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- {{short description|American singer}} ...ere both Hollywood [[w:actor|actor]]s, beginning in [[w:silent film|silent film]]s with careers extending into the 1930s. In the early part of [[w:World Wa5 KB (689 words) - 10:21, 27 December 2022
- ...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'', featurin11 KB (1,562 words) - 17:20, 16 January 2023
- {{Short description|American-British actress (1920–2014)}} '''Yolande Donlan''' (June 2, 1920{{spaced ndash}}December 30, 2014) was an American-British actress who worked extensively in the United Kingdom.8 KB (1,185 words) - 14:03, 21 January 2023
- ...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 ...iddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London|first=Adrian|last=Wright|date=15 December 2017|publisher=7 KB (1,071 words) - 07:52, 2 October 2024
- ...Trench in ''[[w:Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' and ''[[w:From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'' ...ond films (''[[w:Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' and ''[[w:From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'') and is therefore considered to have been the fi8 KB (1,115 words) - 17:58, 19 December 2022
- ...'' to Broadway from 1966 to 1967. In New York, she won the Whitbread Anglo-American Theatre Award for Outstanding Musical Performance.<ref name="Baker">Richard ...g the female lead, Madame Petrovna, opposite [[Morecambe and Wise]] in the film ''[[The Intelligence Men]]'' (1966).6 KB (780 words) - 11:17, 21 February 2023
- ...United States|American]] [[w:television|television]], helping bring her to American audiences. She was a member of the [[w:repertory|repertory]] company on the ...Town]]'', ''[[w:The Blue Lamp|The Blue Lamp]]'', ''[[w:The Shiralee (1957 film)|The Shiralee]]'', ''[[w:The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming|T7 KB (1,104 words) - 15:12, 21 December 2022
- ...ed her given name to "Jeannie" to avoid confusion with the similarly named American actress [[Jean Carson]].<ref name="BFI"/> * 1961 – ''[[Seven Keys (film)|Seven Keys]]''6 KB (827 words) - 19:39, 24 August 2024
- ...d an expert animal handler, worked on the film ''[[The Four Feathers (1921 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' (1921), and later wrote a book about the experience, ...en's Royal Naval Service]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/aug/11/1|title = Obituary: Jill Adams|date = 10 August 2008}}</ref> Du9 KB (1,399 words) - 08:03, 29 March 2023
- {{short description|French-American actress}} ...=9 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> 10 July 1904 – 21 March 1994) was a French-American actress and singer who appeared in 33 films between 1922 and 1937.13 KB (1,864 words) - 14:47, 18 January 2023
- {{short description|British-American actress and comedian|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Carol Cleveland''' (born 13 January 1942) is a British-American actress and [[comedian]], particularly known for her work with [[Monty Pyth10 KB (1,428 words) - 00:10, 27 January 2023
- ...ching]]''.<ref name="Slide">Slide, Anthony (1996) ''Some Joe You Don't Kno American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities'', Greenwood Pre |1972|| ''[[The Ruling Class (film)|The Ruling Class]]'' || Mrs. Pamela Treadwell ||5 KB (763 words) - 22:42, 13 March 2023
- ....org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fcd2832 |title=Molly Weir |website=[[British Film Institute]] |accessdate=22 May 2018}}</ref> She appeared as the character H ...> In 1970 Weir and Gloag reprised their collaboration in ''[[Scrooge (1970 film)|Scrooge]]'', playing old sisters in debt to Mr Scrooge, played by [[Albert9 KB (1,227 words) - 17:19, 19 December 2022
- In the 1930s she also pursued a film career and later had a radio show together with her brother [[Sonnie Hale]] ...a", ''British Film and Television Yearbook'', Vol. 4, British and American Film Press (1952)</ref> The marriage ended in divorce about 1934.9 KB (1,412 words) - 13:55, 11 March 2023
- ...''' (13 November 1906 – 19 August 1986) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She typically played brash, vulgar characters, often referr ...ins]]''. She voiced Madame Adelaide Bonfamille in the 1970 Disney animated film, ''[[The Aristocats]]''. In 1975, she won a [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best12 KB (1,796 words) - 09:50, 23 February 2023
- MacDonald married an American musician at 17 and they had a daughter named Lisa.<ref name=Benny /><ref na ...ira]]'' (1974), the film version of the TV series ''[[Man About the House (film)|Man About the House]]'' (1974), the sex comedy ''[[Keep It Up Downstairs]]8 KB (1,270 words) - 00:00, 27 January 2023
- ...hnston Forbes-Robertson|Johnston Forbes-Robertson]] and her great-aunt was American actress [[w:Maxine Elliott|Maxine Elliott]]. ...oiceFilmWorks/150582907|title=Collections Search | BFI | British Film Institute|website=collections-search.bfi.org.uk}}</ref>4 KB (671 words) - 13:05, 28 December 2022
- ...IxEC&dq=elspet+gray+stage+career&pg=PA81|title=Some Joe You Don't Know: An American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities|first=Anthony|la ...and television programmes, her earliest being ''[[The Blind Goddess (1948 film)|The Blind Goddess]]'' (1948).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/7 KB (1,066 words) - 18:00, 3 January 2023
- ...elebrating Mollie Sugden: An'' Are You Being Served? ''Special'', aired on American [[PBS|PBS]] stations featuring several members of the cast of ''Are You Bei ===Film===15 KB (2,175 words) - 20:35, 7 February 2023
- ...nd my past|title=Arthur Howard}}</ref>) was an English stage, [[film actor|film and television actor]].<ref name=mcfarlane/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://the ...+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA369|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxfor11 KB (1,533 words) - 22:38, 15 March 2023