• Diane Holland
  ...ain, the family was hampered by her father's ill-health, the after-effects of having been gassed in the trenches during [[World War I]].<ref>[https://www ...mmer seasons in [[Monte Carlo]] and other European casino hotspots as part of an [[adagio act.]] She also performed in many [[West End theatre|West End]]
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• Jill Adams
  '''Jill Adams''' (22 July 1930 – 13 May 2008) was an English actress, artist and fashion model. She featured or starred in over 25 films ...ue Lagoon (1923 film)|The Blue Lagoon]]'' (1923). Siggins, a former member of the [[British South Africa Police]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mohammadm
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• Dilys Watling
  ...tling''' (born '''Dilys Rhys Jones''', 5 May 1942 – 10 August 2021) was an English actress, best known for appearing on [[British television|British televisio Watling was born Dilys Rhys Jones, the daughter of actor Ion Rhys Jones and Patricia Hicks. Ion Rhys Jones was killed in actio
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• Ray Ellington
  {{cite book |title = Who's Who of British Jazz ...ll speaking role in many episodes, often as a parodic [[Indigenous peoples of Africa|African]], Native American or [[Arab|Arab]] [[Tribal chief|chieftain
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• John Gregson
  ...ed film roles.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ee347b3 |title=John Gregson }}</ref> He was best known for his crime Born in [[Liverpool]] of Irish descent,<ref>{{cite web |title=Gregson Images, Barnsley |url=http://gregsonimages.c
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• George Sanders
  | alma_mater = [[w:University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology|Manchester Technical College]] ...two-parter episode of [[Batman (TV series)|''Batman'']] (1966), the voice of [[Shere Khan]] in Disney's ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]
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• Lynda Bellingham
  {{short description|English actress, broadcaster, and author (1948–2014)}} | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
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• Dave Allen (comedian)
  ...|last=Otchet|first=Amy|date=May 1999|title=Mark Thomas: method and madness of a TV comic|work=[[UNESCO Courier]]|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m ...from Swedish; "The best sketches 1971–1986 with Dave Allen" (a combination of him sitting in his famous chair, drinking, smoking and telling jokes – an
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• Andrew Sachs
  ...[:File:Andrew Sachs, audio description of London Zoo.ogg|audio description of London Zoo]] for [[VocalEyes]] }} ...s name on British television and found his greatest fame for his portrayal of the comical Spanish waiter [[Manuel (Fawlty Towers)|Manuel]] in ''[[Fawlty
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• Warren Mitchell
  ...= [[University College, Oxford|University College]] <br /> [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] ...or roles in several films. In the 1960s, he rose to prominence in the role of bigoted [[cockney]] [[Alf Garnett]] in the [[BBC]] television sitcom ''[[Ti
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• Lew Grade
  ...Holmes à Court then deposed him in a boardroom coup and purged the company of all his staff, even, Lord Grade noted sadly, his tea lady. Later, he observ ...gle.com/books?id=VH94S39CRFYC&pg=PA106 |title=The East End: Four Centuries of London Life |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |year=2000 |isbn=081352
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• Cicely Courtneidge
  ...pearing in his productions in the [[West End theatre|West End]] by the age of 16, and was quickly promoted from minor to major roles in his [[Edwardian m ...ears later. They acted together on stage and screen, initially in a series of [[revue|revue]]s, with Hulbert frequently producing as well as performing.
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• Chesney and Wolfe
  ...ft the French Lycée school in London at the age of 16, and began using his English name.<ref name="Hayward2018">{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url= ...Declared unfit to serve in the [[Second World War]] because of the removal of a [[tuberculosis]]-infected kidney,<ref name="Hayward2018"/> he taught the
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• David Frost
  ...from 2012. He received the [[BAFTA Fellowship]] from the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] in 2005 and the [[Lifetime Achievement Emmys|Lif ...eptember 2013}}</ref> His memorial stone was unveiled in [[Poets' Corner]] of [[Westminster Abbey]] in March 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir David Frost
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• Kenneth More
  | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire#Current classes|CBE]] ...ish Empire#Current classes|CBE]] (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English film and stage actor.
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• Rolf Harris
  {{Short description|Australian entertainer and sex offender (born 1930)}} | alma_mater = [[w:University of Western Australia|University of Western Australia]]<br />[[w:Claremont Teachers' College|Claremont Teachers
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• Dudley Moore
  | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] ...nge]]'' from 1960 that created a boom in satiric comedy, and with a member of that team, [[Peter Cook]], collaborated on the BBC television series ''[[No
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• Anna Neagle
  | restingplace = [[City of London Cemetery|City of London Cemetery]], [[Manor Park, London|Manor Park]], England ...ber 1904 – 3 June 1986), known professionally as '''Anna Neagle''', was an English stage and film actress, singer and dancer.
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• Birds of a Feather (TV series)
  | image = Birds of a Feather 2014 Title Card.png | language = English
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• Barry Humphries
  ...the country to which the subject belongs can be inferred from the country of birth." --> | alma_mater = [[University of Melbourne]]
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