British celebrities

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Gordon Harris Facts

Gordon Harris (1918 – 1965), was an English actor who appeared in films such as Murder, She Said (1961), Murder at the Gallop (1963), as well as The Navy Lark (1959). Before beginning his acting career, Harris was a professional soldier and served

Mabel Love Facts

Mabel Love (16 October 1874 – 15 May 1953), was a British dancer and stage actress. She was considered to be one of the great stage beauties of her age, and her career spanned the late Victorian era and the Edwardian period. In 1894, Winston Church

Thomas Newcomen Facts

Thomas Newcomen (shortly before 24 February 1664 – 5 August 1729) was an ironmonger by trade and a Baptist lay preacher by calling. He was born in Dartmouth, Devon, England, near a part of the country noted for its tin mines. Flooding was a major p

Al Weaver Facts

Alex “Al” Weaver (born 1981) is an English actor.

Tony Warren Facts

Anthony McVay Simpson, MBE (born 8 July 1936), better known by his stage name Tony Warren, is an award-winning English television scriptwriter, best known for creating the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. He has also been an actor, created other tel

Emma, Lady Hamilton Facts

Emma, Lady Hamilton (26 April 1765; baptised 12 May 1765 – 15 January 1815) is best remembered as the mistress of Lord Nelson and as the muse of George Romney. She was born Amy Lyon in Ness near Neston, Cheshire, England, the daughter of Henry Lyon

Julia Peyton Jones Facts

Julia Peyton-Jones OBE (born 18 February 1952) is currently the Co-Director of the Serpentine Gallery. She lives and works in London.

Blake Butler Facts

Blake Butler (born John David Blake Butler in Barrow in Furness, Lancashire) was a British actor best known for his regular role as Mr. Wainwright during the first three series of Last of the Summer Wine between 1973 and 1976. In addition, Butler mad

Claire Rayner Facts

Claire Berenice Rayner OBE (née Chetwynd; 22 January 1931 – 11 October 2010) was an English nurse, journalist, broadcaster and novelist, best known for her role for many years as an agony aunt.

Normski Facts

Normski (born Norman Anderson) is a photographer and former television presenter, who fronted BBC television’s Def2 and Dance Energy “youth” shows on BBC2 in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Chris Kamara Facts

Christopher “Chris” Kamara (born 25 December 1957) is an English former professional footballer and football manager who now works as a presenter and football analyst at Sky Sports.

Zoe Hardman Facts

Zoe Kristi Hardman (born 16 November 1982 in Kent, England) is a British television presenter and actress. She first appeared on TV in Channel 4’s reality game show Playing It Straight in 2005.