Betty Field
Thespian Betty Field was born in Boston on February 8, 1916, the daughter of a salesman and his wife. Ancestors on her father’s side were Mayflower colonists Priscilla and Jo
Irene Papas
The Guardian Obituary in 2022 It is apposite that Irene Papas, who has died aged 93, was at her peak when playing the heroines in film versions of classical Greek tragedies. Notwit
Diana Dors
Imdb Diana Dors was born Diana Mary Fluck on October 23, 1931 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. She and her mother both nearly died from the traumatic birth. Because of the trauma, h
Barbara Murray
The Times obituary in 2014. Reviewing the classic Ealing comedy Passport to Pimlico in May 1949 the film critic Dilys Powell noted “a pretty and unfamiliar face”. It belonged
Derren Nesbitt
Derren Nesbitt was born in 1935 in London. Rather intriguing British actor who first appeared on UK cinema & TV screens in the late 1950s, and quickly found steady work as a ra
Dandy Nichols
Born Daisy Sander in Fulham, London in 1907, she started her working life as a secretary in a London factory. Twelve years later, after drama, diction and fencing classes, she
T.P. McKenna
Dictionary of irish biography McKenna, Thomas Patrick (‘T. P.’) (1929–2011), actor, was born on 7 September 1929 in Mullagh, Co. Cavan, the eldest of ten children of
Peggy Dell
Dictionary of Irish Biography Tisdall, Margaret (Dell, Peggy) (1906–79), pianist and bandleader, was born 8 January 1906 in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, daughter of William Tisd
Lana Turner
Lana Turner had an acting ability that belied the “Sweater Girl” image MGM thrust upon her, and even many of her directors admitted that they knew she was capable of gr