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Miranda Richardson was born in Southport, Lancashire, England on March 3, 1958, to Marian Georgina (Townsend) and William Alan Richardson, a marketing executive. She has one sister, eight years her senior. Her parents and sister are not involved in the performing arts. At an early age she performed in school plays, having shown a talent and desire to "turn herself into" other people. She has referred to it as "an emotional fusion; you think yourself into them". This mimicry could be of school friends or film stars.
She left school (Southport High School for Girls) at the age of 17, and originally intended becoming a vet. She also considered studying English literature in college, but decided to concentrate on drama and enrolled at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (as did many well-known British actors). After three years she graduated and moved into repertory theatre. She became affiliated with the Library Theatre in Manchester in 1979, where she became an assistant stage manager. She obtained her Equity card, and after several regional productions, first appeared on the London stage (Moving at Queens Theatre) in 1981. British television roles soon followed, and then film.
Since then, Miranda has moved into the international arena, and has made films in America, France and Spain. Television work (on both sides of the Atlantic) continues, as does some stage work. Her roles are diverse, but powerful and engaging. She has been quoted as stating "what I basically like is doing things I haven't done before" and this continually comes through in the variety of roles she has played in her career. She is also selective in the roles she takes, being uninterested in performing in the standard Hollywood fare, and preferring more offbeat roles. She was approached to play the Glenn Close role in Fatal Attraction (1987), but found it "regressive in its attitudes". Her attitude is summed up by a quote from an interview that appeared in the New York Times (Dec 27 1992): "I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting. And if that's the choice I have to make, I think I've already made it".
According to "1994 Current Biography Yearbook", she resides in South London with her two Siamese cats, Otis and Waldo. She has now moved to West London. Her hobbies include drawing, walking, gardening, fashion, falconry, and music. She, by her own admission, is a loner and lives rather modestly. An actor who studied with Ms Richardson at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre in the late 1970s described her as "a strong minded, specially gifted, rather pretty young woman who enjoys wearing jewelry. She wore toe rings, which in the late 1970s and especially in England, were a rarity and considered rather racy." He also remarked on her drive, even then, to be an actress of the highest caliber.- Actor
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Robin Askwith was born on 12 October 1950 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974), Bless This House (1972) and U-571 (2000). He was previously married to Mary Smith and Leonie Mellinger.- Writer
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Lee Mack was born on 4 August 1968 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Not Going Out (2006), Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show (2005) and The Sketch Show (2001). He has been married to Tara since 2005. They have three children.- Actor
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Anthony Quayle was born in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England in September 1913. He completed his education at Rugby School and had a brief spell at RADA, before treading the boards for the first time as the straight man in a music hall comedy act in 1931. Tall, burly, round-faced and possessed of a powerful and resonant voice, he was mentored early on in his career by the well-known stage director Tyrone Guthrie. Letters of introduction led to steady employment with the Old Vic Company by September 1932, and a succession of small roles in classical parts. Quayle's reputation as an actor grew steadily, and, in 1936, he appeared on Broadway opposite Ruth Gordon in 'The Country Wife'. For the next few years, he consolidated his position as a Shakespearean actor. When the Second World War began, he was among the first in his profession to enlist, serving with the Royal Artillery and rising to the rank of major. Some of his wartime experiences, such as coordinating operations with Albanian partisans as part of the secret Special Operations Executive, were destined to be paralleled by his fictional post-war screen exploits as incisive army officers or spies. With the war still fresh in his mind, he subsequently published two novels (respectively in 1945, and in 1947), 'Eight Hours from England' and 'On Such a Night'.
In 1946, Quayle also made his debut as a theatrical director with a London production of 'Crime and Punishment'. Between 1948 and 1956, he had a distinguished tenure as director of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, bringing into the company some of the biggest stars of the stage, including Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. Though acting in films from 1938, the theatre remained his favorite medium. He played diverse roles with great intensity and professionalism, achieving critical acclaim as Petruchio and Falstaff, Tamburlaine and Galileo (on Broadway) and the original role of Andrew Wyke in Anthony Shaffer's play 'Sleuth' (played in the first screen version by Olivier). In motion pictures Quayle tended to portray tough, dependable authority figures. He was good value for money as Commodore Harwood in Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956), as the enigmatic Afrikaner captain in Ice Cold in Alex (1958) and as the stuffy, by-the-book Colonel Harry Brighton, who nonetheless appears to have a degree of admiration for Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Due to his classical training, Quayle was often used in historical epics, giving one of his best performances as Cardinal Wolsey in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), earning him an Academy Award nomination. His voice was heard as narrator of The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) and on radio in anything from 'The Ballad of Robin Hood' to Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Purloined Letter'.
The year prior to receiving his knighthood, Quayle founded the touring Compass Theatre Company, and served as its director until a few months before his death from cancer in October 1989.- Producer
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David Mitchell was born on 12 January 1969 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for Cloud Atlas (2012), The Matrix Resurrections (2021) and Pachinko (2022). He is married to Keiko Yoshida. They have two children.- David Lonsdale was born on 21 May 1963 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Full Monty (1997), Heartbeat (1992) and Downton Abbey (2019). He has been married to Diane Lonsdale since 1993. They have three children.
- Neil McDermott was born on 15 December 1980 in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. He is an actor, known for EastEnders (1985), Doctor Who (2005) and The Royal (2003). He has been married to Michelle Edwards since 22 July 2007. They have two children.
- Jan Holden was a stage actress with a reputation for light comedy, who also appeared in several popular television series during the 1950s and 1960s.
She was elegant and pretty, with pale blue eyes. She grew up in Cawnpore in India and was educated at a school in the hills near Simla.
On the outbreak of the Second World War, she and her mother returned to England, where she boarded at Lowther College in North Wales. She holidayed with her schoolfriends.
When she was 18, she was offered places at RADA, the Old Vic School and at Bristol Old Vic; but her father declined his permission. He disapproved of his daughter's theatrical ambitions.
He eventually relented and allowed her to take a directors' course at the Old Vic. She was one of two pupils selected to become assistant stage managers at the Old Vic upon its reopening in 1951.
Jan Holden appeared in repertory, where she met her first husband, actor Edwin Richfield. They were married in 1952, when they were appearing together in Blackpool in a stage version of "The Blue Lamp".
She entered television during the fifties, in series such as Patrol Car (1954), Rheingold Theatre (1953), The Vise (1954), Harpers West One (1961) and The Avengers (1961). She later appeared in Agony (1979) and Oh Happy Band! (1980).
She made several film appearances in pictures, such as: The Best House in London (1969), The Stranglers of Bombay (1959) and Work Is a Four Letter Word (1968).
She endured heartbreak as her twin brother, Geoffrey, drowned in the early 1960s and her marriage broke down in 1973, leaving her with three teenage children. One of her twin daughters died from a brain tumour in 1999. She endured poor health, herself, during her final two decades, but remained cheerful.
She remarried in 1988 to Louis Manson, solicitor and business executive who survived her, with a son and a daughter from her first marriage and two stepsons and two stepdaughters. - Actor
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Raphael Sikic was born on 16 April 1991 in Southport, Queensland, Australia. He is an actor and writer, known for Slip Road (2019), Sedimentary and Hacksaw Ridge (2016).- Actress
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Jennifer Kendal was born on 28 February 1934 in Southport, England, UK. She was an actress and costume designer, known for 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981), Junoon (1979) and The Far Pavilions (1984). She was married to Shashi Kapoor. She died on 7 September 1984 in London, England, UK.- Director
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Guy Edmonds was born in Southport, Queensland, Australia. He is a director and writer, known for Hardball (2019), Wellmania (2023) and Nest.- Additional Crew
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Tony Jordan was born on 21 July 1957 in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Life on Mars (2006), Hustle (2004) and Holby Blue (2007).- Actor
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Rex Evans was born on 13 April 1903 in Southport, Sefton, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Philadelphia Story (1940), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) and Merry Andrew (1958). He died on 3 April 1969 in Glendale, California, USA.- Producer
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Jeremy Taylor was born in 1946 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK. Jeremy was a producer and director, known for Nova (1974), Equinox (1986) and Tek Sing: China's Titanic (2011). Jeremy was married to Barbara Flynn. Jeremy died on 17 July 2017 in London, England, UK.- Charles Victor was born on 10 February 1896 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Ringer (1952), Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951) and Major Barbara (1941). He died on 23 December 1965 in London, England, UK.
- Barry Lowe was born in 1925 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Cash on Demand (1961), Moonbase 3 (1973) and Opportunity Murder (1956). He died on 12 December 2011 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.
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Charlotte was born in the town of Southport in North-West England as the only child of Sharon Venetta Rothwell and the first child of Adam Marc Turk. Charlotte was raised in England by her mother and her stepfather, Paul Nolan, who passed away in a tragic drowning accident on 14th February 2006. She started acting at 4 years old and competed regularly in the Liverpool Performing Arts Festival, where she won the Actress of the Year award three times for her performances in acting and Shakespeare. She arrived in Los Angeles in 2010 at the age of 19 to study with the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood, from where she graduated in May 2012. In 2013, Charlotte was named as one of BAFTA-Los Angeles' Emerging Talents and Rising Brits to Watch.- Renee Bargh (born 18 October 1986) is an Australian celebrity and TV presenter, who is best known as a host of Channel Australia. She is the weekend co-host and correspondent for Extra in the U.S.
Renee was born in Southport, Queensland. She spent the first three years of her life living in Vanuatu before her family settled in the hills behind the beach-side town of Byron Bay.
Upon graduating from high school, Renee moved to Sydney to complete a Certificate IV in Performing Arts at Brent Street.
In 2006 Renee got her start in the entertainment industry as part of the pop group, Girlband. The group released two top 50 singles, Electric and Party Girl, written by Kara DioGuardi and Greg Wells. The group supported a national tour for The Rogue Traders before disbanding in April 2007.
Later that year, Bargh made her move into television presenting, joining Tim Campbell as co-host of National Bingo Night on Channel Seven.
In 2008 Renee hosted the Nine Network's surfing adventure series, Surfari. The show profiled the best surf locations around the pacific, featuring stories on adventure activities as well as segments on the local culture. The series aired on Saturdays from March to May 2008.
Following Surfari, Bargh joined the music station Channel Australia. During her time there, she co-hosted "What you Want", Channel V's studio countdown show, was the host of the weekly V Rater and V News, and presented two series of B430, Channel V's youth Travel show, which took her to Budapest, New Zealand, New York and Los Angeles.
In 2010, Renee moved to Los Angeles and became Extra's weekend co-host and correspondent through the show's 17th Season. - Actor
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John Tarrant was born in 1965 in Southport, Queensland, Australia. He is an actor, known for A Country Practice (1981), Rescue Special Ops (2009) and Lorca and the Outlaws (1984).- Norman Pierce was born on 5 September 1900 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Saloon Bar (1940) and Badger's Green (1949). He was married to Mary Evelyn Pierce. He died on 22 March 1968 in Helions Bumpstead, Essex, England, UK.
- Sally Bankes worked as a bank manager for twenty-five years before becoming a professional actress although she was involved with youth theatre from the age of nine. She has since appeared in Little Britain (2003), Doctors (2000), Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2001), Heartbeat (1992) and the comedy sketch show Tittybangbang.
Her other appearances on British TV include Coronation Street (1960) and Victoria Wood's Housewife, 49 (2005).
Living in Southport, she is a director of the Operatic New Generation Youth Theatre in her hometown and also teaches performing arts course at Southport College. In addition, she co-presents a Sunday morning show on Radio Lancashire. - Editor
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Gareth C. Scales was born in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK. He is known for The Pursuit of Love (2021), After Love (2020) and The Courier (2020).- Actor
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Following his parents' divorce, the legendary Synth-pop/New Wave artist Marc Almond was accepted into a general art design course at Southport College, where he studied performance art. During his time at art college he did a series of performance theater pieces: the Andy Warhol inspired piece "Zazou", "Glamour in Squalor" and "Twilights and Lowlifes". Marc's love for Siouxsie and the Banshees influenced him to leave college with a 2.1 honors degree and form Soft Cell in 1979. The band skyrocketed to fame in the early 1980s with their hit "Tainted Love".- Actor
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Miton Rosmer made his name on the British stage, debuting in 1889. He easily made the transition to silent pictures, appearing in such films as The Passionate Friends (1922). Talkies proved to be no obstacle to him, as it did to many silent actors, and Rosmer had roles in such classics as Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) and The Stars Look Down (1940). He specialized in playing such characters as magistrates, professors, army officers and other authority figures.
Rosmer was also a screenwriter and director. The Crimean War epic Balaclava (1928), which had been shot as a silent by Maurice Elvey, was extensively reshot by Rosmer as a talkie, and he also directed such other films as Channel Crossing (1933), Silent Barriers (1937) and Emil and the Detectives (1935). His final film as an actor was John Wesley (1954), after which he worked in television until 1956, when he retired. He died at age 90 in 1971.- Actress
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Rosemary Gore was born in Southport, North Carolina, USA. She is known for Fear of the Dark (2001), The Bar (2003) and White Chicks, Incorporated (1998). She was previously married to Mark Stevens PhD..