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- Sheila Allen was born on 22 October 1932 in Chard, Somerset, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Love Actually (2003), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and The Prisoner (1967). She was married to David Hugh Jones. She died on 13 October 2011 in London, England, UK.
- Peter Amory was born on 2 November 1964 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), The Royal Today (2008) and Inspector Morse (1987). He has been married to Claire King since July 1994.
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- Lived in North Africa till age of 5, educated at The International School in Tanzania.
Active member of Cambridge University drama scene. Approached by talent scout whilst playing Cleopatra open air at age 19 - but turned them down to complete degree.
Offered "Midnights Children" (RSC) Tour 2 months out of RADA, turned it down to avoid being pigeon-holed.
Producer of own theatre company - Cheeky Maggot Theatre and published poet for Arrival Press and Pyramid Press. - Ayckbourn trained for three years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). In 1998, he and fellow RADA alum Judi Armstrong founded Quorum Theatre Company for which Ayckbourn has written and directed many of his own one act plays. In 2009 he and Kristina Anne Howell founded PCK Productions which tours Ayckbourn's plays in the UK. Most recent full length plays include: 'The Essence of Love', 'A Thorn in Midsummer' and 'Virtually Just So', co written with Kristina Anne Howell.
Philip studied philosophy, which is where he became acquainted with Todd Mei, leading to his role as Hayden Lorry in Mei's film, Icarus Descending, of which Ayckbourn has called "perhaps the strangest film I've ever seen." - Ann Beach was born on 7 June 1938 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Notting Hill (1999), The City of the Dead (1960) and Under Milk Wood (1971). She was married to Francis Coleman. She died on 9 March 2017 in the UK.
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Alan Bridges was born on 28 September 1927 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for American Playhouse (1980), The Hireling (1973) and The Shooting Party (1984). He was married to Ann Castle. He died on 7 December 2013 in the UK.- Actor
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Michael Blakemore was born on 19 June 1928 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor and director, known for Country Life (1994), Great Performances (1971) and Having a Wild Weekend (1965). He was married to Tanya McCallin and Shirley Bush. He died on 10 December 2023.- Actress
Diane Beck was born in Stockport, 28th February 1976. Aged 18 Diane attended RADA and studied on the 3 year Acting course.
Her stage career including work at the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Young Vic London, Statford Upon Avon, Tokyo Japan, New Haven NY Festival; Jo in 'The Good Hope' at National Theatre, 'Glass Eels' at Hampstead and Emily Bronte in 'Bronte' for Shared Experience London, among others. Diane was also chosen to work with the European Union of Theatres by Cheek By Jowl and film directors, Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod where, along with Russian and Parisian actors, they devised 'Cold War Cabaret' a multi-lingual project at the L'Odeon in Paris.- Actor
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Frith Banbury was born on 4 May 1912 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Theatre Night (1957), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and ITV Television Playhouse (1955). He died on 14 May 2008 in London, England, UK.- Steve Bennett was born in 1959. He is an actor, known for Broadchurch (2013), Doc Martin (2004) and Mile High (2003).
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Michael Bogdanov was born on 15 December 1938 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a director and writer, known for A Light in the Valley (1998), The Sherman Plays (1993) and The Thorn Birds (2009). He was married to Ulrike Engelbrecht and Patricia Ann Warwick. He died on 16 April 2017 in Paros, Greece.- Margot Boyd was born on 24 September 1913 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Our Miss Pemberton (1957), Play for Today (1970) and Swizzlewick (1964). She died on 20 May 2008 in Northwood, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Ron Bagden was born on 26 December 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Pictures of Baby Jane Doe (1995), Reckless (1995) and As the World Turns (1956).
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Ekaterina Botziou is a British writer of mixed European background; her father is Greek and her mother is English.
Ekaterina studied Law at University College London before gaining small roles in film and television whilst working in the film industry.
The mum of three is a published author, with several books available on Amazon worldwide, covering fiction, non-fiction and children's literature.- Heinz Bernard grew up as a Jewish child in Nuremburg in Nazi Germany. He attended a school in Furth which was the only Jewish school allowed to operate in the region. Henry Kissinger's father taught Biology at the school and Henry was in the year above Heinz at school. Following a parliamentary question directed at the Home secretary by the MP Josiah Wedgewood, Heinz and his mother were granted transit visas to pass through England and join his uncles who had migrated to the USA. At the age of 15, Heinz Bernard was sent to England by his mother who meant to join him a few days later. On the day she planned to leave Germany, war broke out trapping her on the continent. She caught the last Orient Express to Vladivostok a few days later and eventually reached the USA. Heinz remained trapped in England and learned English by sitting in cinemas watching movies. He eventually joined a home for Jewish orphans run by exiles from the German communist party where he organized weekly plays. Heinz worked a variety of low paid jobs, including as a rabbit skinner and a waiter saving enough money to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London. After the war Heinz's mother informed him that he was adopted. A real brother and sister had reached Palestine before the war and now made contact with him. Heinz went on the run a legendary Communist Party affiliated theater in London (Unity Theater) and staged the first productions of Brecht in the English language. Heinz left the Communist Party in the fifties after anti-Semitic plotting by Stalin and the invasion of Hungary. Following the death of his Israeli brother in the sixties, Heinz decided to emigrate to Israel. He acted the part of the Rabbi in the West End production of Fiddler on the Roof to raise money for the move. In Israel he became a legend on account of his performances in English teaching television programs, "Neighbours" (written by his wife Nettie) and "Here We Are", broadcast four times a week on the single national TV channel for over fifteen years. After ten years in Israel Heinz returned to England where he had to restart his career. He continued to work until his death of a rare blood disease in 1995.
Heinz's name at birth was Heinz Messinger. His adopted family were called Lowenstein. After leaving RADA he worked under the professional name Harry Bernard, eventually dropping the Harry and becoming simply Heinz Bernard. - Script and Continuity Department
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Christopher H. Bidmead was born in 1941. He trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and pursued this career for a number of years, winning many roles on stage, television (he was a regular in Emergency-Ward 10 (1957)) and radio (including numerous episodes of the BBC's "Waggoner's Walk"). Gradually however he turned to script-writing, including in the early seventies on two Thames TV shows, Harriet's Back in Town (1972) and Rooms (1974).
He then worked successfully as a journalist, specializing in scientific and technical subjects, until late 1979, when he was recommended by Robert Banks Stewart for the post of script editor on Doctor Who (1963), working with the new producer John Nathan-Turner. Bidmead agreed with Nathan-Turner and executive producer Barry Letts that the series had become too humorous under the previous team of Graham Williams and Douglas Adams, so they resolved to bring a more serious approach to it for Tom Baker's final season. Having remained in this post for a year, which included writing two key stories in the form of Logopolis: Part One (1981) and Castrovalva: Part One (1982), which saw the transition from Tom Baker to Peter Davison, Bidmead returned to freelance projects. These included a third contribution to the series, Frontios: Part One (1984), and novelizations of all three of his scripts for Target Books.
Bidmead remains, along with 1960s scientific advisor Kit Pedler, a significant figure as one of the few people to have brought genuine science into the fantasy-orientated world of Doctor Who (1963) or Doctor Who (2005). He continues to work as a scientific and technical journalist, including on the magazine "Wired".- Actor
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Ben Benison was born on 6 September 1933 in Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK (undisclosed). He was an actor and writer, known for Take the Stage (1981), Give us a Break (1983) and Men of Affairs (1973). He died on 4 December 2019 in the UK.- Actress
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Melanie Thaw was born on 15 July 1964 in England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for A Touch of Frost (1992), Trainer (1991) and Van der Valk (1972). She is married to Matthew Byam Shaw. They have three children.- Tina Packer was born on 28 September 1938 in Wolverhampton, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Doctor Who (1963), David Copperfield (1966) and Two a Penny (1967).
- The daughter of William Lott, who managed Ealing Studios before the Second World War, Barbara Lott trained for acting at RADA. She made her stage debut in 1944 and her first television appearance in 1950. Barbara achieved fame late in life as Mrs Bennett in Rings on Their Fingers (1978) and as Ronnie Corbett's mother in Sorry! (1981). Barbara was married to television producer Stuart Latham (who died in 1993).
- Christine was born in a Salford street very much like "Coronation Street" and trained at RADA, where she gained an Honours Diploma before touring as an understudy with the Old Vic. Before joining the original cast of "Coronation Street" in 1960, she had worked at Granada on the drama series "Skyport", a programme in which many other Street actors appeared.