• Hilda Braid
  ...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 ...in ''[[The Waltz of the Toreadors]]'' from 1956 to 1957, and ''[[Pickwick (musical)|Pickwick]]'' from 1963 to 1964.<ref name="Indy"/> Later, she was a member
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• Dilys Laye
  ...aged 14 as a boy in a play called ''The Burning Bush'' at the New Lindsey Theatre and her film debut a year later as a younger version of [[Jean Kent|Jean Ke ...955.jpg|thumb|From the original Broadway production of ''[[The Boy Friend (musical)|The Boy Friend]]''; clockwise from left: Stella Claire, Lyn Connorty, [[Er
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• Lizbeth Webb
  ...e Word (musical)|Gay's the Word]]'' and Sarah Brown in ''[[Guys and Dolls (musical)|Guys and Dolls]]''. She married Colonel [[Sir Guy Campbell, 5th Baronet|G ...th Webb|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/9819554/Lizbeth-Webb.html|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=22 Janu
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• Patsy Rowlands
  | television = ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]''<br />''[[Hallelujah! (TV series)|Hallelujah ...https://www.britannica.com/biography/Patsy-Rowlands|title=Patsy Rowlands - British actress|website=Britannica.com}}</ref><ref name=stage/>
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• Millicent Martin
  ...ny Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]]. Other television roles include her recurring role as [[Minor characters === Theatre ===
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• Helen Fraser (actress)
  ...helen+fraser+billy+liar+stage+2010&pg=RA3-PA1962|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slid ...theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Bad Girls: The Musical|Bad Girls: The Musical]]'' in 2007.<ref name="actress" />
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• Maggie Ollerenshaw
  ...]'', ''[[Juliet Bravo]]'', ''[[Last of The Summer Wine]]'', ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', ''[[Holby City]]'', ''[[One Foot In The Grave]]'' ...51-8}}</ref> She also starred in the play ''Screamers'' at the [[Warehouse Theatre]].
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• Valerie Leon
  | spouse = {{Marriage|[[Michael Mills (British producer)|Michael Mills]]|1974|1988|end=died}} ...sand]] in ''[[Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl]]'' at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]] in London's West End.
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• Dora Bryan
  ...R|OBE}} (7 February 1923 – 23 July 2014), known as '''Dora Bryan''', was a British actress of stage, film and television.<ref name=Argus>[http://www.theargus. ...[[Entertainments National Service Association|ENSA]] in Italy to entertain British troops.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainmen
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• Amanda Barrie
  ...t the [[Arts Educational School]] in London and later at [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]]. ...ie then starred in two of the [[Carry On films]], a long-running series of British comedy films: she had a supporting part as a cab driver in ''[[Carry On Cab
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• Renée Houston
  {{Use British English|date=September 2015}} ...d=9NX_8KbH89oC&q=houston+sisters+short+film+1926&pg=PA27|title=The British Musical Film|first=John|last=Mundy|date=15 July 2007|publisher=Manchester Universit
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• Phyllida Law
  ...ida Law talks about her new book about her adventures in her early days in theatre|website=The Northern Echo}}</ref> ...Their daughters, [[Emma Thompson|Emma]] and [[Sophie Thompson]], are both actresses.
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• Una Stubbs
  ...lmes|Sherlock Holmes]]'s landlady [[w:Mrs. Hudson|Mrs. Hudson]] in the [[w:British Academy Television Awards 2011|BAFTA-winning]] television series ''[[w:Sher ...elevision as one of the [[w:Dougie Squires|Dougie Squires Dancers]] on the British television music show ''[[w:Cool for Cats (TV series)|Cool for Cats]]'' in
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• Jill Summers
  ...t|''Dick Whittington'']].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=13 July 2021|title=British Music Hall Society|url=http://www.britishmusichallsociety.com/jillsummers.p ...f whom, [[John Major|John]], became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] in 1990.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Young|first=Glenda|
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• Fenella Fielding
  | post-nominals = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] '''Fenella Fielding''', [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born '''Fenella Marion Feldman'''; 17 November 1927 &ndash; 1
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• Lynda Baron
  ...n her career, she appeared in [[repertory theatre]] and several [[West End theatre|West End]] venues.<ref name="filmography">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gordon ...oads]]'' (1978), ''[[Up Pompeii]]'' (1970), ''[[Z-Cars]]'' (1971), and the British horror film ''[[Hands of the Ripper]]'' (1971). Baron appeared on televisio
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• Hylda Baker
  ...|date= 2011-09-26|accessdate=2014-03-15}}</ref> it is described by the [[w:British Film Institute|BFI]] as a "low life comedy, unfolded against an [[w:industr ...arest]]</ref> (the same year she was a subject of ''[[w:This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' when she was surprised by [[w:Eamonn Andre
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• Glynis Johns
  {{short description|British actress, dancer, pianist, and singer}} ...Musical|Tony Award]], and for playing Winifred Banks in [[Walt Disney]]'s musical motion picture ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]].'' In 2020, with the
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• Hermione Gingold
  ...erself on the stage as an adult, playing in comedy, drama and experimental theatre, and radio broadcasting. She found her milieu in revue, which she played fr ...Kate Frances (née Walter). Her paternal grandparents were the Ottoman-born British subject, Moritz "Maurice" Gingold, a London stockbroker, and his Austrian-b
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• Cicely Courtneidge
  ...16, and was quickly promoted from minor to major roles in his [[Edwardian musical comedies]]. ...duction. No other producers offered the young Courtneidge leading roles in musical comedies, and she turned instead to the [[music hall|music hall]], learning
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