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- Sarah Kennedy was born on 8 July 1950 in East Grinstead, Sussex, England, UK.
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- Director
Educated at St. George's Windsor and Cheltenham College in the United Kingdom, where he first met and befriended Lindsay Anderson. Studied English Literature for one year at Oxford, but left on hearing that he would have to learn mediaeval English to get his degree. Editor of Sight & Sound magazine from 1950-1956. Moved to Los Angeles in 1956 to work as personal assistant for Nicholas Ray on _Bigger than Life (1956)_. Published his first book, The Slide Area, in 1959. The rest of his working life was spent writing novels (including Inside Daisy Clover (1965) which he himself adapted for the film of the same name), and biographies (Norma Shearer, 1990 and Nazimova, 1997) and screenwriting. His screenwriting work was nominated for two Oscars: Sons and Lovers (1960) and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977).
From 1973 to 1990 he shared his time between Tangier, Morocco and Los Angeles, USA. He moved back to Los Angeles in 1990, where he lived until his death in 2005. Lambert became a US citizen in 1964. An account of his experiences with Krishnamurti, who he said had been the most single important influence on his life, can be read in his biographical memoir, Mainly About Lindsay Anderson (2000).- Robert Hollyman was born on 10 May 1920 in East Grinstead, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Riddle of the Red Wolf (1958), Charlesworth at Large (1958) and Big Guns (1958). He was married to Mary Quinn. He died on 31 October 1991 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
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- Director
Polly Teale is an award-winning theatre practitioner. She has been joint artistic director of the theatre company, "Shared Experience", since 1995. As well as her work with "Shared Experience", she has directed across the UK. In the 1980s, she authored a number of original plays and stage adaptations. She has found particular acclaim creating works relating to Charlotte Brontë - her seminal 1997 adaptation of Bronte's novel, "Jane Eyre", was followed by an adaptation of Jean Rhys's "Wide Sargasso Sea" (a prequel to "Jane Eyre") in 2003, and "Bronte", a play exploring the lives of Charlotte and her family in 2005. She has a daughter, Eden (born c. 2000), with her husband, Ian Rickson.- Producer
- Actor
Adrian Waller was born on 27 February 1918 in East Grinstead, Sussex, England, UK. He was a producer and actor, known for Nathaniel Titlark (1956), Folio (1955) and First Performance (1955). He died on 18 April 1960 in Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA.- Ernest Mainwaring was born on 22 May 1876 in East Grinstead, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for First Night (1937). He was married to Caroline Lavinia Keeler. He died on 22 October 1941 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.