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Miranda grew up in Burnham Thorpe on the North Norfolk coast and trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Her father, Nick, is a jazz pianist and her mother, Caroline, read the news for Anglia television. In 2011, she played the title role in 'Anne Boleyn' at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to great critical acclaim.- Actor
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Stylish Rupert James Hector Everett was born on May 29, 1959, in Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, to Sara (Maclean) and Anthony Michael Everett, a Major in the British Army, who later worked in business. Of royal stock, he is of primarily English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry with a dash of German and Dutch thrown in for good measure.
Everett grew up in privileged circumstances, but the wry, sometimes arrogant intellectual was a rebel from the very beginning. At the age of seven, he was placed into the care of Benedictine monks at Ampleforth College where he trained classically on the piano. He was expelled from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London for clashing with his teachers and instead apprenticed himself at the avant-garde Glasgow Citizen's Theatre in Scotland, performing in such productions as "Don Juan" and "Heartbreak House." He moved from stage to British TV in 1982 with sophisticated appearances on such series as "Strangers" "Play for Today" and "The Agatha Christie Hour" and the more visibly seen mini-series Princess Daisy (1983) and The Far Pavilions (1984).
In 1984, Everett filmed a leading gay role in the acclaimed collegiate-themed picture Another Country (1984), which he had performed earlier on stage in 1981. Earning a BAFTA nomination and shooting to international attention, Rupert became one of England's hottest crossover stars. Top patrician roles in quality films came his way such as Dance with a Stranger (1985) opposite Miranda Richardson and Duet for One (1986) starring Julie Andrews and Alan Bates. The rebel went international instead of Hollywood, however, with top-billing in the Aussie feature The Right Hand Man (1987) with Hugo Weaving; the Italian-made Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987) and the French drama Tolérance (1989) opposite Ugo Tognazzi.
Again, however, the wickedly sharp and suave actor doused his own star fire by clashing with the press and even his own fans in the late 1980's. In 1989, Everett openly and proudly declared his homosexuality which put an initial damper on his status as a romantic leading man. Appearing sporadically in such featured roles as the Prince of Wales in the majestic drama The Madness of King George (1994) and Lord Rutledge in the family comedy Dunston Checks In (1996), Rupert's popularity was re-energized after playing Julia Roberts' gay confidante to droll effect in the box-office comedy hit My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), earning him both BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. He continued to impress thereafter, notably in such classical-styled pieces as Shakespeare in Love (1998) (as Christopher Marlowe), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) (as Oberon), and the Oscar Wilde plays An Ideal Husband (1999) (as Lord Goring, Golden Globe nominee) and The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) (as Algy). On the lighter, fun side, his predilection for mischief was demonstrated as the cartoonish villain Dr. Claw, the nemesis of Matthew Broderick's title character, in Inspector Gadget (1999).
Into the millennium, Rupert continued to be a vibrant presence on stage with a tour of "Private Lives" (in Italian) in 2008, a 2009 Broadway revival of "Blithe Spirit" (his New York debut) and as Henry Higgins in Shaw's "Pygmalion" in Munich the following year. He went on to play Oscar Wilde in "The Judas Kiss" in 2013 and was about to play George on Broadway in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" when the play closed before it officially opened due to the COVID pandemic in 2020. On TV, he played the effortlessly suave Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004), the Marquis de Feron in the British series The Musketeers (2014) and Carroll Quinn in a second British series Adult Material (2020).
On film, Everett enhanced the royal dramas To Kill a King (2003) and Stage Beauty (2004) as King Charles I and King Charles II, respectively. Known for his aloof handsomeness and often smug, piss-elegant characters, he engagingly portrayed a jet-setter in the contemporary film People (2004); provided the voice of the unprincely Prince Charming in the animated features Shrek 2 (2004) and Shrek the Third (2007); played a British defector opposite Sharon Stone in the romantic thriller A Different Loyalty (2004); a millionaire playboy involved in a hit-and-run in Separate Lies (2005); an eccentric tycoon in Hysteria (2011); King George VI (father of Queen Elizabeth) opposite Emily Watson's Queen Mum in the romantic dramedy A Royal Night Out (2015); a monsignor in If I Had a Heart (2013); and tortured gay playwright Oscar Wilde during his last days in The Happy Prince (2018), which he wrote and directed.
A novelist on the sly with Hello, Darling, Are You Working? (1989), Rupert has also published two volumes of memoirs: Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins (2006) and Vanished Years (2012), produced documentaries .- Writer
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Susan Cooper was born on 23 May 1935 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. She is a writer, known for The Dollmaker (1984), The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007) and Foxfire (1987). She was previously married to Hume Cronyn and Nicholas J. Grant.- Don Billett was born on 26 December 1935 in Burnham, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Ordinary People (1980), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) and Hustle (1975).
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Tony Bilbow was born on 17 April 1932 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for EastEnders (1985), Please Sir! (1968) and Comedy Playhouse (1961).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Alan Cullimore was born on 10 March 1922 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Vengeance Is Mine (1949), The Clouded Crystal (1948) and Up for the Cup (1950). He was married to Anne Davies. He died in January 2001 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Kate Walsh was born on 20 February 1983 in Burnham-on-Crouch, Maldon, Essex, England, UK.
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Charles Lacey was born on 3 July 1906 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was married to Elizabeth Irene Read. He died on 8 October 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Peter De-Savary was born on 11 July 1944 in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, England. UK. He was married to Lana Paton, Marcia and Alice Simms. He died on 30 October 2022 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
- Robert B. McCurry was born on 10 July 1923 in Burnham, Pennsylvania, USA. Robert B. was a producer, known for Chrysler Carnival (1975). Robert B. was married to Jane Lynam. Robert B. died on 13 November 2006 in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA.
- Ayckbourn trained for three years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). In 1998, he and fellow RADA alum Judi Armstrong founded Quorum Theatre Company for which Ayckbourn has written and directed many of his own one act plays. In 2009 he and Kristina Anne Howell founded PCK Productions which tours Ayckbourn's plays in the UK. Most recent full length plays include: 'The Essence of Love', 'A Thorn in Midsummer' and 'Virtually Just So', co written with Kristina Anne Howell.
Philip studied philosophy, which is where he became acquainted with Todd Mei, leading to his role as Hayden Lorry in Mei's film, Icarus Descending, of which Ayckbourn has called "perhaps the strangest film I've ever seen." - Writer
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Michael C. Fairall was born in November 1927 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. Michael C. was a writer and producer, known for The Ghost of Monk's Island (1966). Michael C. died on 11 January 1980 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.- C.A. Whitcombe was born on 21 September 1895 in Berrow, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England, UK. He died on 13 February 1978 in Enfield, London, Greater London, England, UK.