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Jean Boht Facts

Jean Boht (born Jean Dance; 6 March 1932) is an English actress, most famous for the role of Nellie Boswell in Carla Lane’s TV sitcom series Bread.

John Arlott Facts

Leslie Thomas John Arlott OBE (25 February 1914 – 14 December 1991) was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC’s Test Match Special. He was also a poet and wine connoisseur. With his poetic phraseology, he became an iconi

Sophie Gengembre Anderson Facts

Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823 in Paris – 10 March 1903 in Falmouth), was a French-born British artist who specialised in genre painting of children and women, typically in rural settings. She began her career as a lithographer and painter of port

David Haig Facts

David Haig Collum Ward, MBE (born 20 September 1955) is an Olivier Award-winning English actor and FIPA Award-winning writer. He is known for his versatility, having played dramatic, serio-comic and comedic roles, playing characters of varied social

Eileen Moore Facts

Eileen Moore is a British television and film actress who was born in 1932 in London, England. From 1954 to 1962, she was married to the actor George Cole.

Magenta Devine Facts

Magenta Devine (born 4 November 1957; real name Kim Taylor) is a TV presenter and journalist best known for presenting the youth travel programme Rough Guide and “Reportage” on BBC2 in the 1990s. She later presented “Young, Gifted and Broke” for ITV.

Jimmy Vee Facts

Jimmy Vee (born 5 November 1959) is a Scottish actor and stunt performer. He is best known for playing a number of Doctor Who monsters and aliens, as well as the actor for R2-D2 in the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Stephen Critchlow Facts

Stephen Critchlow is a popular and versatile British actor, notable for his work in the theatre and appearances on radio series such as Truly, Madly, Bletchley, The Way We Live Right Now and Spats, along with radio episodes of Torchwood (Lost Souls)

Terry Stone Facts

Terry Stone (born 13 January 1971 in Kingston upon Thames, London), also known as Terry Turbo, is a British actor and film producer. Before a career in film, Stone was a rave promoter, and is co-founder of Garage Nation and Rave Nation with Jason Kay

Cyril Tawney Facts

Cyril Tawney (12 October 1930 – 21 April 2005) was an English singer-songwriter and a proponent of the traditional songs of the West of England, as well as traditional and modern maritime songs.

Rebecca Charles Facts

Rebecca Charles (I)ActressRebecca Charles is an actress, known for Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Mrs Brown (1997).

Cecil M. Hepworth Facts

Cecil Milton Hepworth (19 March 1874 – 9 February 1953) was a British film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s at his Walton Studios. In 1923 his comp