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  • {{short description|South African-born British actress}} | nationality = British
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  • ...tober 2010) was an English actress from [[London]]. Cowling wanted to be a film actress from the time she was a child; however, upon leaving school, she tr ...ilm debut in a small role in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]'' (1950).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-t
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  • {{Short description|British actress}} She played the roles of Sharon Eversleigh in the film of the television series ''[[Please Sir!]]'' and Sandra in the BBC TV serie
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  • ...> She made her last film appearance, as a [[drag king]], in the Australian film ''[[The Adventures of Barry McKenzie]]'' (1972).<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|ur * ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)|Goodbye, Mr Chips]]'' (1939) – Flora
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  • ...son-1|title=A Study of Mrs. Hudson: A Study of Mrs. Hudson: Mrs. Hudson in film and tv|website=A Study of Mrs. Hudson: The characterization of Mrs. Hudson ...Rimmer and Mrs Sowerbutts in ''[[Coronation Street]]'', an award-winning British [[soap opera]] (March 1978 to 1991), and as Mary in 10 episodes of ''[[Flam
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  • ...-people/4ce2b6b3a784a |title=The Punch and Judy Man (1963) |work=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref> ....org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1944c77|title=Barbara Murray |work=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/barb
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  • ...lish actress whose elegant presence kept her much in demand for roles in [[film]] and television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f0560d ===Film===
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  • ...%22Jill+Melford%22+actress&pg=RA5-PA1846|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|last=McFarlane|first=Brian|date=2016-05-16|publisher=Oxford ...n the London stage, she played Miss Nardis in the 1954 British crime drama film ''[[Murder by Proxy]]''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books
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  • ...w.ancestry.com.au}}</ref> was an Australian-born British actress of stage, film and television. Her parents were John Cooney and Clara Smythe. Her brother, ...s a child actress in Hollywood is lost or uncredited; her first accredited film role was as 'the Girl' in a 1927 short comedy, ''The Bum's Rush'', featurin
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  • ...penton'''; 21 July 1923 &nbsp;– 25 January 1980) was an English actress of film and television, as well as an occasional singer.<ref name="BFI">[https://we ...ng jazz standards and some originals songs was released by the BFI. In the film she collaborated with a number of musicians including Stan Tracey and his b
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  • ...) was an English actress, best known for appearing on [[British television|British television]] (''[[Coronation Street|Coronation Street]]'', ''[[The Benny Hi ...'[[Calculated Risk (film)|Calculated Risk]]'', (also 1963); and the horror film, ''[[Theatre of Death|Theatre of Death]]'', (1967).
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  • ...l-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-04|title=Avis Bunnage|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/av ...&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians|first=Benjamin|last=Poore|date=15 November
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  • | nationality = British ...n in [[Zanzibar]] in 1931 (some sources give 1933), where her father was a British diplomat. She also lived in the [[Seychelles]] and [[Uruguay]] while she wa
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  • McShane and Lucan became a popular [[music hall]] and film double act during their nearly forty years together. They gradually evolved ...s of McShane's many affairs, and they separated in 1951. In McShane's last film, ''Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure'' (1951), their scenes were filmed on
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  • ...Persuasion (1960 TV series)|Persuasion]]''<br>''[[The Reluctant Debutante (film)|The Reluctant Debutante]]'' ...s=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10144549/Ice-Cold-in-Alex-actress-Diane-Clare-dies-aged-74.html|title=
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  • Cundell appeared in many television shows, including ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]],'' as Peggy,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.i [[Category:English film actresses]]
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  • ...2008) was an English actress known for her work on [[w:British television|British television]]. She is best known for her portrayal of [[Nora Batty]] in ''[[ ...egular role as Doris Luke in the popular ATV soap opera, ''[[w:Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' from 1978 to 1984 and 2001 to 2002. Her other tel
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  • ...on television|interracial kiss on television]]. She continued to appear on British television until 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-pe ...y, actress whose many roles included a vampire's victim in a Hammer horror film – obituary|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 March 2020|access-date=9 March
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  • ...07) was an English actress who had a long career on [[w:British television|British television]]. She became well known in her later years for playing [[Nana M ...''[[The Wildcats of St Trinian's]]'' (1980), and ''[[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|101 Dalmatians]]'' (1996).<ref name="Daily Tele"/><ref name="BBC death"/><
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  • ...r!]]'' (1971), and a brief appearance as a maid in ''[[Julius Caesar (1970 film)|Julius Caesar]]'' (1970). ...-05-16|title=Going Out With a Bang!|first=Sheila|last=Connor|publisher=The British Theatre Guide}}</ref>
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