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William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford Facts

William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (17 March 1722 – 10 March 1791), styled Viscount Wentworth until 1739 was a peer and member of the House of Lords of Great Britain.

Ann Emery Facts

Ann Emery (born 12 March 1930, London) is a British actress. She is the sister of actor and comedian Dick Emery.

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.

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

John Orchard Facts

John Orchard (15 November 1928 – 3 November 1995) was an English actor. He is probably best remembered for playing anaesthetist “Ugly John” Black in the earlier episodes of M*A*S*H.

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)