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Norma Ann Sykes (19 May 1936 – 24 November 2016), better known as Sabrina or Sabby, was a 1950s English glamour model who progressed to a minor film career. [1]: 128 [2]
Jean Merilyn Simmons OBE (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British actress and singer. [1] [2] One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets," she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Britain during and after the Second World War, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950 onwards.
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper (18 December 1888 – 17 November 1971) was an English actress, theatrical manager and producer, whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television. Beginning as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime , she starred in dramatic roles and silent films before the First World War .
Film roles dried up as she grew older, but she still found work and acted mainly in British television, appearing in such series as Z-Cars, The Avengers and The Third Man. She also starred in Five Go Mad in Dorset , the first episode of the Comic Strip Presents... series broadcast on the opening night of Channel 4 in 1982.
An early TV role was in Colin Welland's Play for Today (Kisses At Fifty, BBC, 1972) alongside Bill Maynard and she went on to feature in several BBC's single play strands, including other 'Plays for Today' Better Than The Movies (1972), The Bouncing Boy (1972), A Helping Hand (1975), Daft Mam Blues (1977), Marya (1979), The Other Side (1979)', Pasmore (1980), Alan Bennett's Marks (1982) and ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 March 2025. British actress and screenwriter (born 1959) Not to be confused with Emma Thomas. For the Australian cricketer, see Emma Thompson (cricketer). Dame Emma Thompson DBE Thompson in 2022 Born (1959-04-15) 15 April 1959 (age 65) London, England Alma mater Newnham College, Cambridge (BA ...
Barbara Kelly was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1923. As a child, she was given elocution lessons, and while Kelly hated the stage her mother was a frustrated actress. Kelly's first professional role was playing the Virgin Mary in a nativity play. [ 3 ]