David Niven
David Niven, the film star whose pencil moustache, stiff upper lip and nonchalant charm served as emblems of upper middle-class England for more than 40 years, died in 1983 at hi
Stathis Giallelis
Giallelis’ entire prominence revolves around his central role in America America. He appears in nearly every scene of the 174-minute film and gives what some critics describ
Michel Ray
Michel Ray was born in 1944 in England to an English mother and a Brazilian father. He made his film debut in “The Divided Heart” in 1954. In 1956 he went to America to
Zachary Scott
Handsome, slender, often mustachioed actor, who, after making his mark on the stage, made an auspicious film debut in the title role of “The Mask of Dimitrios” in 1944.
Yoko Tani
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Lee Patterson
Lee Patterson was born in Vancouver, Canada in 1929. He came to Britain and in the 1950’s was featured in many B movies usually as an American gangster, Towards the end o
Capucine
There have been some very famous mononymous persons – Cher, Sting, Björk, Plato – but of all of them, Capucine must have been the most beautiful. Blake Edwards, who directe
Glynis Johns
BFI Obituary in 2024 Glynis Johns obituary: veteran British star of Mary Poppins and Miranda Johns, who has died aged 100, had a long-running career in film, TV and theatre, playin
Sally Ann Howes
Although she never starred in any original productions of his shows on Broadway, Richard Rodgers described Sally Ann Howes, who has died aged 91, as “the greatest singer who ever
Patricia Roc
Guardian Obituary in 2003 Patricia Roc, who died yesterday aged 88, was the home-grown glamour girl of the British screen, whose sex appeal was nevertheless curiously unerotic; unl