Born Burnley, Lancashire. Versatile stage and film actor with a repertoire ranging from the classics through science fiction films and pantomime to Coronation Street. He ‘came out’ in 1988 and has since been an active campaigner for gay rights. Awarded the C.B.E. In 1979, knighted 1991 and made a Companion of Honour in 2008. Nicknamed ‘Serena’.
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Sir Ian Mckellen
Unveiled by Sir Richard Attenborough, Larry‘s son, Tarquin and widow, Joan Pl...
Edgar Allan Poe's maternal grandparents performed as actors at this theatre, ...
Actor, singer and songwriter. Born at 230 High Street, Hackney. He played the Artful Dodger in David Lean's 1948 film of Oliver Twist, and on television he was in the impenetrably surreal 1960 come...
One of the largest former cinemas in Britain. It had seating for 3,000 and standing room for 1,000, plus a cafe, a ballroom and a stage big enough to accommodate an orchestra. As audiences dwindled...
Created the captions on the Hitchcock murals. Â We think this means that he wrote them, rather than physically made them, and that he was chosen for his film knowledge. Â But the existence of 'John B...
Publishes casting directories.
Actor. Â Son of an army officer he was born in Burma. Â The Son of Wilfrid Brambell in the TV series 'Steptoe and Son'. Â Died Hastings. Not to be confused with Harry Corbett, Sooty and Sweep's handler.
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