Albert Finney
One of the new-style working-class heroes and shooting stars of the 1960s, the actor Albert Finney, who has died aged 82, enjoyed a rich and varied career that never quite fulfill
Thora Hird
Guardian” obituary: Veronica Horwell The Guardian, Monday 17 March 2003 00.19 GMT An interviewer from the Guardian once spent four hours recording Dame Thora Hird, who has died
Lisa Daniely
Lisa Daniely was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1930. She had the title role in “Lili Marlene” in 1950 with Stanley Baker. Other movies include “The Man in the Road” a
Geraldine Chaplin
Geraldine Chaplin came to film fame with her role as ‘Tonya Zhivago’ in “Dr Zhivago” opposite Omar Sharif in 1965. She went on to star in “Nashville”, “The Age of
Maureen Stapleton
Maureen Stapleton was born in 1925 in Troy, New York. She made her stage debut in 1946 with Burgess Meredith in “The Playboy of the Western World”. She established he
Genevieve Page
Telegraph obituary in 2025. Geneviève Page, who has died aged 97, was a luminous, spirited French actress who worked widely beyond her homeland, her regal air of refinement catchi
Lisa Gastoni
Lisa Gastoni was born in Italy in 1935. Virtually all her career has been in British films starting with “Doctor in the House” in 1954. Her other movies include “The Ba
Telly Savalas
The independent obituary in 1994 Aristotle (Telly) Savalas, actor: born Garden City, New York 21 January 1924; married Katharine Nicolaides (one daughter), 1960 Marilynn Gardner (t
Eileen Herlie
The guardian obituary in 2008 Eileen Herlie, who has died aged 90, was a vivacious Glaswegian who found fame on the West End and Broadway stages in the 1940s and 1950s, but was kno