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Jacqueline Bisset has been an international film star since the late '60s. She received her first roles mainly because of her stunning beauty, but over time she has become a fine actress respected by fans and critics alike. Bisset has worked with directors John Huston, François Truffaut, George Cukor and Roman Polanski. Her co-stars have included Anthony Quinn, Paul Newman, Nick Nolte, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Kenneth Branagh and Marcello Mastroianni.
Her somewhat French-sounding name has led many to assume that she is from France, but she was brought up in England and had to study to learn French. Her mother was French and was an attorney before being married. As a child Jacqueline studied ballet. During her teenage years her father left the family when her mother was diagnosed with disseminating sclerosis; Jacqueline worked as a model to support her ailing mother and eventually her parents divorced, an experience she has said she considered character-strengthening. She took an early interest in film, and her modeling career helped pay for acting lessons.
In 1967 Bisset gained her first critical attention in Two for the Road (1967), and that same year appeared in the popular James Bond spoof Casino Royale (1967), playing Miss Goodthighs. In 1968 her career got a boost when Mia Farrow unexpectedly dropped out of the shooting of The Detective (1968); Farrow's marriage to co-star Frank Sinatra was on the rocks, and her role was eventually given to Bisset, who received special billing in the film's credits. In the following year she earned a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer for The Sweet Ride (1968) and gained even more attention playing opposite Steve McQueen in the popular action film Bullitt (1968). In 1970 she was featured in the star-studded disaster film Airport (1970) and had the main role in The Grasshopper (1970). Then she co-starred with Alan Alda in the well-reviewed but commercially underperforming horror movie, The Mephisto Waltz (1971). In 1973 she became recognized in Europe as a serious actress when she played the lead in Truffaut's Day for Night (1973). However, it would be several years before her talents would be taken seriously in the US. Though she scored another domestic hit with Murder on the Orient Express (1974), her part in it, as had often been the case, was decorative. She did appear to good effect in Believe in Me (1971), Le Magnifique (1973), The Sunday Woman (1975) and St. Ives (1976).
Jacqueline's stunning looks and figure made quite a splash in The Deep (1977). Her underwater swimming scenes in that movie inspired the worldwide wet T-shirt craze, and Newsweek magazine declared her "the most beautiful film actress of all time." The film's producer, Peter Guber, said "That T-shirt made me a rich man." However, she hated the wet T-shirt scenes because she felt exploited. At the time of filming she was not told that the filmmakers would shoot the scenes in such a provocative way, and she felt tricked. On the plus side, the huge success of the picture made Bisset officially bankable. She was next seen in high-profile roles in The Greek Tycoon (1978), a thinly disguised fictionalization of the marriage of Jacqueline Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis, and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress in a Comedy.
In the early '80s, Bisset starred in the box office disasters When Time Ran Out... (1980) and Inchon (1981), but her well-received turn opposite Candice Bergen in Rich and Famous (1981) between those two films helped gain her recognition as a serious actress from American audiences. She rebounded neatly with Class (1983) and Under the Volcano (1984), getting a Golden Globe nomination as Best Supporting Actress for the latter. She also earned praise for her work in the excellent made-for-cable WWII drama Forbidden (1984), then appeared on network TV in adaptations of Anna Karenina (1985) with Christopher Reeve and Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987) with Armand Assante. In 1989 she co-starred in the raunchy yet witty comedy Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989) and the erotic thriller Wild Orchid (1989), neither of which fared too well, but her output remained consistent. As she transitioned seamlessly out of her ingenue years, smaller-scale productions such as CrimeBroker (1993) and Leave of Absence (1994) would provide Bisset with plum roles, even if they went largely unseen.
In 1996 she was nominated for a César Award, the French equivalent of the Oscar, for her performance in Claude Chabrol's La Cérémonie (1995). She held roles in period pieces like Dangerous Beauty (1998), as well as the Biblical epics Jesus (1999) and In the Beginning (2000). Other notable credits included the miniseries Joan of Arc (1999) alongside Leelee Sobieski, which gained her an Emmy nomination, and The Sleepy Time Gal (2001), which premiered at Sundance but unfortunately was not picked up for theatrical distribution. In 2005 Jacqueline was back on the big screen, playing Keira Knightley's mother in the Domino Harvey biopic Domino (2005) for Tony Scott. In 2006 she appeared in the fourth season of Nip/Tuck (2003) as the ruthless extortionist "James." Bisset then turned in strong performances in Boaz Yakin's disturbing independent drama Death in Love (2008) and the telepic An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (2008), garnering accolades for both. In 2013 she appeared in BBC's program Dancing on the Edge (2013), for which she finally won her first Golden Globe. She followed that up with the movies Welcome to New York (2014) with Gérard Depardieu and Miss You Already (2015) with Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette.
2016 saw the long-awaited release of Linda Yellen's comedy The Last Film Festival (2016), where Jacqueline was a riot as a washed-up Italian diva alongside Dennis Hopper in his final role. Since then she's kept busy on the indie circuit, appearing in Backstabbing for Beginners (2018) with Ben Kingsley, Here and Now (2018) with Sarah Jessica Parker, and Asher (2018) with Ron Perlman and Famke Janssen, as well as the Amazon original movie Birds of Paradise (2021) and a title role in Loren & Rose (2022).
Bisset has never married, but has been involved in long-term romantic relationships with Canadian actor Michael Sarrazin, Moroccan entrepreneur Victor Drai, Russian ballet dancer Alexander Godunov, Swiss actor Vincent Perez and Turkish martial arts instructor Emin Boztepe. She continues to make numerous films, and frequently participates in film festivals and award ceremonies around the world.- Production Designer
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Stephen B. Grimes was born on 18 April 1927 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. He was a production designer and art director, known for Out of Africa (1985), The Way We Were (1973) and Never Say Never Again (1983). He died on 12 September 1988 in Positano, Campania, Italy.- Music Department
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Colin Davis was born on 25 September 1927 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Red Sparrow (2018) and The Big Lebowski (1998). He was married to Ashraf Naini and April Cantelo. He died on 14 April 2013 in London, England, UK.- Producer
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Antony Darnborough was born on 6 October 1913 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for The Astonished Heart (1950), Lost Daughter (1949) and So Long at the Fair (1950). He was married to Angela Beyfus. He died on 24 September 2000 in England, UK.- Camera and Electrical Department
Matthew Allwork was born on 23 May 1963 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. He is known for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Frankenstein (1994) and Janet: The Velvet Rope (1998). He was married to Suzy Parkinson. He died on 26 March 2003 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.- Producer
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Richard Cawston was born on 31 May 1923 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for This Is the BBC (1959), Royal Family (1969) and Television and the World (1961). He died on 7 June 1986 in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Production Designer
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Bruce Grimes was born on 27 December 1936 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. He was a production designer and art director, known for Melody (1971), How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment (1965) and School for Unclaimed Girls (1969). He was married to Anne Squires. He died on 18 October 2009 in Dyfed, Wales, UK.- English novelist and poet Maurice Hewlett was born in Kent, England, UK, in 1861. He attended London International College, but never graduated. He had intended to become a lawyer and began studying at law school, but it took him 12 years to actually getting around to finishing it. He passed the bar exam, but he never actually practiced law.
He had dreamed since his youth of traveling the world and becoming a writer, and his first trip to Italy (one of many he would make to that country over the years) convinced him he was right. In 1888 he married Hilda Herbert, the daughter of a vicar. She hardly fit the image of a prim and proper vicar's daughter--she loved flying and eventually obtained a pilot's license, and during World War I she actually built planes for the Britiah RAF.
The couple settled near Salisbury, and for two years Hewlett had a government job as Keeper of the Land Revenue Records for the Record Office, which gave him a steady income while allowing him time to continue his writing. He specialized in historical novels. His first book, "The Forest Lovers" (1898), was set in medieval England and was a major success.
He also wrote books of essays, volumes of poetry and travel books, mainly about his adventures in the Italy he so loved. He also wrote adventure stories about the legends and folk tales of Iceland, and his books of poetry were hailed as "fine" and "moving".
Maurice Hewlett died in 1923. - Director
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Philip Dorté was born on 28 October 1904 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Round the Film Studios (1937), Me and Marlborough (1935) and A Song for You (1934). He was married to Jon Evelyn (Harper) . He died in 1970.- Andrea Lea was born in 1929 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Woman of Dolwyn (1949), The House of the Arrow (1953) and Landfall (1949).
- British novelist Richard Hughes was born in Weybridge, Surrey, in 1900. A graduate of Oriel College in Oxford, he wrote his first play, "The Sisters' Tragedy", while still an undergraduate. Although at first he wrote plays--he was at one time president of the Welsh National Theatre--and short stories, he eventually turned to novels as his main writing outlet. In the mid-'20s his health took a turn for the worse, and he spent the better part of a year recuperating, most of it in the US and several months at a quiet farm in Virginia.
Probably his best-known work is "The Innocent Voyage", a novel he wrote in 1929 about several English schoolchildren in Jamaica being sent back to England but whose ship is captured by a pirate captain. It was made into a successful film in 1965, A High Wind in Jamaica (1965), starring Anthony Quinn. - Camera and Electrical Department
John has lived in Weybridge all his life. Married to Pauline, they have 2 daughters Samantha and Karen. John has worked in the British film industry for 30 plus years as an electrician on such projects as First Knight, Buster, Dinotopia, Flash Gordon and Shopping (mostly uncredited!!!) John is now semi-retired and occasionally works at Halliford film studios on adverts or maintenance.- Born in Weybridge, Surrey in 1972, Howard and his identical twin brother Austin were raised on a diet of black and white movies. This fascination made way for written correspondence with many of Hollywoods film legends, including Lillian Gish, Bob Hope, James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich and Bette Davis. In June 1993, an exhibition of their collected ephemera was held at The Museum of the Moving Image MOMI in London. The Daily Telegraph hailed it, 'A must for all fans of the cinema'. That same year, the brothers visited California and met with some of their ancient pen pals for the first time. Subsequent trips to the USA followed and a decision was made to record the former actors stories on film. Following the completion of Howards Bachelor of Arts degree in graphic design, the brothers worked diligently to raise finance for this documentary, I Used to Be in Pictures (2000). A chance meeting with Barbara Broccoli, daughter of the late James Bond producer Albert Cubby Broccoli, helped Austin and Howard to realise the project.
Howard lives in South London and works as a public relations consultant as well freelance journalist. He writes regularly for The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian - Friday Review and The Times. Howard has also written in the past for Tatler, Privatair, Empire Film Monthly, You Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Attitude and Harpers & Queen.
In January 2002, the brothers were approached for their expertise on film history to curate the Frank Worth Collection of an estimated 10,000 negatives. Howard's PR efforts culminated in no less than eighty pieces of printed and broadcast material. He also co-authored the book `Worth Exposing Hollywood'.
He is currently working as a consultant for Turner Classic Movies in London. He and his brother are working on a second book, a chronicle of the cinema. - Gertrude Sterroll was born on 26 August 1870 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Call of Youth (1921), Lorna Doone (1920) and The Wine of Life (1924). She died on 27 January 1959 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
- Keith Shackleton was born on 16 January 1923 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. He was married to Jacqueline Tate. He died on 17 April 2015 in Poundbury, Dorset, England, UK.
- Austin Mutti-Mewse was born on 7 October 1972 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Pocket Venus the Rise, the Fall and the Rise of a Hollywood Starlet, I Used to Be in Pictures (2000) and Recoil: Drifting (1997).
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Colin Grimes was born in 1934 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. He was an art director and production designer, known for Krull (1983), Out of Africa (1985) and Supergirl (1984). He was married to Judith Crabtree. He died in 2013 in Lewes, East Sussex, England, UK.