Peter Finch
Peter Finch said once: ‘I’ve been lucky. My agent might have hoped that I’d be a bigger name – as they call it – in America but I’m very
Shirley Anne Field
Beautiful and talented Shirley Anne Field spent many years in the 1950’s in small parts in British films. Her breakthrough role came in 1960 in “The Enterta
Richard O’Sullivan
Richard O’Sullivan, although born in England in 1944, was of Irish parentage. He spent his summer holidays on vacation in Ireland. When he was thirtee
Richard Egan
Richard Egan Richard Egan was born in 1929 in San Francisco. Among his first film credits was as Joan Crawford’s husband in “The Damned Don’t Cry̶
Patricia Medina
Patricia Medina obituary in “The Guardian” in 2012. Although the actor Patricia Medina, who has died aged 92, had a cut-glass English accent, her voluptuous Latin looks often p
Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve was born in Paris in 1943. Her sister the late Francoise Dorlec was also an actress. She made her debut in a small role in 1957 in “
Shirley Eaton
Shirley Eaton (Wikipedia) Shirley Eaton had a very busy career from the 1950’s. She seemed to be in every other British film and then suddenly in the late 1960
Nicol Williamson
Nicol Williamson was born in Scotland in 1936. He made his stage debut with Dundee rep in 1960. He starred in John Osborne’s “Inadmissable Evide
Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Jones Carolyn Jones is chiefly known for her role as Mortica in the cult television series “The Adams Family”. However she is much much more than th
Movita
Movita obituary in “The Telegraph” in 2017. Movita who has died in Los Angeles aged 98, was briefly the second wife of Marlon Brando, although his paramour for much longer; she