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Dominique Jade Tipper is a British actress, dancer, and singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence in her role as Naomi Nagata, the engineer in the SyFy/Amazon Prime Video science fiction television series "The Expanse".
In addition to acting, Dominique took her first steps into directing and producing in 2018 with the creation of "Trying To Find Me" her first short film based on the one-woman play of the same name, written and performed by Ann Akin.- Actor
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Nick Moran was born on 23 December 1969 in East End, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) and The Musketeer (2001). He was previously married to Sienna Guillory.- Actor
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Anatol Yusef (born 20 July 1978) is an English stage, film and television actor, writer, director. He is best known for his work at The Royal Shakespeare Company, for his portrayal of Meyer Lansky in the television series Boardwalk Empire, and Channel 4's Southcliffe. Yusef was born in London, UK. His father emigrated from Cyprus to London at the age of 11 while his mother was born in Bethnal Green, London.- Actress
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Sue Perkins was born on 22 September 1969 in East Dulwich, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Last Christmas (2019), The Great British Baking Show (2010) and Urban Myths (2017).- Max was born in Leytonstone, London and studied French and Italian at Queens' College, Cambridge. He claims to have caught the acting bug aged 12, when his school needed a little person to play Puck in its production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The sixth form girls' fawning over him and backcombing his hair had him hooked for life. He went on to train with the National Youth Theatre and at the École Jacques Lecoq in Paris. He has worked extensively in London theatre, playing leading roles in the West End and for such companies as the Royal Court, Donmar Warehouse, Shakespeare's Globe, Almeida, Young Vic and National Theatres, winning an Ian Charleson award along the way. His television roles have included messianic martyr Robert Southwell in Will for TNT, and notorious rake Monk Adderley in Poldark for the BBC. On film he's played privileged junkie Brown in Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen, and charmer David in the Oscar-winning Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Scot Cooper was born in East London, South Africa. A leading man with a great balance of American and English charm.
Scot has worked alongside actors such as Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy, Rupert Friend, Gabriel Macht, and Aidan Gillen. He co-starred in the 4th season of the Emmy winning series Homeland, guest starred in the popular BBC series 'Jamillah and Aladdin', and the multi award winning film 'The World Unseen' which premiered at TIFF. With leading roles in the feature film Kecksburg, and due for release the Hallmark film A Taste of Romance, and a psychological thriller River of Ghosts. He also has a supporting role in the Box Office hit 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure.
In 2013 Scot won Best Actor at the Cape Town 48 Film Festival, with the film Five Minutes Till Noon which went on to win awards at Filmapalooza in New Orleans. Scot also won Best Actor at the 2015 Cape Town 48 Film Festival. And in 2009 Scot Cooper was part of the ensemble award at the South African Film and Television Awards for 'The World Unseen'.
Born in South Africa, and of English, Swedish, Irish, German and Scottish ancestry. He has trained under world renowned Meisner teacher William Esper at the Esper Studio in New York, also at the Ivan Chubbuck studio in Los Angeles, and under acclaimed South African actress Aletta Bezuidenhout. He also has a BA from his studies at AFDA.
A passion for film, and also theatre where he has received critical praise for his performance as Mr Darcy in 'Pride And Prejudice', the acclaimed American play 'Tape' by Stephen Belber, and his one man play 'Henry And The Sand' which he also wrote, and premiered at the world's 2nd largest theatre festival, the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.
Scot has also appeared in over 80 TV commercials for top brands, which have aired in countries such as the USA, France, Australia, Russia, Canada, Germany, Ireland and many others.
Scot Cooper is based in Los Angeles- Actress
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Noele Gordon was born on 25 December 1919 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Crossroads (1964), The Most Likely Girl (1957) and The Lisbon Story (1946). She died on 14 April 1985 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.- Charles Lloyd Pack was a noted British character actor. The son of David Pack and his wife Emily, he often played Church of England vicars, a role which appears to have started with ITV Play of the Week (1955) in the 1950s, through 1960s films such as Bedazzled (1967) and continued down to the early 1980s, e.g. The Mirror Crack'd (1980). When not playing a vicar, he was often cast as some other pillar of the community, such as a judge, doctor, prison governor, or a military man of reasonable rank.
- Masali Baduza is a South African film, television and theatre actress, known for The Woman King (2022) and Noughts and Crosses (2020). She grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, then studied in Los Angeles, California. She was born 12 March 1996, in East London, South Africa. She is bilingual in English and isiXhosa.
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London-born actor and singer, possibly best known on the screen as Private Hitch in Zulu (1964), as Dr. Livesey in the musical version of Treasure Island (1982) and as the dapper lothario Steven Kodaly in BBC's adaptation of She Loves Me (1979) (based on the play 'Parfumerie' by Miklós László). He also had notable guest roles in two episodes of The Avengers (1961) and in the comedies Up Pompeii! (1969) and Carry on Abroad (1972) .
Kernan's first acting experience was with the Huddersfield Repertory Company at the age of 19. In 1957, he appeared in the chorus line of 'Where's Charley' at London's Palace Theatre. This marked the beginning of a substantial career as a singer in stage musicals. Renowned as an expert interpreter of songs by Stephen Sondheim, he was acclaimed for his performance in the original 1977 Broadway cast of Sondheim's musical revue 'Side by Side', opposite Millicent Martin. A year earlier, he had headlined as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm in 'A Little Night Music' at the Adelphi Theatre in London. From 1980 to 1981, he appeared in 'Kiss Me Kate' at the Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Royal.
Kernan also devised and directed the musical revue 'Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood', which opened on Broadway in January 1986. During the 60s and 70s, he was a guest soloist in many British variety shows, performing songs by Sondheim, Cole Porter, Noël Coward, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer and Frank Loesser.
His 2019 autobiography is entitled 'From Eastham to Broadway'.- Anton Blake Horowitz began his career as an intern at the Space Theatre in South Africa, a rare performance arena whose works encouraged diversity and opposition to the Apartheid regime. Soon thereafter, he went into exile in the UK, and trained as an actor at the Drama Centre in London. Shortly after graduating he formed his own theatre company, performing in a wide range of plays, both classical and contemporary, in theatres across the country and in Berlin.
In 1989, he premiered in Robert Chessley's two-character play, Jerker, tracing the relationship of two gay men in the midst of the AIDS epidemic, directed by Stephen Daldry, the then-artistic director of the Gate Theatre, and in the following year Anton returned to his country of exile where he acted in theatre, opera and television, including appearing in the role of Mick in the Caretaker (the first time a Harold Pinter play had been performed in South Africa since the cultural boycott) and that of a White Supremacist assassin in a local series, the Game II.
He spent several years in the US, primarily in New York, acting in a variety of a theatre productions, before returning to the UK to work at the National Theatre Studio.
In the past decade he has worked in several BBC and ITV Productions, as well as a handful of international films. He also appears in a number of commercials and voice-overs in a number of countries. Besides primarily being an actor, Anton holds a Masters in Screenwriting from Royal Holloway, University of London. - Willie began as a comedian on the North East club circuit and teamed up with Peter Lambert to form the comedy duo Lambert and Ross who became nationally known. When the partnership broke up in the 1980's Willie changed career tracks and became a successful actor in film, television and on stage. His big break was as the foul mouthed father in the film 'Rita, Sue and Bob Too'. He died following an accident at his home.
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Vera Lynn was born on 20 March 1917 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Hellboy (2004), Rhythm Serenade (1943) and Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982). She was married to Harry Lewis. She died on 18 June 2020 in Ditchling, East Sussex, England, UK.- Actor
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Stanley Lebor was born on 24 September 1934 in East Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Flash Gordon (1980) and Holocaust (1978). He died on 23 November 2014 in Faversham, Kent, England, UK.- Actor
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Frank Rautenbach was born on 12 May 1972 in East London, South Africa. He is an actor and producer, known for Wild Is the Wind (2022), The Bang Bang Club (2010) and Warrior (2019). He has been married to Leigh Rautenbach since 24 February 1996.- James Herbert was born on 8 April 1943 in East End, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Unholy (2021), Deadly Eyes (1982) and The Survivor (1981). He was married to Eileen O'Donnell. He died on 20 March 2013 in Woodmancote, Henfield, West Sussex, England, UK.
- Kelly Lawrence was born on 31 August 1966 in East London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Dramarama (1983), The Bill (1984) and Albion Market (1985).
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Christopher Stamp was born on 7 July 1942 in East End, London, England, UK. He was an assistant director and producer, known for Tommy (1975), Quadrophenia (1979) and Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who (1994). He was married to Sally Burgess and Calixte Stamp. He died on 24 November 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Music Department
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Cherry Wainer was born on 2 March 1935 in East London, Cape Province, South Africa. She was a composer, known for Girls of the Latin Quarter (1960), Climb Up the Wall (1960) and Noche de estrellas (1964). She was married to Don Storer. She died on 14 November 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Ralph Nossek was born in August 1923 in St George in the East, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Brazil (1985), Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) and Les Misérables (1998). He died on 5 December 2011 in London, England, UK.
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Enid Blyton (11 August 1897 - 28 November 1968) was an English author. She was born in Dulwich, South London, England. She was one of the world's most famous children's writers. She is also one of the most prolific authors of all time. This means that she wrote a great number of books. Her most famous stories are the Famous Five stories, about a group of four children (Dick, Julian, Anne, and Georgina, who wanted to be called George) and their dog (Timmy) who have many adventures, and her Noddy books for small children.
Her parents wanted her to become a concert pianist (someone who plays the piano), but Enid wanted to be a teacher. Her parents agreed to let her train as a teacher. She began teaching in 1919 in Kent, not far from where she grew up in Beckenham.
As a child and teenager her main interest had been writing poems, stories and other items. She had sent many of them to magazines but had never had any published. As she worked as a teacher she began to have her articles, about children and education printed in a magazine called Teachers' World. Her first book, called Child Whispers came out in 1922. It was a book of her poems with illustrations.
She was married soon after. She left teaching and began to have more success with her books. She wrote in and was the editor of magazine for children called Sunny Stories. The stories she wrote for this magazine were so popular that the magazine was then called Enid Blyton's Sunny Stories. The magazine came out every two weeks. Many of Enid's most famous books were first printed in this magazine in parts.
Enid Blyton has been in The Guinness Book of Records as one of the world's biggest selling writers. She is also included because she wrote more books than almost any other writer (about 700). Her books were published in many different languages. She said that she found writing them easy. In the last few years of her life she had a disease which damaged her mind, called presenile dementia. Her books still sell in large numbers, and used to be owned by her family. A few years ago her family sold them, and now her works belong to a private company.
Enid Blyton did a lot of work for charity and had a club for children which helped them to give money to charity. She was married twice and had two daughters. She died of Alzheimer's disease in Hampstead, London.- Angel Adoree was born on 7 April 1978 in East London, South Africa. She is a producer, known for Escape to the Chateau (2016), Escape to the Chateau: Make Do and Mend (2020) and Escape to the Chateau DIY (2018). She has been married to Dick Strawbridge since 13 November 2015. They have two children.
- Gladys O'Connor was born on 28 November 1903 in East London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Billy Madison (1995) and Half Baked (1998). She died on 21 February 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Born in East Ham, London, England in 1935, Terrance Dicks was educated at the local grammar school and went on to study English at Downing College, Cambridge. After two years' National Service in the British Army, he got a job as an advertising copywriter. This lasted for five years, during which time he started writing radio scripts as a sideline. Eventually he switched to full-time freelance writing, first on plays and comedy series for radio and then in television on programmes including The Avengers (1961) and Crossroads (1964).
He became a junior script editor on Doctor Who (1963) towards the end of the Patrick Troughton era, working under producer Peter Bryant and script editor Derrick Sherwin. During this period he has said that he felt like "something of a spare part", although he would make a very significant contribution in bringing Robert Holmes to the series, who would go on to become the series' most popular writer. Dicks also co-wrote (with Malcolm Hulke) Troughton's final story, the epic The War Games: Episode One (1969). Following the departure from the series of Bryant and Sherwin in 1969, Dicks formed a close working relationship with the next producer, Barry Letts, and they were responsible for the five popular seasons which starred Jon Pertwee as the Doctor. During this period they also co-created the science fiction flop Moonbase 3 (1973), which lasted just one series.
After writing Tom Baker's debut story Robot: Part One (1974), Dicks returned to a freelance writing career. He also script-edited some of the BBC's classic serials, which reunited him with Letts as producer on the likes of Great Expectations (1981) and Jane Eyre (1983). He was also made a producer for the first time on the highly popular Oliver Twist (1985), which according to Dicks saved the classic serial strand from Michael Grade's axe when he was controller of BBC One.
Dicks made two contributions to Doctor Who (1963) during the John Nathan-Turner years in the 1980s despite the producer's reluctance to use established writers. He wrote State of Decay: Part One (1980) and agreed to pen the 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors (1983) when Robert Holmes turned it down. He has also written two spin-off plays, "Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday" in 1974 and "Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure" in 1989. He has written well over fifty novelizations of televised serials and several original Doctor Who (1963) novels for Virgin's "The New Adventures" range. Today he is, among his other writing projects, one of the UK's most prolific authors of children's fiction.- Norma Foster was born on 15 September 1939 in East London, South Africa. She is an actress, known for A Study in Terror (1965), Man in a Suitcase (1967) and Murder Ahoy (1964).