Sir Christopher Lee
Actor. Born Christopher Frank Carandini Lee in Belgravia. Ian Fleming was his step-cousin. After war service in various parts of Europe he took up acting, although at first he was told he was too ...
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Mike Leigh
Writer and director of film and theatre.  Born Welwyn, brought up in Salford.  Trained at RADA then at East 15 Acting School where he met Alison Steadman, who he married in 1973.  Together they mad...
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Vivien Leigh
Born Darjeeling, India. Â She and her husband Laurence Olivier, managed the St James's Theatre from 1950 to its closure in 1957. She led a vigorous but unsuccessful campaign to try and save it. Â Die...
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John Le Mesurier
Actor. Born John Elton Halliley in Bedford. Adopting his mother's surname, he was a supporting actor in many films of the 1950s and 1960s, but was projected to national fame as Sergeant Wilson in t...
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Jeremy Lloyd
Actor and screenwriter. Born John Jeremy Lloyd in Danbury, Essex. He appeared in the American comedy series 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in', and various films and other television programmes. Along w...
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Roger Lloyd-Pack
Actor. Born in Islington. For many years he was a relatively unknown stalwart with the Royal Shakespeare and National Theatre companies. It was in 1981 that he achieved national fame, playing the l...
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Ken Loach
Born Warwickshire. Â Socialist film director. Â Work includes: Z-Cars (TV), Kes, The Wind that Shakes the Barley.
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David Lodge
Born Rochester, Kent, Started in show-biz as a clown.  First credited film role was in 1955 Cockleshell Heroes.  Appeared in many films and TV series.  Friend of Peter Sellers and other Goons.  Die...
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Joseph Losey
Born Wisconsin, U.S.A. Film and theatre director. In 1952 he moved to England after being blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Directed three ground-breaking films, (with...
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Ernie Lotinga
Comedian and film actor. Â Born Sunderland. Â Best known for a series of films in which he played a character, Josser, in the 1930s. Â T. S. Eliot was a big fan. Â Died London. British Pathe have some...
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