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Geraldine McEwan was born in Old Windsor, England and made her theatre debut at the age of 14 at the Theatre Royal in Windsor. By the age of 18 she was starring in London's West End in several long-running popular productions. During the 1950s she acted with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1961.
She had leading roles as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing with Christopher Plummer, Ophelia in Hamlet, The Princess of France in Love's Labour's Lost, Marina in Pericles and played opposite Dorothy Tutin in Twelfth Night which also toured Moscow and Leningrad.
Miss McEwan originated the female lead role in Joe Orton's Loot, captivated Broadway with productions of The School for Scandal, The Private Ear and the Public Eye, and most recently, The Chairs, earning her a Tony nomination for best actress.
As a member of the Royal National Theatre, acting along side Albert Finney, and Laurence Olivier, Geraldine spent the 1960s and 70s with memorable roles including The Dance of Death, Love for Love, A Flea in Her Ear, Chez Nous, Home and Beauty, The Browning Version, Harlequinade and The White Devil. In 1976 she had the distinction of being nominated for an Olivier Award in two separate categories.
In 1983 she won the Evening Standard Best Actress Award for The Rivals. In 1991 she won the BAFTA Best Actress Award for her intense and powerful performance as the Mother in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1989) and in 1995 she won the Evening Standard Best Actress Award for her performance of Lady Wishfort in The Way of the World.
In 1998, McEwan was nominated for a Tony Award in the Best Actress Category for The Chairs. Her numerous television credits include the highly acclaimed The Barchester Chronicles (1982) with Alan Rickman, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978), Mulberry (1992), and the immensely popular Mapp & Lucia (1985). Her film work includes The Dance of Death (1969) with Laurence Olivier, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) with Alan Rickman, Henry V (1989) and Love's Labour's Lost (2000), both with Kenneth Branagh, and most recently The Magdalene Sisters (2002), The Lazarus Child (2004), Vanity Fair (2004) and Carrie's War (2004). In 2003, Geraldine was chosen to play Agatha Christie's Jane Marple. She recently retired from that role after completing 12 hugely popular two-hour mysteries for ITV/PBS.- Actress
- Writer
- Music Department
Fenella Fielding was born on 17 November 1927 in Hackney, London, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Guest House Paradiso (1999), Carry on Screaming! (1966) and The Avengers (1961). She died on 11 September 2018 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.- Director
- Producer
- Writer
The old Etonian, after National Service in the British Army, wanted to get into films but found the doors were closed to him, so he worked on commercials for about 20 years. David Putnam gave him a chance to direct Chariots of Fire which was a hit, and he never looked back.
He met his second wife, actress Maryam d'Abo, when she came to see him about wanting to play the leading role of Jane in his film Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). They reconnected 15 years later at a dinner party. They wed four years later in 2003.- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
One of the great British stage actors of his era Donald Wolfit was noted for his magnificent portrayals of King Lear and Tamburlaine. Yet no actor of his generation was surrounded by more controversy. He was temperamental and difficult to deal with, enraged by criticism and tyrannical with the companies he led.
Although his talent was never in any doubt, critics often condemned his companies' poor supporting players and tasteless costumes. Even in death he had his critics.
Wolfit appeared in numerous theatre seasons at the Old Vic and Stratford-upon-Avon but preferred the life of a touring player and as the star of a vagabond troupe. He also appeared in many films and television plays. One of his most barnstorming performances was in the title role of the film Svengali (1954) in which, with his hypnotic real-life stare, he puts Hildegard Knef into a permanent trance.
The money from his film work helped to finance many of his stage productions. Wolfit is best remembered today as the inspiration for the film The Dresser (1983), in which Albert Finney plays a barnstorming actor-manager.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Athene Seyler was born on 31 May 1889 in Hackney, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Drake the Pirate (1935), Curse of the Demon (1957) and The Franchise Affair (1951). She was married to Nicholas Hannen and James Bury Sterndale-Bennett. She died on 12 September 1990 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Extremely prolific and ubiquitous British background player Marcus Guy Wyndham Standeven was born to Leslie St. John Standeven and his wife Dorothy on August 28, 1928 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. A onetime member of the White Rose Players Repertory Theatre in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, Standeven began his acting career on stage in the mid-1940's; his stage credits include productions of such plays as "Murder Happens," "Payment Deferred," "The Firstborn," "Cinderella," and "The Poison Tree." Following service in the army Guy moved to London, England to pursue acting full time and first started appearing in films in often uncredited minor roles in the early 1950's. One of the busiest and most tireless of British bit players, Standeven could be spotted in scores of movies and television shows in which he was frequently cast as doctors, policemen, military officers, restaurant patrons, or various men of the cloth. He died at age 70 on October 16, 1998 in Hammersmith, London, England.- George Claydon was born on 4 September 1933 in Bristol, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1967), The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) and Sharon's Baby (1975). He died on 4 October 2001 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
- Elizabeth Knight was born on 1 November 1944 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Oliver! (1968) and It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling (1971). She died on 22 August 2005 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
- Peter Cartwright was born on 30 August 1935 in Krugersdorp, South Africa. He was an actor, known for Gandhi (1982), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Wimbledon (2004). He was married to Peggy Naugton. He died on 18 November 2013 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Bill Shepherd was born on 16 November 1942 in Surrey, England, UK. He was a producer and production manager, known for Full Metal Jacket (1987), For Parents Only (1991) and Mrs Dalloway (1997). He was married to Eileen Atkins. He died on 24 June 2016 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.- Noel Howlett was born on 22 December 1902 in Maidstone, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Christmas Carol (1951), Please Sir! (1971) and Quatermass and the Pit (1967). He died on 26 October 1984 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
- Actress
- Writer
Barbara Mullen was born on 9 June 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for A Place of One's Own (1945), Four Desperate Men (1959) and The Gentle Gunman (1952). She was married to John Taylor. She died on 9 March 1979 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.- Walter Fitzgerald was born on 18 May 1896 in Devonport, Devon, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Fallen Idol (1948), Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) and Treasure Island (1950). He was married to Angela Kirk and Rosalie Constance Gray. He died on 20 December 1976 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
- Alec Ross was born on 23 May 1922 in City of London, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), The Avengers (1961) and Ben Travers' Farces (1970). He was married to Sheila Hancock. He died on 4 December 1971 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
- Music Department
- Writer
- Actor
The son of a Jewish Tailor in London's working class East End young Lionel had no formal musical education and never learned musical notation but his music teacher at school declared him to be a genius. He gained a scholarship to St Martin's School of Art at age 16 and started work as a set painter in the theatre. When he saw a notice asking for song writers it was to change his life. His new name was inspired on a bus journey past St. Bartholomew's Hospital (affectionately known as Barts). He wrote his first musical in 1958, Wally Pone of Soho. It was not a success. However, the songs he wrote for the early British rock'n'rollers Tommy Steele (Rock With the Caveman and Little White Bull) and Cliff Richard (Living Doll - at No. 1 for 6 weeks in 1959) brought Lionel his first taste of success. His first musical success was with "Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be". By the end of 1959 both "Fings" and "Lock Up Your Daughters" were running successfully in London's West End. In June 1960 he opened "Oliver!" which had been turned down by a dozen promoters and had to be financed by Bart himself. An immediate hit it received 16 curtain calls on the opening night and had advanced sales of 30,000 in the first week. Oliver! was followed by other fairly successful shows such as Blitz and Maggie May. Bart was just 30 and earning £16 a minute! To finance his next musical "Twang!!" (based on the Robin Hood story) he signed away all rights to Oliver! The new show flopped badly and Bart estimated he lost about one million pounds in that and in the lost rights to Oliver! He filed for bankruptcy in 1972 with debts of £73,000. By the late 1970s his heavy drinking had brought on diabetes. He stopped drinking but one third of his liver had been destroyed. Lionel Bart died aged 68 after suffering cancer for 6 months.- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
- Art Department
Lisa Parker was born on 14 July 1967. She was a production manager, known for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), The Constant Gardener (2005) and Eastern Promises (2007). She died on 4 June 2007 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
- Producer
Derek Cracknell was born on 14 October 1935 in Fulham, London, England, UK. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Lifeforce (1985), Aliens (1986) and Krull (1983). He was married to Julie Samuel. He died on 4 May 1991 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.- Laura Sadler was born on 25 December 1980 in Ascot, Berkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Intimate Relations (1996), Grange Hill (1978) and Holby City (1999). She died on 19 June 2003 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
- Joshua Le Touzel was born on 30 April 1963 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Love in a Cold Climate (1980), Play for Today (1970) and The Snow Queen (1976). He was married to Peggy-Ann Fraser. He died on 1 April 2012 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
- Christine Adrian was born on 3 October 1909 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Auld Lang Syne (1937), Womanhood (1934) and The Unholy Quest (1934). She died on 16 October 1956 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
- Peter Elliott was born on 21 September 1920 in Chester-le-Street, Durham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Curse of the Demon (1957), The Avengers (1961) and Scoop (1972). He died on 3 February 1975 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
- Anna Turner was born on 6 May 1918 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Empire of the Sun (1987), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Night of the Big Heat (1967). She died on 29 March 2014 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
- Alan Coleshill was born on 2 March 1943 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Nicholas Nickleby (1957), The Ugly Duckling (1959) and Circus Friends (1956). He died on 27 March 2001 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
- Writer
- Producer
Guillermo Cabrera Infante was born on 22 April 1929 in Gibara, Cuba. He was a writer and producer, known for Vanishing Point (1971), The Lost City (2005) and Wonderwall (1968). He was married to Miriam Gómez and Marta Calvo. He died on 21 February 2005 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Barbara Markham was born on 9 August 1910 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Flash Gordon (1980), The Lady Vanishes (1979) and House of Whipcord (1974). She was married to John Stuart and Cyril Chamberlain. She died on 19 December 1983 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.