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- Lily Newmark is a British-American actor, born and raised in London. Her interest in performance began at 14, when she made costumes for the National Youth Theatre. After spending two years with the Albany Theatre Company in Deptford, she later joined the National Youth Theatre as an actor. She studied Acting and Contemporary Theatre at East 15 Acting school in Loughton, Essex, graduating in 2016.
- Actress
- Writer
Dakota Blue Richards, was born at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in South Kensington, London but grew up in Brighton with her mother. She is of Prussian heritage on her Grandmother's side, and Irish on her father's. The name Dakota Blue was inspired by her mother's time spent with Native Americans while studying and traveling in USA. At school, she enjoyed drama, dance and the arts, was an active participant in school plays and attended a local amateur dramatics group in her spare time.
She made her professional acting debut age 12, starring alongside Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig as Lyra Belaqua in the film adaptation of Phillip Pullman's The Northern Lights (The Golden Compass). Ten thousand girls turned up for open auditions in Cambridge, Oxford, Exeter and Kendal for the role; Richards was awarded the part after the casting directors Lucy Bevan and Fiona Weir took a shine to her at the Cambridge auditions. Richards, who was a fan of the books from an early age and had seen the stage adaptation at The National Theatre, said of her character 'I feel like I can relate to her. I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself. And I don't let other people tell me what to do. Well, unless it's my mum.'
She has been nominated for two best actress awards for her portrayal of popular character Franky Fitzgerald in E4's BAFTA-winning drama Skins, and a multitude of awards, including a Saturn award, for her role in The Golden Compass.
Richards took up screenwriting during her time as WPC Shirley Trewlove in ITV's Endeavour and has since completed a short and a feature length film. She described the experience of writing her first piece as 'In many ways more personal than acting. It was quite cathartic.'
Richards was photographed by RANKIN as part of Ocean 2012, a campaign to prevent over fishing, alongside the likes of Sir Ben Kingsley, Terry Gilliam and Lily Loveless. In 2013 she modelled for fashion designer SORAPOL's AW13 campaign 'Immortal'. She has also been photographed by noted fashion photographer Kate Bellm and was the first woman to appear on the cover of 7th Man magazine.
In her personal life, Richards takes a keen interest in politics and global issues. In 2008, she attended a two-week camp in the Lake District organised by the Equality and Human Rights Commission which aimed to bring together teenagers from different backgrounds to discuss discrimination. Since 2010, she has supported Action for Children, a charity in the United Kingdom helping vulnerable young people overcome injustice and deprivation. In 2011, she fronted an advertising campaign to promote the charity's new project. She is a long time supporter of Good Gifts. Richards is also a vegan.- Actor
- Director
- Music Department
Martin Clunes was born the son of the noted Shakespearean actor Alec Clunes. He was educated at the Royal Russell School in Surrey and the Arts Educational School in Chiswick, London. He made his television debut playing an alien prince opposite Peter Davison in Snakedance: Part One (1983) (director Fiona Cumming later said she cast him because she was struck by his unusual looks and "Mick Jagger lips"). He then won a regular role in No Place Like Home (1983), a fairly traditional middle-class BBC sitcom starring William Gaunt.
Clunes' greatest breakthrough came with starring in British Men Behaving Badly (1992), an anarchic sitcom which proved to be one of the most popular series of the 1990s. He has since established himself as one of the UK's most consistently popular television actors, starring in the long-running Doc Martin (2004), recreating Leonard Rossiter's famous role in a new version of Reggie Perrin (2009) and playing Arthur Conan Doyle in Arthur & George (2015).- Actress
- Production Manager
Victoria Hamilton is an English actress. After training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Hamilton began her career in classical theatre, appearing in productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. In 2002, she appeared in the London stage play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg alongside Clive Owen and later Eddie Izzard. She made her Broadway debut in 2003 when the production moved to New York, where she earned a Tony Award nomination. She won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award and Evening Standard Theatre Award for her performance in the play Suddenly, Last Summer, held in 2004 at the Lyceum Theatre.
Hamilton has often worked in the costume drama genre. During the 1990s, she had supporting roles in three Jane Austen adaptations: the 1995 serial Pride and Prejudice, the 1995 film Persuasion, and the 1999 film Mansfield Park.Hamilton won the role of Queen Victoria in the 2001 television production, Victoria & Albert, portraying the monarch in her early years. From 2008 to 2011, Hamilton was a cast member in the BBC1 series Lark Rise to Candleford. From 2016-17, she portrayed Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in the Netflix historical drama series The Crown.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Born in London, England, John Gielgud trained at Lady Benson's Acting School and RADA, London. Best known for his Shakespearean roles in the theater, he first played Hamlet at the age of 26. He worked under the tutelage of Lilian Bayliss with friend and fellow performer Laurence Olivier and other contemporaries of the National Theatre at the "Old Vic", London. He made his screen debut in 1924. Academy Award Best Supporting Actor, 1981, for Arthur (1981), Academy Award Nomination, 1964, for Becket (1964).- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Despite being one of the finest actors of his generation, Peter Finch will be remembered as much for his reputation as a hard-drinking, hell-raising womanizer as for his performances on the screen. He was born in London in 1916 and went to live in Sydney, Australia, at the age of ten. There, he worked in a series of dead-end jobs before taking up acting, his film debut being in the mediocre comedy The Farmer Goes to Town (1938). He made his stage debut as a comedian's stooge in 1939. Laurence Olivier spotted him and persuaded him to return to Britain to perform classic roles on the stage. Finch then had an affair with Olivier's wife, Vivien Leigh. Despite being married three times, Finch also had highly-publicized affairs with actresses Kay Kendall and Mai Zetterling. Finch soon switched to film after suffering appalling stage fright. As a screen actor, he won five BAFTA awards and his talent was beyond doubt. His two finest roles, the only two for which he received Oscar nominations, were as the homosexual Jewish doctor in Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) and as the "mad prophet of the air-waves" in Network (1976). He died a couple of months before being awarded the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in Network (1976) and was the first actor to have won the award posthumously.- Actress
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Patricia Alma Hitchcock was the only child of Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville. Her upbringing was 'English' and strict. Two years of boarding school from the age of eight was followed by relocation to the U.S. a year later when Hitch was contracted by David O. Selznick to direct Rebecca (1940). Keen to join the acting fraternity, Pat appeared on stage by the early 40s. In 1944, she played the titular role in the short-lived Broadway play Violet at the Belasco Theater. Though she would have liked to go on to a college education, her father instead packed her off to London when she was 18 to study at RADA (among her classmates were Lionel Jeffries and Dorothy Tutin). She made several appearances on the London stage, followed by an inauspicious screen debut in 1949. In 1950, she had a small role in her father's thriller Stage Fright (1950) (as 'Chubby Bannister') which set the tone for her future roles, usually as the dowdy friend or sister of the heroine (Strangers on a Train (1951), Psycho (1960)). She was also featured in ten episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), whenever (in her own words) "they needed a maid with an English accent". In a 1984 Washington Post interview she bemoaned the fact that her father had not believed in nepotism, so that more work would have come her way. In 1951, Pat got married and -- barely a decade later -- decided to forsake show business to raise a family. Her father did not object. In 2003, Pat published a book of reminiscences and anecdotes (co-authored by film writer Laurent Bouzereau), entitled Alma Hitchcock: the Woman Behind the Man, asserting that "My mother had much more to do with the films than she has ever been given credit for - he depended on her for everything, absolutely everything".- Masali Baduza is a South African film, television and theatre actress, known for The Woman King (2022) and Noughts and Crosses (2020). She grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, then studied in Los Angeles, California. She was born 12 March 1996, in East London, South Africa. She is bilingual in English and isiXhosa.
- Julie T. Wallace (born Julie Therese Keir) trained at LAMDA and made her stage debut as the mother/teacher in 'Billy the Kid' at the Upstream Theatre, followed by 'The House of Usher' in Aberystwyth, and 'Beauty and the Beast' in Bristol. She made her London debut in 'Anne of the Worlds' at the Royal Court. She was BAFTA nominated for her role of Ruth in the BBC television production of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986).
- Composer
- Music Department
- Writer
Andrew Lloyd Webber is arguably the most successful composer of our time. He is best known for stage and film adaptations of his musicals Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Cats (1994), Evita (1996), and The Phantom of the Opera (2004).
He was born on March 22, 1948, in South Kensington in London, England, the first of two sons of William Lloyd Webber, an organist and composer. His mother, Jean Johnstone, was a pianist and violinist. Young Andrew Lloyd Webber learned to play various musical instruments at home and began composing at an early age. He continued his music studies at Westminster School, where his father was an organist. At the age of 9, young Andrew was able to play the organ and assisted his father during performances. In 1964 he went to Oxford University as a Queens Scholar of history.
In 1965 he met lyricist Tim Rice and dropped out of school to compose musicals and pop songs. In 1968 he had his first success with the West End production of 'Joseph and the Amasing Techicolor Dreamcoat'. From the 1960s to 2000s Lloyd Webber has been constantly updating his style as an eclectic blend of musical genres ranging from classical to rock, pop, and jazz, and with inclusion of electro-acoustic music and choral-like numbers in his musicals.
Andrew Lloyd Webber shot to fame in 1971 with the opening of his rock opera 'Jesus Christ Superstar'. His next successful collaboration with Tim Rice was the musical biopic 'Evita', based on the true story of Eva Peron of Argentina. Andrew Lloyd Webber has been constantly updating the genre of musical theatre. In 1981 he delivered 'Cats', based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and other poems by T.S. Eliot. It was produced at New London Theatre, where stage was designed as a giant junkyard with large-scale bottles and cans scattered around a huge tire representing a playground for cats dressed in exotic costumes who would come and go through the aisles. The record-breaking production of 'Cats' was on stage for 21 seasons, from 1981 - 2002, and became one of the most popular musicals of all time. It played the total of 8,949 performances in London and 7,485 in New York.
In 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber released his most successful musical, 'The Phantom of the Opera', based on the eponymous book by Gaston Leroux with the English lyrics by Charles Hart. 'The Phantom of the Opera' became the highest grossing entertainment event of all time, with total worldwide gross of 3,3 billion dollars and attendance of 80 million. It is also the longest running Broadway musical of all time and the most financially successful Broadway show in history. 'The Phantom of the Opera' was translated into several languages and was produced in more than twenty countries as "clones" of the original production, using similar staging, direction, costumes concept and sets design.
He was knighted Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1992, and was created an honorary life peer in 1997 as Baron Lloyd-Webber, of Syndmonton in the County of Hampshire. He won the 1996 Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song for Evita (1996), and received two more Oscar nominations. Among his other awards are seven Tonys and three Grammys, including his 1986 Grammy Award for Requiem in the category of best classical composition. In 2006 Andrew Lloyd Webber was Awarded Kennedy Center Honors. He owns seven London theatres, which he also restored. Outside of his entertainment career he developed a passion for collecting Pre-Raphaelite paintings and Victorian art. He was married three times and has five children. He is residing in England.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is currently working on his new opera titled 'Master and Margarita' based on the eponymous novel by Mikhail A. Bulgakov.- Actor
- Producer
- Stunts
Scot Cooper was born in East London, South Africa. A leading man with a great balance of American and English charm.
Scot has worked alongside actors such as Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy, Rupert Friend, Gabriel Macht, and Aidan Gillen. He co-starred in the 4th season of the Emmy winning series Homeland, guest starred in the popular BBC series 'Jamillah and Aladdin', and the multi award winning film 'The World Unseen' which premiered at TIFF. With leading roles in the feature film Kecksburg, and due for release the Hallmark film A Taste of Romance, and a psychological thriller River of Ghosts. He also has a supporting role in the Box Office hit 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure.
In 2013 Scot won Best Actor at the Cape Town 48 Film Festival, with the film Five Minutes Till Noon which went on to win awards at Filmapalooza in New Orleans. Scot also won Best Actor at the 2015 Cape Town 48 Film Festival. And in 2009 Scot Cooper was part of the ensemble award at the South African Film and Television Awards for 'The World Unseen'.
Born in South Africa, and of English, Swedish, Norwegian, German and Scottish ancestry. He has trained under world renowned Meisner teacher William Esper at the Esper Studio in New York, also at the Ivan Chubbuck studio in Los Angeles, and under acclaimed South African actress Aletta Bezuidenhout. He also has a BA from his studies at AFDA.
A passion for film, and also theatre where he has received critical praise for his performance as Mr Darcy in 'Pride And Prejudice', the acclaimed American play 'Tape' by Stephen Belber, and his one man play 'Henry And The Sand' which he also wrote, and premiered at the world's 2nd largest theatre festival, the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.
Scot has also appeared in over 80 TV commercials for top brands, which have aired in countries such as the USA, France, Australia, Russia, Canada, Germany, Ireland and many others.
Scot Cooper is based in Los Angeles- Actress
- Soundtrack
Gillian Bailey was born on 14 June 1955 in Wimbledon, South London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970), Blake's 7 (1978) and Poldark (1975).- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Dane Baptiste is Stand Up Comedian and Writer from South East London.
Since bursting onto the comedy circuit, he has risen up the ranks quickly achieving notable success in numerous comedy competitions and is now a regular at the country's most famous venues. Original, provocative and exceptionally prolific - Baptiste is already being hailed as one of the most exciting acts to break in years.- Writer
- Actress
- Sound Department
Sylvia Anderson is the co-creator of a string of hit TV shows through the late 1950s, 1960s and 70s. Her most memorable contribution as an actress is the voice of Lady Penelope from Thunderbirds - one of many series she co-created with former husband Gerry Anderson. Sylvia's talents are evident in the characterization throughout their various series. She was against Martin Landau and Barbara Bain being cast in Space: 1999 (1975) but was overruled by ITC chief Lew Grade.
The forgotten heroine of Britain's famous TV shows, she's had to watch former husband Gerry take most of the limelight over the years. A fascinating woman with overwhelming talent, she now represents the American network HBO in Pinewood Studios in London, England.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Colette Brown was born in 1969 in Clapham, South London, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Popcorn (2007), EastEnders (1985) and A Touch of Frost (1992). She is married to Gary Love. They have one child.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Frank Rautenbach was born on 12 May 1972 in East London, South Africa. He is an actor and producer, known for Wild Is the Wind (2022), The Bang Bang Club (2010) and Warrior (2019). He has been married to Leigh Rautenbach since 24 February 1996.- Frankie Fitzgerald is a British actor best known for his roles in Eastenders (Ashley Cotton 2000-2001) and Dream Team (Jason Porter 2006-2007) He has worked extensively in television, film and theatre since his first role in Eastenders, recently completing filming on Legend, the story of notorious British Gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray with Tom Hardy.
- Tommy Godfrey was born on 20 June 1916 in Lambeth, South London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Love Thy Neighbour (1972), Passport to Pimlico (1949) and The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975). He died on 24 June 1984 in London, England, UK.
- Writer
- Art Department
Beatrix Potter was an English writer, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist. She is famous for writing children's books with animal characters such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Potter was born in Kensington, London. Her family was quite rich. She was educated by governesses. She did not have many friends, but she had many pets, including Benjamin and Peter, two rabbits. She spent her holidays in Scotland and the Lake District. There, she began to learn to love nature, plants, and animals, which she carefully painted.
When she was around 30, Potter published The Tale of Peter Rabbit. It was very popular. She also became engaged to her publisher Norman Warne. Her parents became angry and separated with her because of this. They did not want her to marry someone who was socially lower than her. However, Warne died before he and Potter could marry.
Potter began writing and illustrating children's books full time. She did not have to ask her parents for money anymore because she had money from her books. In time, she bought Hill Top Farm and more land. In her forties, she married William Heelis, a local solicitor. She also began raising sheep and became a farmer, though she continued writing. She published 23 books.
Potter did not have any children. She died of heart disease and pneumonia in Near Sawrey, Lancashire on 22 December 1943. Almost all of her money was left to the National Trust. Her books continue to sell well around the world, in many different languages. Her widower died in August 1945.- Johnny Shannon was born on 29 July 1932 in Lambeth, South London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Beryl's Lot (1973), Performance (1970) and Scotch on the Rocks (1973).
- Angel Adoree was born on 7 April 1978 in East London, South Africa. She is a producer, known for Escape to the Chateau (2016), Escape to the Chateau: Make Do and Mend (2020) and Escape to the Chateau DIY (2018). She has been married to Dick Strawbridge since 13 November 2015. They have two children.
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- Writer
Eric Manaka was born on 9 December 1999 in South London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for How to Have Sex (2023), Action Point (2018) and Jackass Forever (2022).- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Born to Jamaican parents in London, on January 14, 1965, Slick Rick, born Ricky Martin Lloyd Walters, is the most successful British-American rapper in music history. Brilliant word play, the effort-less ability to bring life to the stories he rhymed about, dead on pop-culture references and hilarious one-liners make him the wittiest rapper of all time.
He began his career in the late 80s, where he released a series of acclaimed recordings such as, "Children's Story", "La Di Da Di" and "Hey Young World." Slick Rick is best known for his British accent and his story telling innovations. His music has been frequently sampled and interpolated by other artists such as TLC, Talib Kweli, Eminem, Mos Def, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys and many others; with many of these songs later becoming hit singles. Slick Rick is known as one of the architects of Hip-Hop.
These days, much of Slick Rick's story remains untold. The articles about his legal troubles may sell magazines, but they tend to overshadow the rapper's impressive and influential body of work. Rick has spent more than seven years in prison, three and a half paying his debt to society and over four years in a federal detention center while hassling with Immigrations Services over his residency in the US. Slick Rick has been in this country since his childhood and has become a productive member of our society.
Despite life's setbacks, Rick continues his commitment to his craft. Above all, Rick is very dedicated to his community. He regularly mentors the youth whenever he is given the opportunity to do so.- Gareth Howells was born on 14 October 1975 in South London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson (1998), The Tribe (1999) and Planet Man (1996).
- Music Department
- Composer
Cherry Wainer was born on 2 March 1935 in East London, Cape Province, South Africa. She was a composer, known for Girls of the Latin Quarter (1960), Climb Up the Wall (1960) and Noche de estrellas (1964). She was married to Don Storer. She died on 14 November 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Norma Foster was born on 15 September 1939 in East London, South Africa. She is an actress, known for A Study in Terror (1965), Man in a Suitcase (1967) and Murder Ahoy (1964).
- Dennis Wheatley was born on 8 January 1897 in South London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Forbidden Territory (1934), The Spy in White (1936) and To the Devil a Daughter (1976). He was married to Joan Younger. He died on 10 November 1977 in London, England, UK.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Robert Paynter was born on 12 March 1928 in South London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Superman III (1983) and Superman II (1980). He was married to Marjorie Mona Paynter. He died on 20 October 2010 in Isle of Wight, England, UK.- Actor
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- Producer
James Bannon was born in 1965 in Lambeth, South London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Running with the Firm, I.D. (1995) and Drop the Dead Donkey (1990).- Director
- Cinematographer
- Writer
Cyril Montague Pennington-Richards was born in London. He began his film career producing religious films for J. Arthur Rank's Religious Film Society. He entered the "mainstream" film industry as a cinematographer with Ireland's Border Line (1938), a low-budget vehicle for Irish comic actor Jimmy O'Dea. During World War II Richards was attached to the renowned documentary unit The Crown Film Unit, and was the cinematographer on Humphrey Jennings famous Fires Were Started (1943). After the war ended he continued as a cinematographer, working on many films directed by his former colleagues in the CFU, such as Brian Desmond Hurst's Theirs Is the Glory (1946), Jack Lee's The Wooden Horse (1950) and Pat Jackson's White Corridors (1951).
He was the cinematographer on Hurst's A Christmas Carol (1951), considered by many to be the definitive version of the famous Charles Dickens novel. He worked with noted American director Edward Dmytryk, who was making films in England due to his being blacklisted during the notorious McCarthy "Red Scare" era in the US. Richards made his directorial debut with the comedy The Horse's Mouth (1953), and made his reputation with a series of modest, somewhat whimsical comedies over the next 20+ years. He made his final film, the modestly budgeted adventure Sky Pirates (1980), in 1977, after which he retired.- Talia Mar was born on 6 November 1996 in South London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for KSI & Randolph Feat. Talia Mar: Real Name (2019), Sigala & Talia Mar: Stay the Night (2022) and If Sidemen Did Black Mirror (2019). She has been married to Simon Minter since 3 June 2023.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Bill Maloney was born on 31 March 1956 in Lambeth, South London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Billy & Lilly Go to New York (2009), Lunatic (2007) and Trauma (2004). He is married to Maria Mahoney. They have one child.- Writer
- Actor
- Script and Continuity Department
Born in Wimbledon in the early 1950's. Marc Platt attended technical college to learn catering before working with Trust House Forte. He later joined the BBC on the administrative side, involved in the cataloging of data regarding the BBC's radio output. He had long been a fan of Doctor Who (1963) and wrote the final story to go into production, Ghost Light: Part One (1989), having submitted many previous ideas which had not been accepted. Platt also novelized the story for Virgin Publishing and provided background notes for Titan Books' script book of the story. He has also contributed to Virgin Publishing's "Doctor Who: The New Adventures" series of original novels.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Smiley Culture was born on 10 February 1963 in South London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Absolute Beginners (1986), Smiley Culture: Police Officer (1984) and Smiley Culture: Cockney Translation (1985). He died on 15 March 2011 in Surrey, England, UK.- Ashley was born in East London, South Africa in 1968. He grew up in sight of the sea, with a brother and sister and two doting parents. He attended Selborne Primary and College, the latter established in 1879. This traditional school, with its vast history (many of its pupils fought and died in both world wars) provided the inspiration and backdrop for an avid interest in the arts, music, and literature. A relentless reader, an unstoppable performer, and a natural musician, Ashley spent most of those years developing the talents that would eventually become a career. He completed school at 17, and was chosen for the Rotary exchange programme.
He spent 1985 studying in Australia, and promoting South Africa, a difficult task in the turbulent eighties. Enriched, and inspired, he returned to South Africa and enrolled at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. He spent four years there, and completed a Bachelor of Arts, and an Honours degree in the Dramatic Arts, under the tutelage of such writers as Andre Brink, and playwright Reza De Wet. He performed lead roles at the International Grahamstown festival over that time in productions such as Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, The Crucible and Midsummer Nights Dream, A coveted bursary, allowed him another year of study, at the University of Cape Town, where he completed a Higher Diploma in Education. Though his passion for the Arts was paramount, he indulged his love of teaching the following year by teaching English at Selborne College. He opened a Drama school in 1993 in East London, The A.R.T Studio, which gave inspiration to over 120 budding young actors and musicians.
The lure of stage and screen was too strong though, and Ashley packed the proverbial suitcase and set off to Johannesburg to find fame and fortune, just eight short years ago. His success in that time has been remarkable. A soap star, voice over artist, writer, and natural comic, he has captured the attention of critics and fans. His recent portrayal of an everyman mine captain, in the award winning South African soap, Isidingo, led to a best actor nomination. A prolific writer, his hilarious advertising campaigns, in which he portrays atypical characters from South African society, has had the nation in stitches for over five years.
He has toured locally and internationally with theatre productions like Hair, The Buddy Holly Story, Mojo and African Tales. He has appeared all over the world in some of the biggest international advertising campaigns, and is renowned for his delicate and measured character portrayals. He has performed lead roles in international television series such as Soldier Soldier, The Black Velvet Band, and recently, The Switch. A prolific voice over artist, with National Geographic and Discovery channel narration credits to his name, he has become one of the countries leading voices, in both radio and television.
He has completed a novel, and a screenplay, and is confident of their success in the months to come. His biggest film credit thus far, is Stander (2003), a lead role which can only further an already outstanding career. He hopes to make New York his home in 2004. - Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Val Gielgud was born on 28 April 1900 in South Kensington, London, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Danger in Paris (1937), Regal Cavalcade (1935) and Death at a Broadcast (1934). He was married to June Bailey, Monica Grey, Rita Grapel, Barbara Dillon and Natasha Mamontoff. He died on 30 November 1981 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
- Production Manager
Rudy was born in South Africa and grew up in what is now known as Kwa-Zulu, Natal. While in South Africa, Rudy worked in the Kruger National Park as a Game Ranger but always wanted to be a filmmaker. He moved to New York City in 1995 and started working his way up the production ranks on commercials, music videos and films. Rudy's work brought him to Los Angeles in 1997 and he joined the Director's Guild of America in 2003.- Stunts
- Actress
Rubie Planson was born on 24 June 1995 in South East London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Wonder Woman (2017), The Batman (2022) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).- When he arrived in F1 at the end of 1972, Jody was a rough talent, who relied on his reflexes to get his car around corners. By the time he retired, he was smoother, but just as exciting to watch.
Jody started his F1 career with McLaren, and after some promising results, including almost winning the French Grand Prix, only his third F1 start, he was responsible for the biggest pile up in F1 history at Silverstone.
For 1974, he joined Tyrrell, and settled down to become a title contender, finishing third that season. In 1976, Scheckter and team mate Patrick Depailler had use of one of the most radical racing cars ever, the Tyrrell P34, better known as the '6 wheeler.'
Although the car was competitive, Jody realized it would only temporarily be so, and he left Tyrrell to join Wolf in 1977, winning their first ever race in Argentina, and winning twice more to finish second in the championship behind Niki Lauda.
Scheckter joined Ferrari and partnered the fiery Canadian Gilles Villeneuve, just holding him off to win the 1979 world title, the last time a driver would win the championship in one of the red cars for 21 years.
Jody retired from F1 at the end of 1980, and set up a successful arms business. He has two sons, Tomas and Toby, both hoping to become racers in the future. - Anton Blake Horowitz began his career as an intern at the Space Theatre in South Africa, a rare performance arena whose works encouraged diversity and opposition to the Apartheid regime. Soon thereafter, he went into exile in the UK, and trained as an actor at the Drama Centre in London. Shortly after graduating he formed his own theatre company, performing in a wide range of plays, both classical and contemporary, in theatres across the country and in Berlin.
In 1989, he premiered in Robert Chessley's two-character play, Jerker, tracing the relationship of two gay men in the midst of the AIDS epidemic, directed by Stephen Daldry, the then-artistic director of the Gate Theatre, and in the following year Anton returned to his country of exile where he acted in theatre, opera and television, including appearing in the role of Mick in the Caretaker (the first time a Harold Pinter play had been performed in South Africa since the cultural boycott) and that of a White Supremacist assassin in a local series, the Game II.
He spent several years in the US, primarily in New York, acting in a variety of a theatre productions, before returning to the UK to work at the National Theatre Studio.
In the past decade he has worked in several BBC and ITV Productions, as well as a handful of international films. He also appears in a number of commercials and voice-overs in a number of countries. Besides primarily being an actor, Anton holds a Masters in Screenwriting from Royal Holloway, University of London. - Chic Littlewood was born on 17 November 1930 in South East London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for King Kong (2005), 30 Days of Night (2007) and The Basil Brush Show (1980). He died on 11 January 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Steve Blacknell was born on 6 September 1952 in Lambeth, South London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Secret of the Ice Cave (1989), Martians Go Home (1989) and Murder in Suburbia (2004).
- Rod Liddle was born on 1 April 1960 in South London, England, UK. He is a writer, known for Some of My Best Friends Are Anglican (2003), Have I Got News for You (1990) and Never Mind the Full Stops (2006).
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Mojisola Adebayo was born on 16 March 1968 in South London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Silent Witness (1996), Fair City (1989) and The Bill (1984).- Stella Freeman was born on 26 April 1910 in South Norwood, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The House of the Arrow (1930). She was married to Godfrey Tearle. She died on 13 May 1936 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- Writer
- Editor
Brian Thompson was born on 2 May 1935 in Lambeth, South London, England, UK. He was a writer and editor, known for Mystery!: Campion (1989), Rockliffe's Babies (1987) and Bramwell (1995). He died on 4 March 2022 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.- Avuzwa Gqamane was born on 18 September 2004 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Dam (2021).
- Marian Holmes was born on 26 September 1921 in Clapham, South London, England, UK. She was married to James Spicer and Steve Walker. She died in October 2001.
- Soundtrack
Pete Gage was born on 31 August 1947 in Lewisham, South East London, England, UK.- Stella Rimington was born in May 1935 in South London, England, UK. She has been married to John Rimington since 1961. They have two children.