St. Paul's, Covent Garden, London, England
by Sylviastel | created - 25 Dec 2012 | updated - 12 Feb 2016 | PublicThe men and women who are interred at St. Paul's Churchyard in Covent Garden, London, England.
1. Clive Brook
Actor | Cavalcade
Born in London, England to Charlotte Mary (opera singer) and George Alfred Brook. He was educated privately. Stage experience included: "Oliver Twist", "Voysey Inheritence", "If I were King", "Importance of Being Ernest", Fair and Warmer", "Over Sunday", "Clothes and the WOman", and many others. ...
2. Roger Brierley
Actor | Young Sherlock Holmes
Roger Brierley (2 June 1935 - 23 September 2005) was an English actor. Brierley appeared in many television productions over a forty-year period. He twice appeared in Doctor Who, as Trevor in The Daleks' Master Plan (1965) and as the voice of Drathro in The Mysterious Planet (1986). Brierley ...
3. Thomas Augustine Arne
Soundtrack | Down with Love
Thomas Augustine Arne was born on March 12, 1710 in Covent Garden, London, England, UK. Thomas Augustine was a writer and composer, known for Down with Love (2003), Hysteria (2011) and The BFG (2016). Thomas Augustine died on March 5, 1778 in London, England, UK.
4. Mildred Evelyn
Actress | The Wine of Life
Mildred Evelyn was born on September 26, 1898 in York, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Wine of Life (1924), Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923) and Stella (1921). She was married to Clive Brook. She died on December 30, 1989 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.
5. Samuel Butler
Writer | Alta comedia
Samuel Butler is known for Alta comedia (1965), Camera Three (1955) and ITV Play of the Week (1955).
Plot: Buried in the churchyard (exact location unknown)
6. Paul Douglas
Actor | Executive Suite
A rare breed this guy. Paul Douglas became an unlikely middle-aged cinema star by simply capitalizing on his big, burly, brash and boorish appeal to the nth degree. The 5'11", 200 lb. actor was a bold, unabashed risk taker. He forsook an extremely successful career as one of the country's top radio...
Plot: Small wooden marker
7. Edith Evans
Actress | The Whisperers
Edith Evans was the greatest actress on the English stage in the 20th century, treading the boards for over half-a-century. She made her professional stage debut in 1912 and excelled in both classic and modern roles in the West End of London and on Broadway, as well as the Shakespeare Memorial ...
Plot: Intered in ground near plaque and ashes of Ellen Terry
8. Bill Fraser
Actor | The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
Although he'd appeared in a number of films he didn't become publicly known until he played the part of Snudge in The Army Game tv series and then the series of Bootsie and Snudge, playing Snudge for about 6 years then going on to do the series of Barney is My Darling with Irene Handl, While being ...
9. Hattie Jacques
Actress | Carry on Again Doctor
Best known for playing Matron--as in "Ooh, Matron!"--in four films: Carry on Nurse (1959), Carry on Doctor (1967), Carry on Again Doctor (1969) and, of course Carry on Matron (1972). Key roles included: Grace Short in Carry on Teacher (1959), Sophie Bliss in Carry on Loving (1970) and Peggy Hawkins...
Memorial only
10. Roger Livesey
Actor | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The son of Joseph Livesey and Mary Catherine (nee Edwards), Roger was educated at Westminster City School, London. His first stage appearance was the office boy in Loyalties at St. James' theatre in 1917. Subsequently, he played in everything from Shakespeare to modern comedies. He played various ...
Plot: Memorial Plaque.
11. Charles Mackerras
Soundtrack | Now You See Me 2
Charles Mackerras was born on November 17, 1925 in Schenectady, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Now You See Me 2 (2016), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) and The Upside (2017). He died on July 14, 2010 in London, England, UK.
12. Robin Nedwell
Actor | The Lovers
Born in Birmingham on the 27th of September, 1946, but raised in Cardiff, Wales, Robin began exhibiting his natural ability to act both on screen and on stage from a young age. Some of his early years saw him take the stage of Cardiff High School, following onto the County College, in amateur ...
13. Terence Rattigan
Writer | Separate Tables
Terence Mervyn Rattigan was born in London on June 10, 1911, the son of a career diplomat and serial philanderer whose indiscretions resulted in his being cashiered by the Foreign Office. As a member of the lower upper-middle class in the inter-war period, the young Rattigan received a first-rate ...
Cenotaph
14. Michael Redgrave
Actor | The Lady Vanishes
Sir Michael Redgrave was of the generation of English actors that gave the world the legendary John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, Britain three fabled "Theatrical Knights" back in the days when a knighthood for thespian was far more rare than it is today. A superb actor, Redgrave ...
he was cremated at Mortlake Crematorium in London, England. His ashes were later removed and buried at St. Pauls Church, Covent Garden.
15. Margaret Rutherford
Actress | The V.I.P.s
Rare is the reference to Margaret Rutherford that doesn't characterize her as either jut-chinned, eccentric, or both. The combination of those most mundane of attributes has led some to suggest that she was made for the role of Agatha Christie's indomitable sleuth, Jane Marple, whom Rutherford ...
Plot: Cenotaph inside church
16. Jan Sterling
Actress | Ace in the Hole
One of Hollywood's more talented and watchable stars on screen was sullen and thin 50s actress Jan Sterling who didn't quite reach the top echelon of stardom but certainly ensured audiences of a real good time with her sexy pout and flashy style in soaps, film noir and saucy comedy.
Jan was born ...
17. Ellen Terry
Actress | Pillars of Society
Legendary British stage actress who made a few silent film appearances. The daughter of strolling players, she was born in Coventry into an almost exclusively theatrical family. Her grandparents were actors, as were all six of her siblings. But only her son, Edward Gordon Craig, would in any way ...
Plot: South wall in silver funeral casket
18. Janet Webb
Actress | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Janet Webb was born in 1930 in Liverpool, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), Theatre 625 (1964) and Joseph Andrews (1977). She was married to Charles Vorzanger. She died on December 29, 1983 in London, England, UK.
19. Michael Williams
Actor | Henry V
Michael Williams was born on July 9, 1935 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Henry V (1989), Eagle in a Cage (1972) and A Fine Romance (1981). He was married to Judi Dench. He died on January 11, 2001 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.
20. William Wycherley
Writer | The Country Girl
After he wrote the play, "The Gentleman Master", (1672), it was panned by critics, so in the prologue to his most famous play, "The Country Wife", (1676), he offered the actors, mistresses and matrons to the critics in case this was equally badly received. His last play was, "The Plain Dealer", (...
Plot: Buried in the churchyard, though grave is no longer marked.
21. Pamela Cundell
Actress | Big Deal
Pamela Cundell was born on January 15, 1920 in Croydon, Surrey, England as Pamela Isabel Cundell. She was an actress, known for TwentyFourSeven (1997), Big Deal (1984) and Dad's Army (1968). She was married to Bill Fraser, Leslie Newport-Gwilt and Robert O'Connor. She died on February 14, 2015 in ...
22. Frank Thornton
Actor | Are You Being Served?
He was the third child of William Ernest Ball, a bank manager and Rosina whose other children were Marjorie, who died in 1980 and John, Thornton was his mother's maiden name and his middle name, He played the cello in his school's orchestra and was a corporal in the Officer's Training Corps which ...
23. Alan Rickman
Actor | Die Hard
Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). ...
He has his memorial services there on February 3, 2016.
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