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- | birth_place = [[Edinburgh|Edinburgh]], Scotland '''Brigit Forsyth''' (born 28 July 1940 in [[Edinburgh|Edinburgh]]) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles as Thelma Ferris in the5 KB (765 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2023
- ...h in ''[[w:Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' and ''[[w:From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'' ...lms (''[[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 first "[8 KB (1,115 words) - 17:58, 19 December 2022
- ...The Fully Authorised History of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: The Clue Bible from Footlights to Mornington Crescent''], Arrow Books (2010) pg. 277</ref><ref> ...r in repertory at the [[Gateway Theatre (Edinburgh)|Gateway Theatre]] in [[Edinburgh]], then moved to the Palladium Theatre there. She appeared in as many as 127 KB (1,040 words) - 12:19, 15 January 2023
- ...met and married her husband, Dr Jimmy Wilson Muggoch, an army doctor from Edinburgh.<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/13578 From 1958 to 1968, Marsden was among the cast of the radio series ''[[Beyond Our7 KB (1,080 words) - 14:21, 15 January 2023
- ...mit to star in the lead in ''[[w:Peter Pan|Peter Pan]]'' due to complaints from [[w:Equity (trade union)|Equity]], the actor's union, who felt that a Briti Guest retired from directing in 1985 and the couple moved to the USA in the early 1990s, where8 KB (1,185 words) - 14:03, 21 January 2023
- *{{cite book |title=Spinning Like a Peerie |location=Edinburgh |publisher=Wright |date=1983}} [[Category:Actresses from Glasgow]]9 KB (1,227 words) - 17:19, 19 December 2022
- | death_place = [[w:Edinburgh|Edinburgh]], Scotland ...m ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1966–1975). In 1968, as a direct spin off from the sitcom, she appeared, alongside [[Warren Mitchell]], in a series of tel24 KB (3,314 words) - 16:09, 22 December 2022
- ...usan Shaw]] as their young daughters (all with the same first names as the actresses portraying them) and [[Amy Veness]] as their opinionated grandmother. [[Dia ...to see the [[Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh|royal wedding]], and Grandma Huggett joins them in camping out overnight ne5 KB (763 words) - 20:09, 8 February 2023
- ...4/Lizbeth-Webb.html|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=22 January 2013}}</ref> From an early age, she took singing lessons.<ref name=GuardianObit>Coveney, Mich ...binet/vivianellis/blessthebride.html |title=Profile of ''Bless the Bride'' from Record Cabinet |access-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archiv13 KB (1,907 words) - 14:39, 11 February 2023
- ...hat she "hated" her time in Petersfield, she and the other female evacuees from Battersea would use the local church hall there for acting, dancing and sin ...hy"/> Starting back at RADA in September 1945, Joyce dropped the "Needham" from her name and began using the stage name "Yootha Joyce" saying "it seemed le23 KB (3,496 words) - 14:31, 24 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[Edinburgh]], Scotland ...BBC five years later. ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'' ran as a comedy sketch show from 1971 to 1987, and became Corbett and Barker's most famous work; Corbett bec30 KB (4,195 words) - 15:14, 23 December 2022
- ...al Lunatic Asylum]]. Seven years later, on 26 July 1890, he was discharged from Broadmoor and reunited with his wife. He legally dropped his surname. ...on|Wimbledon]], South London, after her [[pregnant]] mother hanged herself from a tree.27 KB (3,944 words) - 08:06, 11 September 2024
- | birth_name = Josephine Edwina Jaques <!-- only use if different from name --> ...m)|Green for Danger]]'' (1946), in which she had a brief, uncredited role. From 1958 to 1974 she appeared in 14 ''Carry On'' films, playing various roles i69 KB (10,597 words) - 19:20, 16 March 2023
- ...in-off ''[[The Green Green Grass]]'' (2005–2009), as well as Monty Staines from the seventh series onwards in the ITV sitcom ''[[Benidorm (British TV serie ...920212012/https://www.zani.co.uk/film-tv/item/3268-john-challis-aka-boycie-from-only-fools-and-horses-talks-to-zani|url-status=live}}</ref> Challis attende58 KB (7,307 words) - 15:56, 25 August 2024
- ...f the four writer-performers in the comedy revue ''[[Beyond the Fringe]]'' from 1960 that created a boom in satiric comedy, and with a member of that team, ...a Francis (née Hughes), a secretary, and John Moore, a railway electrician from Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1338 KB (5,603 words) - 23:16, 13 February 2023
- ...came president of the [[British Music Hall Society]], taking over the role from [[Roy Hudd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmusichallsociety.com/pat110 KB (14,760 words) - 19:34, 27 September 2024
- ...-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and influence, includi ...th America, it has coloured the work of [[cult following|cult]] performers from the early editions of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' through to more recent [[151 KB (22,229 words) - 11:42, 4 January 2023