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Brian Cox is an Emmy Award-winning Scottish actor. He was born on June 1, 1946 in Dundee, Scotland, to Mary Ann Guillerline Cox, maiden surname McCann, a spinner, and Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, a shopkeeper and butcher. His father was of Irish ancestry and his mother was of Irish and Scottish descent.
Cox first came to attention in the early 1970s with performances in numerous television films. His first big break was as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter (1986). The film was not overly successful at the box office, although Cox's career prospects and popularity continued to develop. Through the 1990s, he appeared in nearly 20 films and television series, as well as making numerous television guest appearances. More recently, Cox has had roles in some major films, including The Corruptor (1999), The Ring (2002) and X2 (2003). He was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Queen's New Year's Honours List for his services to drama.- Katie Leung began her career when she was cast as Cho Chang in the Warner Brothers feature film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, a role she subsequently reprised for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II). Alongside her acting career, Katie has trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She made her professional theatre debut in the role of Er-Hong in Sacha Wares' production of Wild Swans which premiered in Boston before transferring to the Young Vic Theatre London in April 2012. She subsequently performed at the National Theatre as the lead role of Sunny in Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's play The World of Extreme Happiness. Katie has recently appeared at the Royal Court Theatre as the lead role in Mia Chung's play You For Me For You and in Tony Kushner's play The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures at the Hampstead Theatre, directed by Michael Boyd. Most recently she led the cast of Snow in Midsummer at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
In October 2014, Katie was announced as one of BAFTA's Breakthrough Brits, a scheme established in 2013 to recognise and support young emerging British talent.
On television she has starred as one of the series leads in Run, Channel 4's acclaimed drama following the lives of four people in South London. Her further television credits include ITV1's Poirot and BBC's Father Brown.
Katie also starred as the central lead role of Mei in One Child, written by Guy Hibbert and directed by John Alexander, which broadcast on BBC2 in February 2016.
She was recently seen in Martin Campbell's feature The Foreigner, alongside Pierce Brosnan and Jackie Chan and is currently filming the new ITV series White Dragon (2018) as one of the lead characters, Lau Chen.
In 2022, she gave birth to her son Wolf. - Actor
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Scottish-born actor and director, Steven Brand has worked steadily since coming to America from the UK where he was establishing major credits in film, television, and theater. Watch him on the big screen in October 2023 when he stars opposite Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith in Saw X, the newest installment of the incredibly popular horror franchise. As a director, Brand recently wrapped principal photography on the upcoming action, drama feature Joe Baby starring Ron Perlman, Harvey Keitel, Dichen Lachman and Willa Fitzgerald. But it is fans of video gaming who no doubt will catch him first in the highly anticipated Immortals of Aveum as the villainous Sandrakk, set for a July 2023 release.
Brand can be seen on both Vikings Valhalla in the recurring role of 'Vitomir' and as 'Marsh Janowski' in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman story 24/7. Other notable past US and UK television credits include recurring roles on Teen Wolf (for which he earned a Saturn Award nomination), Mistresses, Samurai Girl, New Blood, Magic City, Alex Rider, Casualty, The Darling Buds of May, Psychos, Doctors, Hellsing and Point Pleasant. Guest starring roles include Hawaii 5-0, Castle, NCIS Los Angeles, CSI, CSI:Miami, Covert Affairs, 90210 and more.
Blockbuster movie fans both loved and feared Brand in The Scorpion King when he burst onto the scene in his starring role as 'Memnon', the evil warlord and nemesis to 'Mathayus', played by Dwayne Johnson. He also starred opposite Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving in the film Mayhem, directed by Joe Lynch and in the Netflix political thriller The Same Sky, directed by Oscar winner Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall).
At a young age, Brand and his family left Scotland and moved to East Africa where they lived in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania for nine years. A visit to a drive-in theater in Kenya was his introduction to films. After a brief career in publishing, he turned his sights to the performing arts. Brand's first paid acting role saw him starring opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones in the enormously popular TV series The Darling Buds of May. He spent the next few years working in theater and television before moving to Los Angeles where he now resides. Keep watching for Steven Brand as he constantly proves himself to be a force to be reckoned with both in front of and behind the camera.- Robin Laing was born on 16 February 1976 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for The Gold (2023), Outlander (2014) and Shetland (2013).
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Ron Donachie was born Ronald Eaglesham Porter on April 26, 1956 in
Dundee, Tayside, Scotland. He was educated at Madras College, St.
Andrews and Glasgow University, from where he graduated with an M.A
(Hons.) in English Literature and Drama in 1979. After a year working
as a navvy, he joined the 7.84 theatre company for John Burrough's "One
Big Blow", in which the cast mimicked a traditional, colliery band by
singing in six part harmony. The success of the play led to the
formation of the acapella band "The Flying Pickets", who had a
Christmas number one in 1983. Donachie's decision not to stay with the
band and thereby missing out on their success has been described by him
as "one of my more brilliant career decisions."
Throughout the 1980s, he was a prolific theatre performer all across
the United Kingdom, working in Britain's now largely vanished repertory
system. This afforded him the opportunity to act in many classical
plays which are now rarely performed due to budget constraints and
closed theatres. During this period, he appeared in over twenty plays
at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre under its famous triumvirate of Giles
Havergal, Robert David Macdonald and Phillip Prowse. Like many
performers with similar experience, he considers this the happiest,
most fruitful and most influential phase of his career.
In the 1990s, he became a regular performer on British television, and
did not appear on stage again until unexpectedly asked to join the
National Theatre company for "Scenes From the Big Picture" in 2003.
This ended a gap in live performance of thirteen years. Since then, he
has tried to return to the variety of his earlier years with regular
live performances interspersing his television and film work. Married
on St. Patrick's Day 1989 to Fiona Biggar, the couple have two
children: Naomi Porter, a student of Russian, German and French, and
Daniel Porter, who now performs in his own right under the name of
Daniel Portman. His sister-in-law is the costume designer Trisha Biggar
and his brother is the actor Stewart Porter.- Actress
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Heather Ripley was born on 6 May 1959 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), The Paul O'Grady Show (2004) and MGM Sing-Alongs: Searching for Your Dreams (1997).- Hilton McRae was born on 28 December 1949 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Macbeth (2015) and Max Headroom (1985). He is married to Lindsay Duncan. They have one child.
- Hamish Clark was born on 26 July 1965 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for The Decoy Bride (2011), Monarch of the Glen (2000) and Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997).
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Danny Wallace is a writer, producer and television and radio host.
The Warner Bros adaptation of his book, Yes Man, grossed $226m
worldwide.
His award-winning ShortList magazine column in the UK reaches 1.3
million readers weekly.
His first novel, Charlotte Street, is an international bestseller,
published in 18 countries.
It follows in the wake of the Sunday Times bestsellers Awkward
Situations for Men, Yes Man, Join Me and Friends Like These.
US TV network ABC, with Warner Bros television, bought the rights to
Awkward Situations for Men in 2010, making a pilot, co-written,
co-produced and starring Wallace in the lead role.
He is a contributing editor at British GQ, and his television work
includes BBC2's Horizon, How To Start Your Own Country, BBC1's Test the
Nation, Castaway, School's Out, ITV2's National Television Awards
Backstage and National Movie Awards Backstage, and SkyOne's
Conspiracies and Danny Wallace's Hoax Files, amongst many others.
He appears as Shaun Hastings in the Assassin's Creed franchise: a
global video games phenomenon.
On UK radio, he has hosted shows on Xfm, 6Music, Absolute, Radio 1,
Radio 2 and Radio 4. In its first five months on air, the Xfm Breakfast
Show with Danny Wallace won an unprecedented number of top industry
awards, including the Arqiva for Presenter of the Year.
In 2013 he won the BAFTA for Best Performer at the BAFTA Games Awards
for his work on the indie hit Thomas Was Alone.
His next novel, Who is Tom Ditto?, will be released in April 2014.- Actor
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Samuel Robertson was born on 11 October 1985 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Beaver Falls (2011) and Perfect Sisters (2014).- Actor
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Ewan Hooper was born on 23 October 1935 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Kinky Boots (2005), The Avengers (1961) and Julius Caesar (1970). He was married to Marion Fiddick. He died on 6 April 2023.- Diminutive Scots character actor of quirky personality and gift of gab.
As a drama student at St. Andrews, he first performed in productions
staged by the university's dramatic society. He served with the Royal
Scots during World War I, then forged a career playing comic roles on
the Shakespearean stage, where he was often billed as 'D.Hay Petrie'.
With the Old Vic from 1920, he was much acclaimed for his performances
as Sly in "The Taming of the Shrew" and as Puck in "A Midsummer Night's
Dream". The screen saw him as eccentric personae, well-cast in period
drama and in Dickensian parts (such as the malevolent debt-collector
Quilp, in
The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
and as the corn-chandler Uncle Pumblechook in
Great Expectations (1946)). An
inveterate scene-stealer, Petrie was able to slip with consummate ease
from genre to genre and from comical to villainous.
He is perhaps best remembered as The MacLaggan in
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
and as the evil Dr. Fosco in
Crimes at the Dark House (1940).
To his ever-lasting regret, he missed out on the two parts he most
coveted: that of Sancho Panza in
Feodor Chaliapin Sr.'s film version
of Don Quixote (1933) and as
Quasimodo in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939).
Petrie died suddenly, just two weeks after his 53rd birthday, from
undisclosed causes. - Actress
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Rhona Cameron was born on 27 September 1965 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Rhona (2000), Six Four (2023) and Funny Man (1994).- Actor
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Forbes KB was born on 29 May 1965 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Harry Brown (2009), Casino Royale (2006) and The Queen (2006). He has been married to Karin since 10 August 2000. They have one child. He was previously married to Jacqueline.- Actor
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Stephen Samson was born on 16 June 1982 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023), Time Spent (2023) and Preston Watson the Flying Scotsman (2008).- Actor
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Callum Fairweather is a scottish actor who has appeared in theatre, television shows, commercials, modelling campaigns & arthouse films; several of which have been screened at numerous independent film festivals & art galleries. He produced & starred in a film for HM Queen Elizabeth II. He lives in his hometown of Arbroath, in Scotland.- Actor
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Born in Scotland and raised in Indiana. John received a BS in Theatre Performance from Ball State University and an MFA in Acting from Michigan State University. He is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and AGMA. For over twenty years he has had the good fortune to be a part of the diverse and talented Chicago acting community.- Sheila Shand Gibbs was born in 1930 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for The Great Game (1953), The Old Curiosity Shop (1962) and David Copperfield (1956). She was previously married to Timothy Bateson.
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George Lamb is one of television's hottest new presenting talents and a
regular on Channel 4, T4 and E4 Music. He's also been fortunate enough
to interview some of the biggest names in music and film, including 50
Cent, Gwen Stefani, Keifer Sutherland, Ian Brown, and Lindsay Lohan, to
name but a few. Not bad for someone who has only been presenting for 12
months!
Central to George's success is his knowledge and expertise in the
fields of music and film.
Prior to his current career George was an accomplished band manager
responsible for the careers of dance music maestros the Audio Bully's
and current solo sensation, Lily Allen. Having spent such a great deal
of time within the industry George finds it easy to talk to a wide
variety of artists and win them over with his laid back confidence and
depth of knowledge.
As the son of well-known actor Larry Lamb, George also has a keen
interest in film. Again his insider knowledge of the subject enables
him to speak to actors and actresses on a level that few other
presenters can.- Writer
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George Galloway was born on 16 August 1954 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Killing Kelly (2021), The Killing$ of Tony Blair (2016) and Real Time with Bill Maher (2003). He has been married to Putri Gayatri Pertiwi since 31 March 2012. He was previously married to Dr Amineh Abu-Zayyad, Elaine Fyffe and Rima Husseini.- Actor
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Will Fyffe was born on 16 February 1885 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for To the Victor (1938), The Mysterious Mr. Reeder (1939) and The Missing People (1939). He was married to Emmeline Eugenie Pooley and Lily Ann Bolton Wilcock. He died on 14 December 1947 in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK.- He was on his way back to Britain from America in 1939 with the
intention of joining the armed forces when the ship on which he was
traveling was captured by Nazis and he spent five years in a German
P.O.W. camp. During this period he organized camp entertainment and
produced 56 shows for the other prisoners. On his release he returned
to Britain where he resumed his acting career. He never fully recovered
from his wartime experiences and only made a limited number of post war
appearances. He eventually died a broken man in a home for forgotten
actors in Greenwich, London, England. - David Keir Gracie was born in 1884 in the district of St Andrews in
Dundee, Scotland. He left Dundee for London in his teens to learn the
glove trade and enter the family business. He abandoned this, however,
and went on the stage, first as a hoofer in vaudeville and then as an
actor. Because such a move brought shame on an otherwise respectable
family he used his middle name and took the stage name David Keir. He
toured extensively as an actor in repertory, playing in the US, Africa,
India and China. In the 1930s through to the 1950s he had parts in over
70 films. Some were uncredited but the most famous was
A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle (1942) with
Robert Newton. He had some
television work at the end of his career. Being of small statute and
over 50 years of age by the time he made his first film, he had mainly
minor parts but he loved the work. He lived alone in Holborn in London
until his death in 1971. - John Dair was born on 3 March 1933 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Batman (1989), Yellowbeard (1983) and Doing Time (1979). He died on 25 November 2005 in Greenwich, London, England, UK.
- Carl Forgione was born on 3 May 1944 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994) and Big Zapper (1973). He died on 10 September 1998 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
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Hazel Baillie was born in 1982 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. Hazel is an editor, known for Black Mirror (2011), Andor (2022) and Silo (2023).- Actor
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William Duncan was born on 16 December 1879 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and director, known for The Steel Trail (1923), A Matrimonial Deluge (1913) and The Gunfighter's Son (1913). He was married to Edith Johnson. He died on 8 February 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Ian Williamson is a Scottish actor who was born in Dundee. Prior to acting Ian was a Scottish International 1500m track runner. To this day he is still a keen fitness enthusiast and Personal Trainer based now in the Cambridge area.
He holds a degree in Criminology and has a masters degree in Criminal Justice. - Actress
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Lesley Mackie was born in 1951 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for The Wicker Man (1973), The Wicker Tree (2011) and A Sense of Freedom (1981). She has been married to Terry Wale since 1977. They have two children.- Director
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Giles Walker was born on 17 January 1946 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He was a director and producer, known for 90 Days (1985), Bravery in the Field (1979) and Princes in Exile (1990). He was married to Hannele Halm. He died on 23 March 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Make-Up Department
Jonathan Lucas Feeney-Brown (Professionally known as Jonathan Lucas MUA) was born and raised in Dundee, Scotland.
Jonathan's mother (Heather Brown) is Australian and father (Steven Brown) is Scottish.
Jonathan excelled at college studying Hairdressing, winning many awards along the way.
He then went onto study Makeup Artistry.
In 2012, Jonathan got married and welcomed his first child into the world in 2017.
He still lives and works in Dundee, Scotland.
Awards: Winner of the National Hairdressers Federation Award 2016, British Education Award finalist 2018.- Actor
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Leslie Lawton was born in 1943 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Geluk bij een ongeluk (1990), Coronation Street (1960) and Run with the Wind (1966). He has been married to Jeanne Cook since September 1987. He was previously married to Iréna Mayeska and Jenny Oulton.- Director
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Alan Strachan was born on 3 September 1946 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is a director and writer, known for A Splinter of Ice (2021), Present Laughter (1981) and Re:Joyce! - A Celebration of the Work of Joyce Grenfell (1991). He was previously married to Jennifer Piercey.- Margaret Boyd was born on 30 June 1890 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Six Days of Justice (1972), ITV Play of the Week (1955) and The Teckman Biography (1953). She was married to W.E. Holloway. She died on 2 October 1979 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.
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Penrhyn Stanlaws was born on 19 March 1877 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He was a director, known for At the End of the World (1921), Singed Wings (1922) and Over the Border (1922). He was married to Jean Pughsley. He died on 20 May 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
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Jim O'Brien was born on 15 February 1947 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He was a director and actor, known for The Jewel in the Crown (1984), The Monocled Mutineer (1986) and The Dressmaker (1988). He was married to Christine Hauch. He died on 13 February 2012 in Southall, London, England, UK.- Actor
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Michael Marra was born on 17 February 1952 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Crossing the Line (1990), Initiation (1996) and Sheila (1996). He was married to Peggy. He died on 23 October 2012 in Dundee, Scotland, UK.- Elizabeth Wallace was born on 6 February 1933 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1967), Studio 4 (1962) and All Aboard (1958). She died in 2011 in East Sussex, England, UK.
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Ross Nicoll was born on 26 September 1983 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. Ross is a composer, known for Crackdown (2007), Game (2014) and The PowerPuff Girls: Relish Rampage (2002).- Actor
- Director
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Ben Macleod was born in Scotland, and as soon as he was out, he moved
to London for two years before returning to his homeland. He started
school at four and this was when he realised he wanted to be an actor.
He started taking LAMDA exams, developed his acting skills and moved to
Dublin (Ireland) when he was 8, for a year. He was trained by Dublin's
most prestigious acting school, took up singing and piano and became a
Jack-of-all-arts-trades, learning how to do make-up and director
skills. By the time he was 11 he enrolled in Britain's most famous
Theatre school: Sylvia Young Theatre School. As soon as he arrived he
felt at home, he developed his acting further and started working
professionally with roles as you see listed here, and in his final year
achieved Deputy Head boy. More roles are in his path in the future. He
wishes to continue with his acting, and be among the top with Robert
DeNiro and Al Pacino, He specialises in drama and 'real' acting, his
favorite. Ben enjoys going out making friends and relaxing with his
piano and making music!- Writer
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Richard J. Moir was born on 28 April 1989 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is a writer and director, known for In the Moonlight (2023), Temptation (2018) and Seclusionville (2010).- Gerry Finley-Day was born in 1947 in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland, UK. Gerry is a writer, known for Rogue Trooper.
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Ian Knox was born on 18 January 1954 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. He is a director and writer, known for The Privilege (1982), Shoot for the Sun (1986) and Spender (1991).- Actress
Ellie Reid was born on 27 March 2004 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for Tellurian, The Gaelic King (2017) and Crowman (2016).- Composer
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George Finlay Ramsay was born in 1988 in Dundee, Scotland. George Finlay is a composer and assistant director, known for Love Infinity: When the Sun Goes Quiet (2022), Love Infinity: Memorandum for the Next Golden Age (2022) and The Original Night (2024).- Robin Pilcher was born on 10 August 1950 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. Robin is a writer, known for Robin Pilcher - Jenseits des Ozeans (2006), Starting Over (2007) and A Risk Worth Taking (2008).
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Nicholas Westwood Kidd was born on 31 March 1989 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013), Northwest (2013) and For det fælles bedste (2014).- Composer
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Ricky Ross was born on 22 December 1957 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Under the Skin (2013), It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006) and Eddie the Eagle (2015). He has been married to Lorraine McIntosh since 12 May 1990. They have three children.- Agnes Brantford was born on 30 October 1883 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Everything Is Rhythm (1936), A Will and a Way (1922) and The Last Post (1929). She died on 15 July 1965 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.
- Gordon Richardson was born on 12 August 1911 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Doctor Who (1963) and Tess (1979). He died in December 1994 in London, England, UK.