a young singer named Adam Faith, whilst both were appearing on astage show version of the innovative BBC TV programme, Six-Five Special (1957), led Barry to recommend Faith for a later BBC TV series, Drumbeat (1959), which was broadcast in 1959. Faith had made two or three commercially unsuccessful records before singer/songwriter Johnny Worth, also appearing on Drumbeat, offered him a song he'd just finished entitled What Do You Want? With the assistance of the JB7 pianist, Les Reed, Barry contrived an arrangement considered suited to Faith's soft vocal delivery, and within weeks, the record was number one. Barry (and Faith) then went from strength to strength; Faith achieving a swift succession of chart hits, with Barry joining him soon afterwards when the Seven, riding high on the wave of the early sixties instrumental boom, scored with Hit & Miss, Walk Don't Run and Black Stockings.
Faith had long harboured ambitions to act even before his first hit record and was offered a part in the up and coming British movie, Wild for Kicks (1960), at that time. As Barry was by then arranging not only his recordings but also his live Drumbeat material, it came as no surprise when the film company asked him to write the score to accompany Faith's big screen debut. It should be emphasised that the film was hardly a cinematic masterpiece. However, it did give Faith a chance to demonstrate his acting potential, and Barry the chance to show just how quickly he'd mastered the technique of film music writing. Although the film and soundtrack album were both commercial successes, further film score offers failed to flood in. On those that did, such as Never Let Go (1960) and The Amorous Mr. Prawn (1962), Barry proved highly inventive, diverse and adaptable and, as a result, built up a reputation as an emerging talent. It was with this in mind that Noel Rogers, of United Artists Music, approached him in the summer of '62, with a view to involving him in the music for the forthcoming James Bond film, Dr. No (1962).
He was also assisted onto the cinematic ladder as a result of a burgeoning relationship with actor/writer turned director Bryan Forbes, who asked him to write a couple of jazz numbers for use in a club scene in Forbes' then latest film, The L-Shaped Room (1962). From this very modest beginning, the couple went on to collaborate on five subsequent films, including the highly acclaimed Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), King Rat (1965) and The Whisperers (1967). Other highlights from the sixties included five more Bond films, Zulu (1964), Born Free (1966) (a double Oscar), The Lion in Winter (1968) (another Oscar) and Midnight Cowboy (1969).
In the seventies he scored the cult film Walkabout (1971), The Last Valley (1971), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) (Oscar nomination), wrote the theme for The Persuaders! (1971), a musical version of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and the hit musical Billy. Then, in 1974, he made the decision to leave his Thameside penthouse apartment for the peace of a remote villa he was having built in Majorca. He had been living there for about a year, during which time he turned down all film scoring opportunities, until he received an invitation to write the score for the American TV movie, Eleanor and Franklin (1976). In order to accomplish the task, he booked into the Beverly Hills Hotel for six weeks in October 1975. However, during this period, he was also offered Robin and Marian (1976) and King Kong (1976), which caused his stay to be extended. He was eventually to live and work in the hotel for almost a year, as more assignments were offered and accepted. His stay on America's West Coast eventually lasted almost five years, during which time he met and married his wife, Laurie, who lived with him at his Beverly Hills residence. They moved to Oyster Bay, New York and have since split their time between there and a house in Cadogan Square, London.
After adopting a seemingly lower profile towards the end of the seventies, largely due to the relatively obscure nature of the commissions he accepted, the eighties saw John Barry re-emerge once more into the cinematic limelight. This was achieved, not only by continuing to experiment and diversify, but also by mixing larger budget commissions of the calibre of Body Heat (1981), Jagged Edge (1985), Out of Africa (1985) (another Oscar) and The Cotton Club (1984) with smaller ones such as the TV movies, Touched by Love (1980) and Svengali (1983). Other successes included: Somewhere in Time (1980), Frances (1982), three more Bond films, and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986).
After serious illness in the late eighties, Barry returned with yet another Oscar success with Dances with Wolves (1990) and was also nominated for Chaplin (1992). Since then he scored the controversial Indecent Proposal (1993), My Life (1993), Deception (1992), Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) and has made compilation albums for Sony (Moviola and Moviola II) and non-soundtrack albums for Decca ('The Beyondness Of Things' & 'Eternal Echoes').
In the late nineties he made a staggeringly successful return to the concert arena, playing to sell-out audiences at the Royal Albert Hall. Since then he has appeared as a guest conductor at a RAH concert celebrating the life and career of Elizabeth Taylor and made brief appearances at a couple of London concerts dedicated to his music. In 2004 he re-united with Don Black to write his fifth stage musical, Brighton Rock, which enjoyed a limited run at The Almeida Theatre in London.
He continued to appear at concerts of his own music, often making brief appearances at the podium. In November 2007, Christine Albanel, the French Minister for Culture, appointed him Commander in the National Order of Arts and Letters. The award was made at the eighth International Festival Music and Cinema, in Auxerre, France, when, in his honour, a concert of his music also took place.
In August 2008 he was working on a new album, provisionally entitled Seasons, which he has described as "a soundtrack of his life." A new biography, "John Barry: The Man with The Midas Touch", by Geoff Leonard, Pete Walker, and Gareth Bramley, was published in November 2008.
He died following a heart-attack on 30th January 2011, at his home in Oyster Bay, New York.- Thelma Barlow (née Pigott) is an English television actress and writer, most famous for her roles as Mavis Wilton in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street and as Dolly Bellfield in the sitcom Dinnerladies.
Thelma Barlow was born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, the younger of two daughters. Her father, Tommy, a cabinet maker, died of pneumonia five weeks before her birth, and Barlow was brought up by her mother Margaret. During her childhood the family moved to Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Barlow left school at 15 and went to Huddersfield Technical College to study shorthand and typing. Her first job was as a secretary, which she held for eight years and at the same time belonged to an amateur dramatics group. Barlow decided to take up acting professionally and joined the Joan Littlewood Theatre Group. During the 1950s she did rep in Liverpool, Nottingham and Birmingham. In 1960 Barlow joined the West of England Theatre Company followed by the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company. In Bristol she ran a boarding house for fellow actors. In 1956 she married set designer Graham Barlow; they subsequently had two children, Clive and James. They divorced in 1983.
Thelma Barlow's first television appearance was in 1970's A Stranger on the Hill. The following year while performing in Liverpool she was asked to audition for the soap opera Coronation Street for the role of Mavis Riley. She was successful and her first episode was transmitted on 14 August 1971, though the character appeared regularly only from 1973, when she joined the staff of "The Kabin". Barlow remained in the series for 26 years, appearing in nearly 2,000 episodes, until she left after the departure of her on-screen husband Derek. Her final episode was broadcast 10 October 1997 when Mavis moved to the Lake District. During her time on Coronation Street Barlow shared a flat with co-star Helen Worth and later moved to Settle, where she later did a TV show from her garden.
Barlow's next major role was that of Dolly Bellfield in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies, which ran for two series from 1998 to 2000.
Since her departure from Coronation Street Barlow has also made stage appearances.
In June 2014, Barlow narrated 30-minute documentary "Gail & Me: 40 Years on Coronation Street" which celebrated Helen Worth's career on Coronation Street as Gail Platt. - He attended the Duke of Yorks Royal Military School in Dover, Kent from 1963 to 1970 where he achieved both academic and sporting success. He was academically very gifted and was also a gifted sportsman playing Rugby and a good athlete. He achieved good A level results and went to Bristol University.
- Tom Ainsley is a British actor from Scarborough, North Yorkshire best known for his role as Charlie in How I Met Your Father as well as Benoit in Versailles and Nick in The Royals. He is based out of Los Angeles where he is represented professionally by Greene & Associates and managed by Luber Roklin Entertainment. In the UK he is represented by United Agents.
- Edward Chapman was born on 13 October 1901 in Harrogate, Yorkshire [now North Yorkshire], England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Juno and the Paycock (1929), Murder! (1930) and A Stitch in Time (1963). He was married to Prudence Nesbitt and Constance Willis Spark. He died on 9 August 1977 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
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Genevieve Louise Barr is a British actress and writer. She is best known for her lead debut in BBC drama series The Silence (2010) and has appeared in roles in BAFTA winning series The Fades (2012), Call the Midwife, Liar, Press and more recently, Channel 4's The Accident (2020).
Genevieve co-wrote with Jack Thorne, the award winning single drama Then Barbara Met Alan (2022), which was also nominated for WGGB best short form drama. She wrote an episode in BBC series Ralph and Katie (2022). The recipient of the Red Planet Prize, Genevieve's original series I.D. was greenlit for production by Channel 4 and starts filming later this year.- Actress
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Sarah Preston trained for 3 years at The Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art (RADA) and is best known for playing Karen Newburn in Holby City, Amanda Parry in EastEnders and the Make-up Woman, whose name no-one can remember, in the second series of Extras with Ricky Gervais.
She started her career on stage at the age of five in her native Northeast of England and continued to be involved in many theatre and independent productions until she left for London to attend college. During her time at RADA she developed skills in stage fighting. She excelled in this and one of her first jobs after leaving was in the feature film The House of Angelo, where she was the only woman on the film's fight team.
The first major TV role was playing Karen Newburn in the BBC's flagship drama series, Holby City. She played the straight-talking, no-nonsense Ward Sister who clashes with ex-husband and cardiothoracic registrar Nick Jordan, played by Michael French. They battled throughout the first two series and their tempestuous relationship became one of the leading story-lines.
Other regular appearances include EastEnders, In Deep with Stephen Tompkinson and Steel River Blues. Sarah has guest-starred in a number of other shows including Vera with Brenda Blethyn, The Last Detective alongside Peter Davison, Where The Heart Is and Doctors.- Actor
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Jonathan Bradd was born on 3 August 1988 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for After the Fairytale (2015), Heartbeat (1992) and An Angel for May (2002).- After completing acting training at the Bristol Old Vic Drama School, blonde Ilona Rodgers began her career on stage in her native Yorkshire and at the Theatre Royal in Bath. She made her screen debut on British television in 1963 and came to early prominence with the pivotal role of Mary Graham, the sweetheart of young Martin Chuzzlewit (1964) in a BBC adaptation of the classic novel by Charles Dickens. Doctor Who (1963) producer Verity Lambert then picked her for the part of space explorer Carol Richmond for 'The Sensorites', followed by guest spots on The Avengers (1961) and The Saint (1962). She had a brief sojourn in America in the late 60s, culminating in a lead role opposite Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford in the middling action comedy Salt and Pepper (1968).
Upon her return to Britain, Rodgers appeared in Black Peter, an episode (now believed to be lost) of Sherlock Holmes (1964), starring Peter Cushing. After emigrating in 1973, she worked and resided at various times on both sides of the Tasman Sea. In New Zealand, she acted on stage with the Auckland Mercury Theatre and on screen in the period drama Hunter's Gold (1977), set during the 1860 gold rush. Her best known role came more than a decade later, as the wealthy, scheming editor of an Auckland high fashion magazine in Gloss (1987) (the series has been described as 'glitter soap', or as New Zealand's answer to Dynasty (1981)).
More recently, she was seen in a New Zealand revamping of Black Beauty and in the crime drama series Dirty Laundry (2016). In Australia, Rodgers has featured in the miniseries Sara Dane (1982) (for which she was awarded a Logie as Best Supporting Actress) and in Anzacs (1985), had a recurring role as one of the inmates in Prisoner (1979) (a fraudulent clairvoyant) and was a regular on the Aussie soap Sons and Daughters (1982). She has also portrayed two royals in the U.S. produced Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995), which was filmed in New Zealand. - Colin Starkey was born on 5 March 1945 in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Mr. Holmes (2015), Crossroads (1964) and Second Verdict (1976). He was previously married to Rosemary Leach.
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Born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, in the North-east of England, Marlene Sidaway originally trained as an adding-machine operator when she left school, but in 1961 she left for London to join a childrens' theatre group and studied acting at the East 15 acting school. Although she has been a familiar character player on television since the 1970s she is also the secretary of the International Brigade Society, commemorating the volunteers who enlisted to fight Fascism in the Spanish Civil War, Marlene's much older partner, David Marshall, having been a member of the Brigade. They lived together from 1990 until his death in 2005.- Rachel Teate was born on 3 January 1988 in Marton-in-Cleveland, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Transition (2018), Boy Meets Girl (2015) and Wolfblood (2012).
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David Coverdale was born on 22 September 1951 in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Thunder Force (2021), The Fighter (2010) and Almost Famous (2000). He has been married to Cindy Barker since 22 April 1997. They have one child. He was previously married to Tawny Kitaen and Julia ?.- Actor
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Sean Blowers was born on 12 January 1961 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for First Knight (1995), Game of Thrones (2011) and London's Burning (1988). He has been married to Shirley Blowers since 1983.- Stephen Yardley was born on 24 March 1942 in Ferrensby, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for A Tale of Two Cities (1980), Doctor Who (1963) and Coronation Street (1960). He is married to Jan Harvey. He was previously married to Elizabeth.
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June was born in Laburnham Road, Redcar, North Yorkshire, England, where her parents ran The Royal Hotel on the sea front near the pier. Prior to that they ran various hotels and pubs at Redcar, and Easington before taking over the Castle Hotel in Bishop Auckland, co Durham in 1956 then the Royal Hotel in Redcar on 1965. June was educated at White House School in Redcar where after appearing in a school production of 'Romeo and Juliet' she was determined to become an actress. She took ballet lessons from the age of 11 winning cups and medals including the Junior Medal when 12 and the Senior Medal the following year. She joined Saddlers Wells Ballet Company in 1946 and performed with Saddlers Wells and Covent Garden. About 1951 she saw a production of ;Brigadoon' and realised that she would rather work in that type of production. . In 1952 she was in the second row of the chorus of Ivor Novello's 'Gays the Word' when a girl with a speaking part fell ill and June took over to much acclaim. The hairdresser Steiner asked to be introduced to her and used her as a model resulting in them appearing in an episode of Pathe Pictorial causing her to be recruited by the Rank Organisation in 1956 and joining the company's acting prep school, often known as 'The Charm School' which had launched the careers of such as Donald Sinden, Diana Dors, Dirk Bogarde and Christopher Lee. She made her film debut as a hospital receptionist in 'Doctor at Large'. which led her to be picked out by an Italian production company and after a screen test went to Rome to make 'Souvenir D'Italie' with Vittorio ge Sica. This was soon followed by a co-starring role with Tommy Steele in 'The Duke Wore Jeans' June quickly became a well known face on the covers of film magazines. Her big break came when she replaced Anthea Askey in the role of Dickie Henderson's wife in the TV series 'The Dickie Henderson Half Hour' which continued into 'The Dickie Henderson Show'.and combined ran for over 100 episodes. She retired from acting in 1966 before the next series,- 'A Present For Dickie' -but returned in 1970 to appear in the final episode then returned to Redcar where In February 1971 she became the owner of The Royal Hotel on the High Street, Redcar taking over the licence from her parents. and changed her name back to Laverick by deed poll. She eventually gave up the hotel in October 1975 and moved back to London to try and get back into show business. Her first marriage was in August 1952 to Denny Bettis, an I.C.I. worker but the marriage didn't last and they divorced in 1956 Her 2nd marriage was to Peter Glover in June 64, who died suddenly a short while later. In August 1965 she married I.C.I. worker Ian Welton and retired from show business. They had a son, Paul Harrison Welton in 1967, separated in 69 and divorced in 1971. She then married Charles Cooke, a Redcar engineer in August 1975 but separated soon afterwards. She returned South where she became romantically linked with the, Hughie Green the quiz master of tv's 'Double Your Money', living in adjoining flats in a block above Baker Street Tube Station in London. After his death she returned North to South Hetton, a mining village in County Durham, where she died at the age of 66. ,- Actor
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Chris Kamara was born on 25 December 1957 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Keith and Paddy Picture Show (2017), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Code 404 (2020).- Actress
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Rosemarie Ford was born in Spring of 1962 in North Yorkshire. She has been dancing since 8-years-old, appearing in several children's television programs until she was 14. She took her dancing lessons and exams in a local dancing school in Leeds, then, before coming to London. She was once a host on Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game (1971) and presented Come Dancing (1949). She was also a reporter on Rolf's Amazing World of Animals (1998). She's also sung in Royal Variety shows and has released her own album - 1991's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody". Rosemarie also enjoys decorating and going out on her bike, she is a dog lover and it has been reported that if she could only bring 3 things to a desert island, she would bring her 2 dogs (count as one thing), the pictures of family and friends, and an old teddy bear. Rosemarie has played her favorite "Cats" character, "Grizabella", in 1995 and 1996 in London. Then, in another production in the West End, she played "Bombalurina" in 1997. She married Robert Lindsay, another respected theatre performer in 2006.- Writer
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Roy 'Chubby' Brown was born on 5 February 1945 in Grangetown, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for U.F.O. (1993), The League of Gentlemen (1999) and Roy Chubby Brown: Obscene and Not Heard (1997). He has been married to Helen Coulson since 2001. They have two children. He was previously married to Judith Armstrong and Sandra Vasey.- Music Artist
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He was born in Middlesborough to Irish and Italian parents in 1951. His first ambition was to be a journalist which ended when a college teacher tore up one of his essays after which he went to work in his father's ice cream factory. Away from music Chris' passion was for motor racing and Ferrari cars and he holds a full racing licence, doing 18 laps in a Jordan Formula One car and raced a BMW touring car shoot out in the TOCA shoot out at Donington Park side by side with Nigel Mansell. .Having given up motor racing he almost lost his life when a medical ailment imobilised him for 18 months, However confined to bed he used his time to dictate the script for La Passione. He had no need to work though as his father owned an ice cream business which Chris is the only inheritor, His ambition was to travel to his Italian homeland and to own a Ferrari.- Paul Kynman was born on 22 October 1967 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for First Knight (1995), Clash of the Titans (2010) and Legionnaire (1998).
- Patrick Durkin was born on 9 June 1936 in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Good Companions (1980) and Department S (1969). He died on 1 September 2009 in London, England, UK.
- Christopher, whose real name is Christopher Bell, was born in 1957 in Station Street, Middlesborough has an older sister, Sue and a younger sister, Terry. He did judo at 10, gymnastics at 13. He was educated at Brookside Scool in Middlesborough and did drama at night classes at Kirby College.. He became a fitter at Smiths Docks saw an advert for dancers at Bailey's night club in Stockton on Tees and got a job at 18. He moved to London for a career as an actor/dancer.
- Gabrielle is a British actress, best known for playing series regular Katrina in 5 seasons of Wolfblood and 2 seasons of spin-off series Wolfblood Secrets, both for BBC Television, making her the longest serving cast member on the show. She was raised in Middlesbrough, North East England and is now based in East London.
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Born and raised in Scarborough North Yorkshire now living in Edinburgh but available to work and travel worldwide, Married in 2013 with 3 children and a large Dog!
Level 3 advanced Grip with IPAF, 17M tele handler and counter Balance Forklift Licences. Comprehensive grip equipment available to hire along with grip services- Alethea Charlton was born on 9 August 1931 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Doctor Who (1963), The Woman in White (1966) and Sam (1973). She died on 6 May 1976 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
- Jerry Desmond, whose real name was James Robert Sadler, was born 20th July 1908 and made his stage debut at age 11 in the Sadler Elsie Four at the Palace Cinema, Armadale in November 1919 staying with them until 1928 when he joined the chorus of a music comedy show which toured America. Returning to Britain he teamed up with Dr Jack becoming The Desmond Brothers then married Peg and formed Peg and Jerry Desmond performing in revue and concert party revues. In 1942 he did an 8 week tour with Sid Field by which time he was a struggling comedian when he was seen by George Cole and both of them were engaged for Strike a New Note at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London in 1943 which was followed by Strike it Again in 1944 then Piccadilly Hayride in 1946. Jerry, immaculately dressed and with a superior air was a perfect foil for Sid Field in a golf sketch which they did for the 1945 Royal Variety Show. The following year he made the film London Town and in 1947 Cardboard Cavalier, After Sid's death jerry became straight man to Nat Jackley then the 1953 film Trouble in Store found him as straight man to Norman Wisdom which continued through a series of films before he became quiz master on the $64,000 Dollar Question.