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- Sheila Allen was born on 22 October 1932 in Chard, Somerset, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Love Actually (2003), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and The Prisoner (1967). She was married to David Hugh Jones. She died on 13 October 2011 in London, England, UK.
- Peter Amory was born on 2 November 1964 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), The Royal Today (2008) and Inspector Morse (1987). He has been married to Claire King since July 1994.
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- Lived in North Africa till age of 5, educated at The International School in Tanzania.
Active member of Cambridge University drama scene. Approached by talent scout whilst playing Cleopatra open air at age 19 - but turned them down to complete degree.
Offered "Midnights Children" (RSC) Tour 2 months out of RADA, turned it down to avoid being pigeon-holed.
Producer of own theatre company - Cheeky Maggot Theatre and published poet for Arrival Press and Pyramid Press. - Ayckbourn trained for three years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). In 1998, he and fellow RADA alum Judi Armstrong founded Quorum Theatre Company for which Ayckbourn has written and directed many of his own one act plays. In 2009 he and Kristina Anne Howell founded PCK Productions which tours Ayckbourn's plays in the UK. Most recent full length plays include: 'The Essence of Love', 'A Thorn in Midsummer' and 'Virtually Just So', co written with Kristina Anne Howell.
Philip studied philosophy, which is where he became acquainted with Todd Mei, leading to his role as Hayden Lorry in Mei's film, Icarus Descending, of which Ayckbourn has called "perhaps the strangest film I've ever seen." - Ann Beach was born on 7 June 1938 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Notting Hill (1999), The City of the Dead (1960) and Under Milk Wood (1971). She was married to Francis Coleman. She died on 9 March 2017 in the UK.
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Alan Bridges was born on 28 September 1927 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for American Playhouse (1980), The Hireling (1973) and The Shooting Party (1984). He was married to Ann Castle. He died on 7 December 2013 in the UK.- Actor
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Michael Blakemore was born on 19 June 1928 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor and director, known for Country Life (1994), Great Performances (1971) and Having a Wild Weekend (1965). He was married to Tanya McCallin and Shirley Bush. He died on 10 December 2023.- Actress
Diane Beck was born in Stockport, 28th February 1976. Aged 18 Diane attended RADA and studied on the 3 year Acting course.
Her stage career including work at the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Young Vic London, Statford Upon Avon, Tokyo Japan, New Haven NY Festival; Jo in 'The Good Hope' at National Theatre, 'Glass Eels' at Hampstead and Emily Bronte in 'Bronte' for Shared Experience London, among others. Diane was also chosen to work with the European Union of Theatres by Cheek By Jowl and film directors, Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod where, along with Russian and Parisian actors, they devised 'Cold War Cabaret' a multi-lingual project at the L'Odeon in Paris.- Actor
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Frith Banbury was born on 4 May 1912 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Theatre Night (1957), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and ITV Television Playhouse (1955). He died on 14 May 2008 in London, England, UK.- Steve Bennett was born in 1959. He is an actor, known for Broadchurch (2013), Doc Martin (2004) and Mile High (2003).
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Michael Bogdanov was born on 15 December 1938 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a director and writer, known for A Light in the Valley (1998), The Sherman Plays (1993) and The Thorn Birds (2009). He was married to Ulrike Engelbrecht and Patricia Ann Warwick. He died on 16 April 2017 in Paros, Greece.- Margot Boyd was born on 24 September 1913 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Our Miss Pemberton (1957), Play for Today (1970) and Swizzlewick (1964). She died on 20 May 2008 in Northwood, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Ron Bagden was born on 26 December 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Pictures of Baby Jane Doe (1995), Reckless (1995) and As the World Turns (1956).
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Ekaterina Botziou is a British writer of mixed European background; her father is Greek and her mother is English.
Ekaterina studied Law at University College London before gaining small roles in film and television whilst working in the film industry.
The mum of three is a published author, with several books available on Amazon worldwide, covering fiction, non-fiction and children's literature.- Heinz Bernard grew up as a Jewish child in Nuremburg in Nazi Germany. He attended a school in Furth which was the only Jewish school allowed to operate in the region. Henry Kissinger's father taught Biology at the school and Henry was in the year above Heinz at school. Following a parliamentary question directed at the Home secretary by the MP Josiah Wedgewood, Heinz and his mother were granted transit visas to pass through England and join his uncles who had migrated to the USA. At the age of 15, Heinz Bernard was sent to England by his mother who meant to join him a few days later. On the day she planned to leave Germany, war broke out trapping her on the continent. She caught the last Orient Express to Vladivostok a few days later and eventually reached the USA. Heinz remained trapped in England and learned English by sitting in cinemas watching movies. He eventually joined a home for Jewish orphans run by exiles from the German communist party where he organized weekly plays. Heinz worked a variety of low paid jobs, including as a rabbit skinner and a waiter saving enough money to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London. After the war Heinz's mother informed him that he was adopted. A real brother and sister had reached Palestine before the war and now made contact with him. Heinz went on the run a legendary Communist Party affiliated theater in London (Unity Theater) and staged the first productions of Brecht in the English language. Heinz left the Communist Party in the fifties after anti-Semitic plotting by Stalin and the invasion of Hungary. Following the death of his Israeli brother in the sixties, Heinz decided to emigrate to Israel. He acted the part of the Rabbi in the West End production of Fiddler on the Roof to raise money for the move. In Israel he became a legend on account of his performances in English teaching television programs, "Neighbours" (written by his wife Nettie) and "Here We Are", broadcast four times a week on the single national TV channel for over fifteen years. After ten years in Israel Heinz returned to England where he had to restart his career. He continued to work until his death of a rare blood disease in 1995.
Heinz's name at birth was Heinz Messinger. His adopted family were called Lowenstein. After leaving RADA he worked under the professional name Harry Bernard, eventually dropping the Harry and becoming simply Heinz Bernard. - Script and Continuity Department
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Christopher H. Bidmead was born in 1941. He trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and pursued this career for a number of years, winning many roles on stage, television (he was a regular in Emergency-Ward 10 (1957)) and radio (including numerous episodes of the BBC's "Waggoner's Walk"). Gradually however he turned to script-writing, including in the early seventies on two Thames TV shows, Harriet's Back in Town (1972) and Rooms (1974).
He then worked successfully as a journalist, specializing in scientific and technical subjects, until late 1979, when he was recommended by Robert Banks Stewart for the post of script editor on Doctor Who (1963), working with the new producer John Nathan-Turner. Bidmead agreed with Nathan-Turner and executive producer Barry Letts that the series had become too humorous under the previous team of Graham Williams and Douglas Adams, so they resolved to bring a more serious approach to it for Tom Baker's final season. Having remained in this post for a year, which included writing two key stories in the form of Logopolis: Part One (1981) and Castrovalva: Part One (1982), which saw the transition from Tom Baker to Peter Davison, Bidmead returned to freelance projects. These included a third contribution to the series, Frontios: Part One (1984), and novelizations of all three of his scripts for Target Books.
Bidmead remains, along with 1960s scientific advisor Kit Pedler, a significant figure as one of the few people to have brought genuine science into the fantasy-orientated world of Doctor Who (1963) or Doctor Who (2005). He continues to work as a scientific and technical journalist, including on the magazine "Wired".- Actor
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Ben Benison was born on 6 September 1933 in Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK (undisclosed). He was an actor and writer, known for Take the Stage (1981), Give us a Break (1983) and Men of Affairs (1973). He died on 4 December 2019 in the UK.- Actress
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Melanie Thaw was born on 15 July 1964 in England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for A Touch of Frost (1992), Trainer (1991) and Van der Valk (1972). She is married to Matthew Byam Shaw. They have three children.- Tina Packer was born on 28 September 1938 in Wolverhampton, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Doctor Who (1963), David Copperfield (1966) and Two a Penny (1967).
- The daughter of William Lott, who managed Ealing Studios before the Second World War, Barbara Lott trained for acting at RADA. She made her stage debut in 1944 and her first television appearance in 1950. Barbara achieved fame late in life as Mrs Bennett in Rings on Their Fingers (1978) and as Ronnie Corbett's mother in Sorry! (1981). Barbara was married to television producer Stuart Latham (who died in 1993).
- Christine was born in a Salford street very much like "Coronation Street" and trained at RADA, where she gained an Honours Diploma before touring as an understudy with the Old Vic. Before joining the original cast of "Coronation Street" in 1960, she had worked at Granada on the drama series "Skyport", a programme in which many other Street actors appeared.
- Julia Misaki is an exotic mix of full Japanese on her mother's side and Czech, German and English. She grew up in Osaka, Japan and attended Emerson in Boston for her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting. She also studied Shakespeare at London's famed Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA).
(2011) Julia currently resides in Los Angeles, California and continues to study her craft at The Ivana Chubbuck Studio and play the cello. - Actress
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Daughter of Henry Walter Flewett (1892-1970) and Winifred Johnson Flewett (1896-1967). Educated at Sacred Heart Convent School (R.C.), London and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (1945-1947). After being evacuated with her school to Oxford during the war, became a volunteer housekeeper and hen-keeper in the household of C.S. Lewis, several times deferring her acceptance of a place at RADA. Founded Jill Freud and Company (1980), a non-profit repertory company. In 2001 received an Honorary Doctorate in Civil Law from the University of East Anglia "for services to the theatre." Married writer Clement Freud, grandson of Sigmund Freud, 4 September 1950. Clement later became M.P. for the Isle of Ely 1973-1987, was knighted in 1987, and became rector of St. Andrew's University 2003. With his knighthood, Jill Freud became "Lady Freud."- Director
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Philip Saville was born on 28 October 1930 in London, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986) and The Buccaneers (1995). He was married to Nina Zuckerman and Jane Arden. He died on 22 December 2016 in Hampstead, Camden, London, England, UK.- A popular British film actor, Basil Hoskins also had a distinguished career on the London stage appearing opposite such stars as Vivien Leigh (in "Duel of Angels" [1958]) and Alec Guinness (in Terence Rattigan's "Ross" [1960]) and had a long run in the musical "Applause" opposite Lauren Bacall (1971).
British television viewers knew him best for his role starting in 1963 as Dr. Rex Lane Russell in Emergency-Ward 10 (1957), Britain's first twice-weekly, long-running drama series, focusing on the staff and patients in a general hospital.
Hoskins studied acting at RADA and later joined the Nottingham Playhouse Company. He spent five seasons with the Shakespeare Memorial Company at Stratford playing leading roles, including Lucias to Laurence Olivier's Titus Andronicus. During the 1950s he toured Australia with the Old Vic Company with Katharine Hepburn.
He also appeared in many stage musicals, including "A Little Night Music" and the London revival of "Call Me Madam" (1983) with TV star Noele Gordon.
He appeared in numerous TV drama series, and his best known films were Ice Cold in Alex (1958) and North West Frontier (1959). - Camera and Electrical Department
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Jackie Oudney is a film and commercials director. She was born and raised in Dundee, Scotland and studied Stage Management at Rada and camera at NFTS in London. She has directed over 30 commercials, winning several prestigious international awards including a Silver Lion at Cannes and a silver D&AD pencil. She's also directed two award-winning short films and has just completed her first feature, French Film. The film is produced by Slingshot from a script by Aschlin Ditta and stars Hugh Bonneville, Eric Cantona, Anne-Marie Duff, Victoria Hamilton and Douglas Henshall. The film was released in the UK on 15 May 2009.- Born in Bristol (England), Studied in London from the age of 11 at Theatre and television school. At the age of 16 was accepted into The Royal Ballet School.He danced with various company's such as The Royal Ballet, The English National Ballet, New Adventures, and also worked on shows such as West Side Story and My Fair Lady. Philip took private classes at RADA and stared working on his film career. At present Philip is working as an actor on both sides off the Atlantic.
- Born in London, England in October 1939, he received a BSc. in psychology from Reading University England after which he gained a scholarship to study drama for 3 years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England, graduating in 1964. He has worked steadily as an actor since leaving RADA on the English and Israeli stage, TV, and Radio and appeared in around 40 feature films in America and Europe. He has also written, produced, directed and performed plays and other comedy material in England, America and Israel.
- Melanie Virginia Sydney Morse MacQuarrie made a splash from the very beginning of her life, when, upon her birth on June 13, 1945, she made newspaper headlines as one of the largest babies born in the United Kingdom, at 11 pounds, 9 ounces! The daughter of well-known British/Canadian actors Barry Morse and Sydney Sturgess. After the family emigrated from England to Canada in 1951, she began acting in numerous productions on stage and television alongside her Father, Mother, and Brother, Hayward Morse. Her film work includes roles in Prom Night (1980) with Jamie Lee Curtis and Murder by Phone (1982) with Richard Chamberlain, and others. On-stage she performed in such diverse venues as Boston, Massachusetts and the Canada Shakespeare Stratford Festival, in productions including "Peter Pan" and "Much Ado About Nothing". Her TV appearances include Noises in the Nursery (1952), "Drought", and the popular Canadian series Street Legal (1987) as 'Judge Dixon' in the episode "Act of Silence". At the age of 19, she was admitted on scholarship to the famed Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and in the early 1970s she joined the Ryerson University Drama department in Toronto, where she worked for 30 years prior to her retirement in 1991. In 1999, Melanie traveled to the USA to support her Dad for the taping of his TV special Merely Players (2000). Melanie was in the audience for the live taping and her yells of "Bravo" can still be heard during the curtain call in the broadcast itself! She also appeared with her Father in a mid-program commercial urging viewers to support Parkinson's disease treatment and research.
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Daniel Harland was born (11th January 1985) in Ipswich, Suffolk to parents Paul and Denise (both teachers). His Film and TV credits include Happy Little Bunnies (2021), The Sweeney (2012), Atonement (2007), The Runner (2008), Britain's Biggest Heist (2011), Time (2012), Burglars (2019) and most recently The Colour Room (2021) starring Matthew Goode and Phoebe Dynevor and directed by Claire McCarthy. He has one younger brother, Joe. He grew up in County Durham, near Sunderland up until his early twenties before studying acting at Bath Spa University, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the Actors Studio at Pinewood Studios.- Reginald spent three seasons acting with the Williamstown Theater Festival, including the 2004 Tony winning season. At Williamstown he appeared in " The Cherry Orchard" dir.Michael Grief, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" dir.Nicholas Martin, "The Skin of Our Teeth" dir. Darko Tresnjak, and several other productions. NY theater favorites include original productions of Rogelio Martinez's " Fizz" dir. Sam Gold. Mike Albo's " Three Women in Indecision", The Drama Desk winning "Hell House" dir. Alex Timbers at St. Anne's, and Rachael Shukert's " Bloody Mary" at Soho Think Tank, and "Sequins for Satan", all directed by Stephen Bracket. He has acted in several other, readings, workshops, and short plays at NYC venues including Classic Stage, Rattlestick Theatre, and Ars Nova. On television he played the recurring role of Carmine on the Emmy winning F/X series "Rescue Me", guest roles on ABC's Emmy winning "Pushing Daisies", and NBC's "Law & Order CI". Reginald joined the faculty of The Stella Adler Studio in New York after years of private study with former Adler head of voice Robert Perillo and renowned voice teacher Catherine Fitzmaurice. Reginald is a graduate of The Studio's Day Conservatory. He also studied at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London (RADA) in London and The Actors Center in New York.
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Hillary Wood is known for Morris: A Life with Bells On (2009) and Seagull Boy (2013).- Nick Harvey was born Nicholas Stuart Harvey at Gosford, New South Wales, Australia on the 17th of August 1955, his father was a French pastry cook and baker of Cornish decent who travelled to Australia to work in the Gold mines at Hill End, NSW. His mother was born on a Sheep property at Hill End. When he was 3 years old his parents separated and Nick went to live with his grandparents on the same farm where his mother was born and so his love of nature, hunting and fishing was born. Both his grandparents were musically talented and sang and played piano, ukulele, and fiddle. Because this was the era before TV and the batteries in the wireless only lasted for a short time, Nick spent his night time reading, singing and trying to learn to play guitar. Once a week they would all sit around the wireless and listen to the Country music hour which featured both Australian and US artists.
Nick went to a number of primary schools before attending Echuca Technical college in Victoria where his mother had re-married, but at 14 and a half, he'd had enough of school, where he'd be mugged for his lunch money and anything else of value, so he ran away and got a job as a roustabout in the sheep shearing sheds and added boxing, drinking and chasing women to his CV.
A run in with the law over a fight lead to a stint in the Australian Army and a tour of Vietnam. Nick then went to London and as he said "put on the greatest Act and told the biggest lies ever told to get into RADA." - Angela started her career young, playing truant from school to appear in 'Jane Eyre' by a touring company. She won the Gilbert award for Comedy, the Tree award for Drama and the Emile Littler award for Outstanding Talent during her years at RADA. By the time she had joined "Coronation Street" in 1960 she had already appeared as lead in many theatre productions, including Lily Smalls in the original stage production of 'Under Milk Wood'. Her television credits included "The Laughing Woman", playing opposite Peter O'Toole, and "The Dance Dress". Today, Angela is as busy as ever with her theatre work.
- Rhiannon Myee has been acting, singing and dancing for fourteen years. Born in Sydney, Australia she was trained at the McDonald College of Performing Arts where she participated in over 50 shows and plays in her first ten years of training, including the role of Puck in a the Shakespeare play "A Midsummer Nights Dream." At ten years old she modeled for the Australian department chain, Best & Less and was offered a two year contract after one job.
Rhiannon has studied ballet, pointe ballet, jazz, contemporary, hip-hop and tap thoroughly and was a member of a contemporary dance troupe for three years, traveling around Australia to compete. She performed with the Vail Academy of Dance in the production of 'The Nutcracker' with the principle role of 'Clara'. With the Academy, her group also won first place in the Starlight International Dance Festival. She takes classes at Millennium and The Edge in Los Angeles.
Rhiannon has been vocally trained by Patricia Oertel, vocal coach of Olivia Newton John and Maxine Greyboyes, an ex Broadway star. Having been asked to join the cast of Quidam, a Cirque Du Soleil show, she entered into state competitions for singing at nine years old and placed second twice in a row with children fourteen years old and older. At the age of ten, she recorded two tracks which she also filmed music videos for.
In the last year, Rhiannon has starred in a festival film, 'This Life', with Danny Glover and Dante Basco as her co-stars. The film won "Best Film" at the Lady Filmmakers Festival in Los Angeles as well as an Audience Favorite in The Palm Springs International Shortfest. It was selected to open the Sydney Film Festival in Australia and has been shown at many more. She has studied musical theater, acting and dance in New York City in a four-week, well-known Broadway intensive. She has gone through 'The Actors Boot Camp' in Hollywood with The Actors' Corp and has studied on camera technique with Eric Kline at the Actors Workshop who worked closely with Tony Barr, author of "Acting for the Camera." She will be appearing as a feature dancer in a music video for rapper Don Preach and will be appearing in feature film 'Around the Block' scheduled to begin filming in early 2011. She recently starred in "How I Exiled My Inner Bitch", a trailer being entered into numerous trailer festivals around California. In August of 2010, she completed a rigorous two week intensive at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, England.
Rhiannon loves all performing arts and plans to go to University for fashion design, styling, trend analysis and international buying. - Actress
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While studying at UCLA's prestigious MFA acting program, Kara made her professional debut starring as Jayni in the Emmy Award Winning (south-east region) production, Movement, The (2002) (TV)_. Before moving to California, Kara interned in London with both Shakespeare's Globe and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She is a graduate of the RADA Summer Shakespeare Program.- Director
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Early in his career, John was asked by Laurence Olivier to direct the National Theatre Company in the award-winning film of Chekhov's Three Sisters (1970) with Olivier, Joan Plowright and Alan Bates. He then went on to direct Olivier in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1976) and Alec Guinness and Ralph Richardson in Twelfth Night (1970).
His experience as a commissioner and director of drama and drama-documentaries enabled him to work with some of the world's finest actors including Derek Jacobi, Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins, Sean Connery and Michael Caine. He has also worked as a director and trainer at several of the UK's leading theatres and institutions including the Young Vic, Guildhall School of Drama, RADA, Shaw Theatre, Italia Conti, London Film School, Edinburgh Festival. For the latter part of his career he established ARTTS Skillcentre, a training facility supporting artists in employment with the film and television industry.- Stunts
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Robin Webb was raised in England, UK. He contracted polio at less than one year of age and, due to the lack of metal immediately after the second world war, was placed by doctors in a plaster of Paris cast for two and a half years. During this time, Robin's father Joseph studied physiotherapy so that he could administer it to his son. Robin's mother, Catherine, carried him to the local swimming pool where he learned to swim before he could walk. His father took him daily to the local gymnasium (boxing and wrestling) as, in the 40's, fitness centers were not in vogue. Through those early days in the gym, Robin's shows no physical signs of his childhood disease. He went on to win 22 national titles as a boxer including the English Select for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. In the 60's, Robin's interests took him to racing. He was a member of the British Motor Company Rally Team from 1965-67 and rode competitively in motorbike & side car for four years. Robin holds black belts in several of the martial arts and was president of the World Karate Council for 5 years (1981-85). Many of his students held National and World championship titles in boxing, kick boxing and karate, including Canada's first World Karate Champion (1979), Tony Morelli. Robin spent two years (1963 and 1964) at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) and attended Toynbee Hall for 5 years as a junior student under Bertha Meyers and George Hall (Musical Director at the Old Vic). His career in the film industry started in 1961 as an actor in "The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner". Robin worked on countless British and European films through the 60's. He moved to Canada in 1971 and has acted and performed stunts on numerous TV series including Highlander, The Outer Limits, New York Tempest, The Crow, The X-Files, The Sentinel, Doctors Wild and Fall Guy. Movies include Out of the Blue, Bird on a Wire, The Kick Boxer, Crying Freeman, Man With a Gun, The Process, Undying Promise, Prasad and Perfect Little Angels. Since 1979, Robin's passion has been teaching an awareness program for women and children. Robin has produced many film and video programs on the subject of social safety. Some have won awards (KEYEYE "making kids safe") and some have made it to the best seller list (Hands Off). Robin does produced and directed feature films on the subject including Seeking Fear (Who won Best Feature film in the New York International Film and video Festival,) with Best actress going to its star Charline Fernetz. Robin currently conduct seminars and lectures on safety to hospitals, universities, schools, the business world and most branches of government. He has developed a safety program for children (KEYEYE) which is taught in elementary schools across North America. It has also been taught in Europe and Australia. He also teaches local police forces to teach this program in their own communities. Robin taught stunts (stage fighting) Since 2007 Robin has had a film studio on Vancouver Island "Bay Film Studio.com". Currently working with his partner Louise Gibson of Gibson Productions on Safety programs, Cooking shows and following their passion of films that make a difference.- A native of Chicago, Nancie Wait moved to London in the early seventies to study at RADA. In order to pay for her lessons she spent her evenings working as a bunny girl. It was either at RADA or perhaps the Playboy Club where she was discovered by the film director Val Guest who cast her in his 'swinging' comedy Au Pair Girls (1972). However, despite Guest referring to her as his 'very impressive new find' and her quite credible acting in the film, Nancie was pretty much a one-movie wonder. Her second film, the sex comedy The Amorous Milkman (1975), was a financial and critical disaster - none more so than for its director, the actor Derren Nesbitt, who had sold his yacht and re-mortgaged his house in order to pay for the film. The Amorous Milkman evidently didn't do Nancie's career much good either; despite promoting herself and the film by being the subject of a Cinema X magazine centrefold, she never appeared in another film.
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One of Britain's foremost television producers, Gerard Glaister was responsible for a string of top rating hit series including Dr Finlay's Casebook, Secret Army, Colditz, The Expert and Howard's Way.
His biggest success was the road haulage family drama The Brothers (1972-76), which he both devised and produced. Starring Jean Anderson, Patrick O'Connell and Richard Easton, the boardroom and bedroom battles of this squabbling family became a firm Friday then Sunday, night favourite and was later sold to several countries.
Howard's Way (1985-90) was described as Britain's answer to Dynasty and was set on the River Hamble. Starring Maurice Colbourne and Jan Harvey, the plots usually involved dodgy business deals, gaudy lifestyles and flashy women.
Glaister was born in 1915, the son of a Royal Navy surgeon. He studied acting at RADA and made his West End acting debut in 1939 before serving in the RAF.
During the war he was the skipper of a Blenheim bomber and then became a photo reconnaisance pilot in the Western Desert, where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
After being demobbed he worked in repertory before joining the BBC as a director in 1957.
He worked for nine years on BBC's Dr Finlay's Casebook, the Scottish medical drama which starred Bill Simpson and Andrew Cruickshank. In 1968 he produced the BBC2 detective series, The Xpert, which featured Marius Goring as a pathologist helping police with their investigations.
After the enormous success of The Brothers, Glaister co-devised with Brian Degas one of the BBC's biggest hits of the seventies, Colditz (1972-4), the true life drama series about prisoners of war attempting to escape from Colditz castle. The show revived the flagging career of Robert Wagner, who played Canadian airman Phil Carrington, and also featured a host of leading British character actors including Jack Hedley, Edward Hardwicke, Bernard Hepton, Geoffrey Tooone and Jeremy Kemp. The series was based on the book by Major Pat Reid, a survivor of Colditz, who also acted as technical advisor.
With Wilfred Greatorex, Glaister went on to create another wartime hit. Secret Army (1977-79) was a series about the activities of Lifeline, an underground resistance movement in Belgium during the Second World War.
Glaister produced more than 30 television series and in his later career he both produced and devised the air freight company series Buccaneer (1980) and Trainer (1991), a BBC weekly drama in which a young trainer tries to succeed in the competitive world of horse racing. Shortly after Trainer finished Glaister retired from television.- Director
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Trained at RADA and became Stage Director at Theatre Royal, York before joining BBCtv in Drama series & serials. Became freelance Director in 1978. Awarded BAFTA nominations for Swallows & Amazons, Prince & the Pauper and Worst Witch. Gold Medal, New York Film & TV Festival for White Peak Farm. RTS Nominations for Worst Witch and Knight School. Emmy for Little Lord Fauntleroy (also First Prize, Banff Festival).
Credits include Sutherland's Law, Softly Softly, Who Pays the Ferryman, Blakes Seven, Secret Army, Onedin Line, Juliet Bravo, Swallows & Amazons Forever, One by One, Knights of God, Dr Who, King's Royal, White Peak Farm, Casualty, Eastenders, Little Lord Fauntleroy. Die Wache, The Famous Five, Knight School, Children of the New Forest, The Worst Witch, Harry and the Wrinklies, In 2 Minds, Heartbeat.
Also several commercials, Corporates and Voice Overs for Animations- Pamela Pitchford trained at RADA 1944-46 and spent more than 50 years working on stage and television. Her only film appearance was an uncredited role in _Ring of Spies (1963)_. She was especially memorable as Amy Kidder in Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington (1987) in 1987.
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Son of a bank manager, Clifton Parker followed his two elder brothers into the commercial profession, but studied music in private. After obtaining an A.R.C.M diploma in piano teaching at the Royal College of Music in 1926, he continued in commerce for a while before obtaining employment as a music copyist. A number of his own classical pieces began to get published, eventually attracting the attention of film conductor Muir Mathieson. Much admired for his lively symphonic style, Parker scored 50 feature films over a 21-year period, plus numerous documentary shorts, radio and television scores, and music for ballet and the Old Vic theatre. His second wife Yoma Sasburg was principal dancer in a number of the ballet productions. In 1963, Parker was one of three composers who quit film scoring in protest at the exorbitant percentage of royalties being raked off by the publishers. William Alwyn and Franz Reizenstein also quit. Parker continued to write scores for R.A.D.A. and the Hampstead Theatre Club. Sadly, Clifton Parker was inactive for the final 13 years of his life owing to ulcers and emphysema. His death in 1989, at the age of 84, saw the passing of someone regarded by film makers and music fans as "the composer who never disappoints."- Additional Crew
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Dee Cannon was born in London, England, UK. She is known for Conan the Barbarian (2011), Emotional Backgammon (2003) and Trash on Mars (2019).- Director
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Nathan Hughes-Berry is a director and writer known for The Substitute (2015) and Rape Card (2018). He attended Leeds University and trained as a graphic designer before moving into film, studying at Central Saint Martins and then later at York University, Toronto, where he was awarded the Kodak Student Scholarship (2016) and attended the Berlinale Talents (2016).- Director
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Jay was born in South Korea and spent her childhood in Sydney, Australia. After graduating from Ewha Womans University with a degree in Literature, she moved to London to study acting for 3 years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Jay has been directing film and theatre since 2012. She is based between Oslo and London.- Actress
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Dr. Kaitlyn Regehr is an ethnographer and documentarian. Her work has appeared internationally in academic and popular print outlets including the BBC, Variety Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times. In addition to serving as a topic specialist for BBC World, Regehr has created documentary content for networks such as Super Channel (CA), SWR (DE) and ARTE (FR).
She recently produced the feature documentary "Tempest Storm: Burlesque Queen", which was a finalist at The Toronto International Film Festival's Pitch This. The film won first prize at L.A.'s largest factual entertainment conference, WestDoc. Kaitlyn holds a PhD candidate in performance studies from King's College London.
Kaitlyn's background includes training in Moscow at the Moscow Art Theatre. She also holds a joint Master's Degree from Britain's world-renowned Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) and King's College London.- Serena Harragin is a British actress who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, after graduating in 1986 with a class that included Clive Owen, Rebecca Pidgeon, Mark Womack and Liza Tarbuck.
Harragin started off her acting career after graduating from RADA in the 1986 ITV TV series Robin Hood (1984) playing the part of first Lady, she then followed that up with an appearance in the BBC crime drama, Bergerac (1981), starring alongside John Nettles. Other acting roles followed with appearances in TV series such as Rockliffe's Babies (1987), "Ticket to Ride" and _"Screen One" (1985-2002)_, Harragin also appeared in the Hollywood film The Witches (1990), staring Anjelica Huston and Mai Zetterling.
In the early 1990's Harragin co-stared in two episodes of the Alan Bleasdale critically acclaimed Channel 4 TV mini-series G.B.H. (1991), with Robert Lindsay and Michael Palin. Following on from that Harragin then went on to appeared in two series of "Wiz Bang" as well as "Forever Green" with Pauline Collins and John Alderton. - Actress
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Chantal Ughi is a multi-lingual international actress born in New York from a French mother and an Italian father and raised in Italy. She speaks Fluent Italian, French, English and conversational Spanish and Thai. Actress, film-maker and Muay thai World champion, martial artist 12th khan Muay Boran and Thai swords experience, Chantal studied piano and followed her relative Uto Ughi, violin player, at an early age. She also played tennis from the age of 7 years old to 14, and just quit before turning pro. She then dropped tennis and music and at 17 years old started modeling and traveling Europe, Paris, London, Madrid and Tokyo, Japan. At the same time she pursued her passion for acting and photography by going to Acting school and taking photographs. She soon moved to Rome where she got her first acting role in the movie "Traveling Companion", starring Asia Argento and French actor Michel Piccoli, (Official Selection @ the Cannes International Film Festival). She quickly became he muse of many European film directors such as Peter Del Monte, Citto Maselli, G. Piccioni, Fulvio Ottaviano. She showcased her talent in both drama and comedy movies through many leading and supporting roles in internationally acclaimed European and Italian movies like "Not Of This World", starring Margherita Buy and Silvio Orlando (United Artists Release and winner of the Montreal World Film Festival and the AFI Los Angeles Film Festival),"Love in The Mirror" starring Peter Stormare (Dancer In The Dark), the Italian Academy Award Winner "Growing Artichokes in Mimongo, the critically acclaimed comedy "But We Only Made Love", where she plays Corinna, an actress that every week takes a train to go to Rome to audition, but she never gets a part because she is too tall, "Albania Blues" where she plays Aida, a refugee' from Albania that made it to the South coast of Italy with the dream of becoming a TV star, and lately the Italian period feature "Bell'E Poker". After an Intensive Shakespeare Program @ The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London RADA, like many other artists Chantal decided to move to New York City, where she immediately landed a leading role in the romantic comedy "Big Apple" (Audience Award @ the Las Vegas Independent International Film And Video Festival), aka "Freax and the City" European DVD release, which she also help produce. In New York Chantal's also decided to develop her talent for photography and Film directing. Her debut film "La Mia Mano Destra" (My Right Hand) won for Best Short @ the Brooklyn International Film Festival, was in competition @the Capalbio International Film Festival in Tuscany and @ the Arcipelago International Film Festival in Rome, Italy."Voices Underground" is her first documentary film (New York Turkish Film Festival, Arlene's Grocery's Picture Show). Her Fine Art photographs have been shown in personal and group exhibitions around the city (Photo district Gallery in Chelsea among others). During the filming of her documentary Voices Underground, Chantal got in touch and became part of the New York avant-garde music scene._As a vocalist she recorded and played with the Nublu Orchestra, Ilhan Ersahin, Butch Morris's Chorus of Poets, Bill Ware's Urban Vibes, Sasa Crbonja from Organic Grooves, and was the lead singer of the band 'In Flagranti Live'.
Chantal was always fascinated by martial arts, Bruce Lee and Wing Chun Kungfu. She started Taekwondo classes and soon passed the first-grade Taekwondo belt. In 2000, Chantal moved to New York where she fell in love with the toughest of all martial arts, Muay Thai. Chantal first started to study Muay Thai in 2002 with Kru Phil Nurse (now coach of many MMA fighters like George San Pierre), in the basement of World gym on Mercer Street in The West Village. Phil opened his own gym, The Wat, later that year and Chantal followed. In 2006 Chantal had her first amateur fight at the WKA Amateur tournament in Virginia. Chantal lost her first fight on points but became hooked, The adrenaline that she experienced, she wanted to go back in the ring again. Chantal went back the next year and won.
In January 2008 during a short trip To Thailand Chantal started training and fighting Muay Thai to follow her dream of becoming a professional Muay Thai fighter and so far she had 68 Muay Thai fights, 45 Wins 22 Losses and became 7 X World champion. Chantal quickly escalated the World Muay Thai rankings, winning her first Professional World Title bout, WPMF (World Professional Muay Thai Federation), in December 2008 at the prestigious King's Birthday Cup in Bangkok. She then became 2 X WPMF, 3 x WMF, and WMA and WMO pro-am World champion. In June 2009 Alias /Il Manifesto published Chantal's Diary of a Thai boxer 'Never Lose Your Temper'. She also has a featured interview on Italian magazine "Fight" issue of February 2010 and a featured interview 'From New York to Nak Muay' on Australia world known John Tozeland Wmmv magazine.
A talented actress, Chantal has recently returned to acting. She recently had a featured role in the movie The Impossible starring Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts. She has also been featured in Ridley's Scott 2017 All The Money In The World nominated for 2018 Academy Awards.
The Award Winning Documentary Film Goodbye darling I'm Off To Fight, (2017) that tells her life story and where she plays herself, won Best Documentary and Jury Special Mention at the prestigious Biografilm festival and many other prizes at Film Festivals across the World. The film was nominated for the prestigious Italian Nastri D'Argento for Best Documentary, for the Italian Academy awards and has been distributed by I Wonder Pictures. A certified Kru by the prestigious WMF and KMA association of the National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, Chantal has taught female Muay Thai in the US and Muay Thai seminars around the world.
Based between Rome and Los Angeles, Chantal divides herself between training and teaching Muay Thai and auditioning for movies in the USA, and her theatrical agents in Rome, Paris, and London.
Her dream is to be a Superhero in the next Marvel series and to land a leading role in a Quentin Tarantino movie or opposite Woody Allen.- Actress
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Hayley Nolan is a filmmaker, writer and broadcaster. She has worked across all areas of traditional media, on screen with film and TV, and stage. Her work has now developed behind the scenes, expanding on her filmmaker training and experience to develop some exciting TV and film projects for a modern audience.- Producer
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Graham Stewart was born on 5 September 1927 in Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK. He was a producer and actor, known for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955), Scottish Clans: Clan Fraser of Lovat (1966) and Danger Man (1960). He died on 29 July 2003 in Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.- Hilary Arthur Wontner was born into a theatrical family on 4th October 1912. His mother was actress Rose Pendennis and his father the famous English actor Arthur Wontner, most notable for his portrayal of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. He married Denise Judith Dean (b. 4 February 1915) in Kensington on the 6th May 1947.
He was educated at Oundle School in Northamptonshire, along with his elder brother Hugh (later Sir Hugh Wontner, Lord Mayor of London). Hilary then went to Poitiers University in France and finally returned to London where he studied acting at RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
An actor from 1933, he was with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre from 1935 and then the Birmingham Repertory Company from 1935 to 1937. From 1938 he appeared on the London and provincial stage, and had radio and television roles from 1938. He appeared in US television from 1962 to 1964.
At the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, he served in Field Security in France and Belgium. He was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. Later he was posted to the 5th/6th Punjab Regiment in the Indian Army, where he became a Captain in 1942. Between 1941 and 1943 he served in Burma, India and Iraq. He was editor of the Army journal in Bagdad before being seconded to the British Council in Iran in 1943 where he founded the Anglo-Iranian Dramatic Society in 1944.
After the war he became an announcer for 'Radio Normandy' in 1946 and 1947. He subsequently joined the South African Broadcasting Corporation in Johannesburg, where he was an announcer, scriptwriter and producer, going on to become an assistant programme organiser from 1950 to 1955.
On his return to England in 1957 he became a director of H. A. Wontner & Company.
He had two twin boys, born to his wife Denise on the 18th December 1947. Rupert Stephen Arthur Wontner and Nicholas St. John Hilary Wontner, and both Hilary's sons inherited their fathers gift for languages as well as his fiery red hair! - Born to Guyanese parentage, Ray trained at Arts Educational School, London.
He grew up in the East End of London and while still at school was chosen to appear in a one night production at the Theatre Royal, Stratford, London; a theatre that dates back to 1884 and has played enormous significance in the careers for actors such as Sir Michael Caine.
Continuing on to complete various roles in theatre and film one of Ray's most challenging role was portraying Antonio in form of a rent boy in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at the George Bernard Shaw Theatre at RADA.
Ray's plum roles are not his first brush with the world of entertainment, he was featured in various international magazines and newspapers after being mentioned on the sleeve notes of Janet Jackson's album Velvet Rope as one of the inspirations behind the song, Together Again. - Actor
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Christopher Lee-Power trained at Richmond Drama School and graduated with an Oxford Diploma in acting as well as training at RADA.
He built a successful career as a theatre actor in the North West of England, his memorable roles included Shakespeare- and Chekhov-characters ranging from Polixenes, Macbeth,Claudius, Mark Antony, King Duncan,Oberon to Astrov in Uncle Vanya.
He recently filmed ''Conspiracy" playing a brilliant character called "The Man in the Shadows" which was directed by award-winning director John Aldridge. He played Minister of Defence in the Sci Fi film series "The Last Exodus" by Jon Hill. Christopher can be seen in the award-winning film For Love's Sake on Amazon Prime as Colin Jarvis.
He recently featured in the cast of the WW1 drama, 'One Night' by BAFTA and Emmy winner Christopher Swann as the General as well as Dr McCarthy in 'One Night with Marilyn' production written by PT Rose. He will also be playing Brian Epstein in 'The Beatles - At The End' which is based on Keith Badmans biography The Beatles Off the Record and written by PT Rose.
His other TV credits include Coronation Street, Titanic- Birth of a Legend (ITV), Hollyoaks, and Mystery Files (Sky TV). BBC Real Stories (Lawyer) Channel 4s The Courtroom- Stuart's first roles were as a child actor in original practice Shakespeare productions. He played Paulina in Winter's Tale and the Duchess of York in Richard II. While still at school he directed Richard Curtis, amongst others, and acted in a play written by Andrew Rissik, "Suffered Under Pontius Pilot".
Careers in the British Army, where he was an officer in the 2nd Gurkha Rifles, and as an overseas aid worker followed, leaving little time for acting. The experiences were powerful, however. As an aid worker he witnessed at first hand the aftermath of the Rwanda tragedy and subsequently worked in Liberia, where he was held hostage on two occasions trying to establish relief missions in the north of the country, Sierra Leone, Lebanon during the 1996 war and, based in Sarajevo, became responsible for Oxfam's operations throughout the former Yugoslavia.
His acting career started some 10 years ago following a summer course at RADA, which proved inspirational. He completed a diploma in acting at Birkbeck College in 2005. Stuart been working with increasing intensity every since. Recent credits include Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure (Rose Bankside) and Jaques Rene Hebert in Trial of Marie Antoinette (Courtyard Theatre). He recently finished as understudy to the lead in the long-running West End hit, "Woman in Black". Roles in films in post production include the villainous Dennis in "The Catch".
Stuart has just completed a flagship commercial for the German market, launching Vodafone's new home internet service. - Actress
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Taya James is from Shropshire, England, where she was born & grew up until her family moved to Yorkshire when she was 11. As well as being an actor, Taya is also a professional jazz singer, she has been singing professionally since she was 17 when she started a band with 3 of her friends.- Actress
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Since leaving RADA, Camilla has played a variety of characters in Theatre, Film and Television, including supporting roles in order to network and gain additional experience in front of the camera.
Camilla studied her craft in detail with a total of 8 years in formal Education/Training. Moving to the South West in her teens, she studied Performing Arts for 3 years, along with Music, Theatre Studies and English Literature. She left college with triple Distinction in BTEC Performing Arts, A-level Theatre studies at grade B, A-level English Literature and NCFE Music.
Camilla then auditioned for RADA's relatively new 1 year course for Acting in Cambridge where she was offered a place. She was delighted with the news and the funding enabling her to accept and attend. The course was a fantastic learning curve, full of delightful experiences including performing at the ADC theatre, rehearsing in the famous Footlights and training in the Cambridge Union Society's Debating Chamber. The course incorporated vocal training from RSC professionals, masterclasses by RADA tutors and professionals in the industry, 'Acting for the Camera Techniques', dance and movement training.
Camilla also has an eye for Directing. She was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to direct scenes from 'Look Back in Anger' by John Osborne and 'The Changeling' by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley whilst at RADA. Camilla took on an extra challenge at Drama School playing the role of Perdita in 'The Winter's Tale' by William Shakespeare. Directed by an MA graduate of Shakespeare Studies and made up of actors from the Universities; the play was performed at a converted Church/Cafe in the heart of Cambridge creating the perfect ambience for the play.
Camilla went straight on to the University of the West of England (UWE) affiliated with the Bristol Old Vic Drama School to study a 3 year BA Honours degree in Drama. She was offered a place without interview. Camilla enjoyed learning about Performance Art, different Practitioners and forms of theatre, Directing, Stand-Up Comedy and Avant Garde. The freedom to try new things suited Camilla and for her final piece she wrote, directed and performed a solo piece called 'The Man with no Shoes', putting into practice different elements that had intrigued her during the 3 year course. She graduated in 2008 with a 2:1.
With her talent and passion for improvisation she has won a few competitions in London and the South West.
Recent Film Work includes playing the role of Yummy Mummy in comedy short film/TV pilot 'Washed Up' starring Jacqueline King (due for release - 2013).
Professional Theatre Work includes playing the female lead - Detective Sergeant Claire Reynolds in 'An Unnecessary Murder' by BBC Spotlight's Correspondent and Crime Novelist Simon Hall, in its Première run at the Barnfield Theatre, April 2012. All the proceeds went to Hospiscare. Camilla often organises and participates in charity events, helping causes that are close to her heart.
Camilla appeared on Virgin 1 as Anne Bonny (Pirate Wench with a West Country accent) on 'Duncan Bannatyne's Seaside Rescue' - April 2010. The job involved Comedy, Accents, Improvisation, Scare Acting and continuous performing. Camilla taught new performers and wrote new scripts for the attraction, continuing to perform there for a few months after the TV show.
She Acted, Presented and Improvised for Glastonbury Health and Safety videos 2007/8- viewed on You Tube and the Avon and Somerset Police website. The main video is titled 'Festival Bargains' on You Tube.
Camilla played Maria Prentice at The National Trust's Arlington Court in Devon as part of the original cast for a live History re-enactment project. She taught a workshop in Acting and Projection techniques for new performers.
She has brought to life a variety of roles including Rita from 'Educating Rita' winning 1st prize at the Monologue Slam, Rich Mix - August 2011, Yvonne in 'Masterpieces', Sheila in 'A Chorus Line' at the Plough Arts Theatre, Dull Gret in 'Top Girls' at the Landmark theatre, Kristen in 'Miss Julie', Chorus in 'Murder in the Cathedral' by T.S. Eliot and lots of different Commedia dell'Arte characters for street performances and theatres.- Elizabeth Simmons (as of 2012) lives in Brooklyn, NY and has performed in regional theatres across the United States. She graduated from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, where she received training in acting and voice, and studied in London with RADA instructors for a semester. She has been featured as a soloist at the Kennedy Center, and has done work with new plays at the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati among others. Her film work includes Family Jewels, which was featured at Sundance. Originally from Hagerstown, MD, she enjoys singing country/bluegrass music that she grew up with, and has recorded songs with her grandfather's vocal tracks. Her family's musical influence on both sides inspired her love of acting and theatre, and she spends time working with children in several arts organizations.
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Christopher Logan was born in Belfast and grew up in the village of Groomsport in County Down, Northern Ireland. He was a member of The National Youth Theatre for a number of years - roles with NYT included Michael in 'Dancing at Lughnasa' and Peter Quince in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
In 2000 he began training at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London alongside Sinead Matthews, Ben Whishaw, Jonas Armstrong and Chipo Chung, and graduated in 2003. Kathy Burke's production of 'The Quare Fellow' for Oxford Stage Company marked his professional theatrical debut.
Christopher's sister Molly Logan graduates from RADA in July 2012.- Actor
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Sam Skempton developed a keen interest in film-making in his teens. From the age of 14 he made Films constantly using Hi-8 tape, with a notable interest in the action and horror genres. His early amateur works were cut together using a VHS player with a portable CD player plugged in to lay on sound effects. He continued working within these means up until he went to University.
During University he produced a number of works including a short documentary and a short thriller. Since graduating in 2007 he has been involved in a range of jobs in the industry, from volunteering as crew on features and music videos to directing and producing his own publicly-screened horror short The Love of Night and shooting and editing promo videos for the Graffiti Life art company and KCIL among others.
From 2008 he took up acting and subsequently trained in professional acting at the ASA drama school in Camden, London. Sam has appeared in short Films, Independent Features, a TV Commercial and a Music Video.
Sam was hired as Cinematographer and Editor on the feature film Project Evolution (which is now available on Amazon Prime video UK). He has since continued producing his own films and is working on scripts for further horror shorts.- Eden Heigel was born in Los Angeles and raised both in LA and Paris, France, she is bilingual in both French and English. A graduate from the BAW School of Arts in Paris and as well as a student of RADA in London, Eden worked as an actress in various Theatre Productions in the UK and France in such works as "Antigone", "The Cherry Orchard," and "The Diary of Anne Frank". She moved back to Los Angeles in 2009 and earned small film credits in the action film "Rules" and "The Perfect Host" with David Hyde Pierce. Other than pursuing a career in Acting she also DJ's and trains dogs in the sports of Agility, Frisbee and Dock Diving. Eden currently resides in Los Angeles with her two Border Collies, Aston and Bjorn.
- Philip Forman was selected by Matthew Modine and Todd Field to represent their co-directorial debut; in a short film entitled "When I Was A Boy" (1993); to which Forman portrayed both the lead and narrator. This obscure short film was showcased at both The Sundance Film Festival and The Museum of Modern Art's New Directors/New Films Series. The results were such, that Matthew Modine decided to Produce and Direct another short film entitled "Smoking" (1994); again casting Philip Forman as the lead. This collaboration marked the second consecutive year in which their efforts would be showcased at The Sundance Film Festival.
Philip Forman trained extensively under Stella Adler in NYC (1981-84); was selected by Sanford Meisner to be among the 16 charter students to train in The West Indies, at his island home in Bequia (1985); was also trained under Robert Lewis, co-founder of The Actor's Studio in NYC (1987). Paul Newman, during his tenure as President of The Actor's Studio, invited Forman to become a Working Observer (1988). In the summer of 1990, Forman concluded his training in London at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Forman's Screen Actor's Guild card lists him as being Philip Munro Forman; being that another actor by the name of Philip Forman had gained membership just 6 months earlier, in 1991. - Originally started a law degree at The University of Manchester but dropped out in order to pursue a career in acting. She went on to train for three years at The Guildford School of Acting in Surrey on the BA in Acting course, having previously taken a Foundation course at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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Laura spent her childhood bouncing from country to country. Although native to Amsterdam, she also lived in Portugal and on both coasts in the US, in upstate New York and Seattle. Laura has a BA in Acting from the Italia Conti Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, UK. She also completed studies at RADA, LAMDA, and the Actors Center. Laura resides in NYC.- Although Viola Keats never achieved national stardom she was a popular actress on the West End stage and in British films from the 1930s to the 1970s.
Born in Worthing, Sussex, she studied acting at RADA where in 1933 she won the Bancroft Gold Medal. She made her professional debut at the Liverpool Playhouse the same year with the repertory company appearing as Sarah in Easy Virtue. She quickly switched to film roles and appeared in a host of low budget crime capers.
During the 1940s she was a regular voice in BBC radio drama and in the 1950s she toured Australia in several plays, notably as Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire and Diana Hartland in Down Came a Blackbird.
Throughout the 1960s and 70s she played a variety of character roles on the West End stage including Lady Frinton in Aren't We All? (1967), the mother in Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author (1972) and Mrs Culver in The Constant Wife (1975).
She was regularly picked out by critics for her stylish and quirky acting. She married first, to the actor Harold Petersen and, secondly, to William Kellner. - Emily is trained in classical piano, classical voice, and ballet. In Europe, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London under Andrew Visnevski, Ben Benison, and Ilan. She has studied stage fighting and fencing under Henry Marshall. In the United States, she studied at Diane Hill Hardin's Young Actors Space and the Santa Monica Playhouse. She has appeared in East-West Players' award-winning production, "Six Characters in Search of An Author" and was an original member of the Los Angeles sketch comedy troupe "Off-Off Fairfax".
- Erica Rutherford was born male in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1923. Erica struggled with gender identity and eventually underwent transsexual surgery. Her life and struggles were documented in her autobiography Nine Lives. Erica lived in the United States, Spain, South Africa and England before eventually settling on P.E.I.
In 1939 she attended The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), in London at the age of sixteen and went on to produce the first all African feature film made in South Africa: 'Jim Comes to Joh'burg' aka 'African Jim' (1950).
Erica Rutherford made lasting contributions to the Prince Edward Island arts scene, including being instrumental in the formation of the Great George Street Gallery. Her work has been exhibited in hundreds of group and solo shows, and is in the collections of the Canada Council Art Bank, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Arts Council of Great Britain.
Erica also organized printmaking workshops that eventually led to the formation of the P.E.I. Printmakers Council. Her last show was at the Confederation Centre, entitled Enigmatic Whispers.
Rutherford's health had deteriorated in recent years. She leaves behind her life partner, Gail Ambica Rutherford, her two daughters Susana and Erika, and grandson Myles Grimsdale - Actress
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Jenny Marlowe is an actor, writer, and activist -- an outspoken advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion in the arts with a particular focus on issues of representation for Indigenous people in media and popular culture. Jenny has appeared on screen as Tongva rebel Toypurina in 'Variedades on Olvera Street' for KCET's popular series 'Artbound'; as trash-talking chef Carla Morone in the comedy web-series 'Forked Up'; in a guest spot on ABC's 'Modern Family'; and in a variety of shorts for Channel 101. Jenny is also known for a series of viral videos about Native Americans in popular culture that she made in collaboration with BuzzFeed. With more than 25 million collective views, the videos have been featured in numerous national and international media outlets and are currently included in college curricula at universities all over the U.S. and Canada. A seasoned veteran of the stage, Jenny has also performed at theaters all over the country, including A Noise Within, ArtsEmerson, Cornerstone Theater Company, Kansas City Rep, the La Jolla Playhouse, Perseverance Theatre, and Native Voices at the Autry. Her own plays have been workshopped and showcased by Centre Stage South Carolina, Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, and the Southwark Playhouse London; and have earned accolades from playwrights' festivals on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Blue Ink Playwriting Festival, Glue HQ's Scratch Interact Festival for interactive theater, the Henley Rose Competition for new plays by women, and CalTech's MACH 33 Festival for plays about science.
When she is not acting, Jenny is an Artistic Associate with cultural consulting firm Indigenous Direction, where her areas of expertise include land acknowledgment and language reclamation. She has been a speaker and facilitator for Theatre Communications Group, the Western Arts Alliance, and several other national arts organizations; and collaboratively penned the 2019 U.S. World Theatre Day address for the International Theatre Institute with her colleagues Larissa FastHorse and Ty Defoe. Jenny has served on Actors' Equity Association's National EEO Committee, SAG-AFTRA's L.A. Local EEO Committee, Emerging Arts Leaders/Los Angeles' Leadership Council, and Cornerstone Theater Company's Community Council; and she is a graduate of artEquity's Facilitator Training Program. She is an alum of Princeton University, Kings College London, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she earned a dual Master's degree in Text & Performance Studies and a professional certificate in Shakespeare. Jenny is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and British Equity. She lives on Cape Cod.- Sakhninder Samra (Sam) was born in Southampton, UK to Sikh immigrant parents, Bhajan and Gurmit. From a young age she expressed an interest in movies but was guided towards a career in law, practicing as a legal assistant for seven years (1995-2002).
During her penultimate year in law, Sam attended night school to study and acquire A Levels in Film Studies and Drama and Theatre Studies. Whilst continuing to work in a range of diverse positions Sam persevered to study and gain LAMDA Acting Solo qualifications at levels Silver and Gold together with the RADA Shakespeare Bronze Certificate (2003-2007).
Meanwhile in 2001, Sam met Srdjan Radosavljevic (Serge) the founder and Director of the Acting School, Silver Link Studios. Under the guidance of Serge, Sam studied the Stanislavski Method of Acting. In the continuing years their friendship flourished which resulted in the formidable two joining forces to open Dizzy Desire in 2008.
Since 2008 Sam, as part of Dizzy Desire has been writing and developing feature film projects, the first of which is to be filmed in 2011.
Sam has participated in Intensive Screen and Stage Acting Masterclasses run by television, film and stage performer, Mark McGann, one of the four famous McGann brothers.
Sam met Mark Hayes, during September 2005 and the couple married at The Bellagio, Las Vegas during April 2009 - Stunts
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Richard Ryan is known for Sherlock Holmes (2009), Ironclad (2011) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011).- Additional Crew
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Patsy Rodenburg was born on 2 September 1953 in London, England, UK. She is a writer, known for Closer (2004), Little Voice (1998) and The House of Mirth (2000).- Actress
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Karla was brought up in Suffolk, moving on to Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire much later in life to be closer to London for acting work.
Karla went on to train at The Academy Drama School in London and later at RADA.
Notable credits: All the Kings Men (BBC), The Girls (ITV1 pilot), Return to Ravenswood (MEV Productions) Variety Performance (London Palladium), Woman Who Cooked Her Husband (Jermyn Street Theatre).- Actress
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Daughter of actress Frances Stevenson (Gregoli) and brother of composer/musician David Vito Gregoli.
Theater-trained at ACT and Drama Studio London. Degrees with honors in History and Dramatic Arts from University of Santa Barbara. Co-starred in two festival-winning films, and went on to become an award-winning writer.
An expert in the field of UFO research, Jolene is also the talent manager for researcher Derrel Sims, aka the Alien Hunter, who has appeared in many television programs.
Married to Eric Harrington. They have no children, but many animals.- Sound Department
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Combining her previous careers in acting and songwriting, Victoria Deiorio is a critically acclaimed sound designer and composer for theatre. With a BFA in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University, and studying classical acting in London at RADA and LAMDA, she transitioned from the performance artistry to the technical. She has also written a plays and musicals, directed, production managed, and produced theatre.
Her compositions and sound design have been heard in many theatres over the past 29 years. Off-Broadway sound design: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors (New World Stages), A Christmas Carol (St. Clement's); Two Point Oh with Active Theatre (Primary Stages); Arnie the Doughnut at the NYMTF (The Pearl);Cassie's Chimera at Joe's Pub (The Public); The Bluest Eye with Steppenwolf (The Duke Theatre); Ophelia at the NYC Fringe Fest (The Connelly); The God of Hell at the Actor's Studio (Associate); Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams at Primary Stages (Associate); Live Girls at Urban Stages (Associate); Luminescence Dating at Ensemble Studio Theatre (Associate); and Boy at Primary Stages (Associate). She has worked at many regional theatres. Most notable are: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Long Wharf, Hartford Stage, The Goodman, Steppenwolf Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Play House, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Milwaukee Rep.
She was an Associate Artistic Director with COR theatre, a founding member of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, an artistic associate with The Next Theatre, and a member of Lifeline Theatre.
She directed Skin Tight with COR theatre, Falling: A Wake with Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, Mami, Where'd My O Go with COR theatre; Stigmata (which she also wrote) for RTE's Fresh Produce; a staged reading of Night Light by Robert Smith; Sunday on the Rocks with Second Sex at Bailiwick Theatre; and 365 Days, 365 Plays - Week 19 and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! at Lifeline Theatre.
She composed Dirty Cowboy and Flight of the Dodo - 2 children's musicals for Lifeline Theatre.
She is the first woman to have been nominated for 15 Joseph Jefferson Awards - winning 7 - and she has received 2 After Dark Awards, a SALT award, an Illinois Theatre Association award, and an Influential Businesswoman award.
Victoria built the BFA Sound Design program at DePaul University, which she helmed for 15 years. And she's produced 2 CD's of original music with her band ToyBand.- Katherine Heath is known for Beech Is Back (2001), Prisoners of the Sun (2013) and Three Minute Moments (2007).
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John Fernald was born on 21 November 1905 in Marin County, California, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), The Dominant Sex (1937) and Saturday Playhouse (1958). He was married to Jenny Laird. He died on 2 April 1985 in London, England, UK.- Actress
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She became an actress because her mother had been stage struck so attended RADA and won a gold medal but despite that she was out of work for a year. An early success was as Ruby in Getting Married at St Martins Theatre in 1938, Probably best remembered for her role as Edna the Inebriated Woman for which she won the Television Actress of the ~Year Award in 1972. As a small child she was sent to an acting teacher who taught her to recite The Murder of Nancy Drew by Charles Dickens and used to recite it in childrens competitions and win prizes- Writer
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John Mortimer was a prolific writer for the theatre, films (starting during World War II, when he wrote scripts for the Crown Film Unit), television and radio. He also writes fiction and was a trial attorney for more than 30 years. Arguably his most famous creation is Horace Rumpole, "barrister at law, 68 next birthday, Old Bailey hack, husband to Mrs Hilda Rumpole," the protagonist and narrator of dozens of stories. (The quotation comes from Rumpole and the Younger Generation.) On television, Leo McKern personified Rumpole for the better part of two decades.- Director
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Peter Watkins began his career in advertising as an assistant producer and turned to amateur filmmaking in the late 1950s. In the mid-'60s he was commissioned by BBC-TV to make two feature-length docudramas incorporating a quasi-newsreel style and nonprofessional actors. The second of these, The War Game (1966), graphically portrayed the nightmare of nuclear war and was banned from broadcast. It was subsequently released in theaters and earned a best documentary Oscar in 1966. Watkins enjoyed modest success with the commercial feature film Privilege (1967), but has subsequently worked primarily in the documentary genre, based in various Scandinavian countries. One of his more recent films, Resan (1987), is an 873-minute (14-hour) epic that addresses such issues as the arms race and global hunger.- John Carlisle was born on 6 September 1935 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for New Scotland Yard (1972), The Omega Factor (1979) and Kidnapped (1978). He died on 7 December 2011 in London, England, UK.
- Edward Mac Liam hails from Cork, Ireland and resides in London, England where he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1998-2001) and has continued to work in TV, Theatre, Independent Film and VoiceOver. An all round nice guy who is well known for his versatility and very strong work ethic.
- Gerald Campion was born on 23 April 1921 in Bloomsbury, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Department S (1969) and Carry on Sergeant (1958). He was married to Suzie Mark and Jean Symond. He died on 9 July 2002 in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France.
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Diane Parish is an award winning actress born in Chelsea, London, UK. She is best known for playing Denise Fox in the BBC soap EastEnders (1985) since 2006 and for previously playing DC Eva Sharpe in the ITV drama The Bill (1984) from 2002-2004. In 2002 Diane won an RTS Television Award for best actor for her role in Babyfather (2001).- Actress
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Margaret Whiting was born on 8 February 1933 in Bristol, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), The Password Is Courage (1962) and The Avengers (1961). She was married to Colin Blakely. She died on 13 December 2023.- Writer
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Jimmy Perry was born on 20 September 1923 in Barnes, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Dad's Army (1968), Hi-de-Hi! (1980) and Dad's Army (1971). He was married to Gilda Perry. He died on 23 October 2016 in London, England, UK.- Producer
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Jonathan Miller was born on 21 July 1934 in London, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for Cosi Fan Tutte (1986), Sunday Night (1965) and Sensitive Skin (2005). He was married to Helen Rachel Collet. He died on 27 November 2019 in London, England, UK.- Amy Robbins was born in 1971 in Higher Bebington, Wirral, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Killing Me Softly (2002), The Royal (2003) and Casualty (1986). She has been married to Robert Daws since February 2003. They have two children.
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Polly James was born on 8 July 1941 in Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Our Mutual Friend (1976), The Liver Birds (1969) and Comedy Playhouse (1961). She was previously married to Clive Francis.- Additional Crew
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Hugh Cruttwell was born on 31 October 1918 in Singapore. He was a writer, known for Dead Again (1991), Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and Frankenstein (1994). He was married to Geraldine McEwan. He died on 24 August 2002 in London, England, UK.- Actress
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Stella Tanner was born on 1 January 1925 in London, England, UK. She was an actress and producer, known for Armchair Theatre (1956), Nicholas Nickleby (1968) and Take Three Girls (1969). She was married to David Bauer. She died on 26 March 2012 in London, England, UK.- Gerald Harper was born on 15 February 1931 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Paradise Lagoon (1957), The League of Gentlemen (1960) and Gazette (1968).
- Shaun Scott was born in 1954 in Canada. He is an actor, known for Sardar Udham (2021), The King's Man (2021) and Celebrity Playhouse (1981). He has been married to Caroline ? since June 1995.
- Colin Douglas was born on 28 July 1912 in Newcastle, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Children of the New Forest (1964), Gamble for a Throne (1961) and The Crawling Eye (1958). He was married to Gina Cachia. He died on 21 December 1991 in London, England, UK.
- Adam Blackwood was born on 14 July 1959 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for 007: Agent Under Fire (2001), Jeeves and Wooster (1990) and Great Expectations (1989). He has been married to Nicola King since 18 January 1989. They have two children.
- Desmond McNamara was born in 1938 in Hackney, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Shakespeare in Love (1998), Hazell (1978) and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984). He was married to Pam Bentley. He died in 2022.