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  • ...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 "[
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  • | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] ...tions/mollyweir/ |title=Collections A-Z: Molly Weir |website=University of Glasgow |accessdate=22 May 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.or
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  • | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland | honours = Honorary degree, [[Glasgow Caledonian University]]
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  • ...she appeared in a series of ''[[Old Mother Riley]]'' stage shows and films from the 1930s to the 1950s. ...iley]], with Lucan appearing in drag as Mrs Daphne Snowdrop Bluebell Riley from Dublin, and McShane playing her daughter 'Kitty Riley', whose wayward ways
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  • ...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> ...edia of British Film'', London: Methuen, 2003, p.128. The source gives the Glasgow College of Drama, but the names appear to be interchangeable.</ref><ref nam
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  • | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], [[UK]] ...ob Monkhouse]] and [[Ronnie Corbett]].<ref>London Cast Recording. The Boys from Syracuse. Decca Record Company Limited, 1963. LK 4564.</ref> She recalled t
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  • | death_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] ...''[[The Adventures of Sir Lancelot|The Adventures of Sir Lancelot]]'' and from the early 1960s she spent her career entirely in television, where she feat
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  • ...ruary 2015</ref> Her recording of the song "[[Spread a Little Happiness]]" from that musical is possibly her best remembered recording. ''Mr. Cinders'' was From 1933 to 1937, Hale made five films. On stage during these years, she played
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  • | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Lanarkshire]], Scotland She was born '''Adrienne Riccoboni''' in [[Glasgow]] in November 1931, the daughter of an English mother (Olive Smethurst) and
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  • ...SBN|978-1781961216}}.</ref> Sims's early interest in being an actress came from living at the railway station. She would often put on performances for wait ...tomime]], ''The Happy Ha'penny'', opposite [[Stanley Baxter]] at [[Glasgow|Glasgow]]'s [[Citizens Theatre|Citizens Theatre]].<ref name="Stevens">{{cite book
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  • ...''The Mikado'', sleeve notes.</ref> Robertson attended primary school in [[Glasgow]] and then [[St Albans High School for Girls]]. She made her stage debut as ...st a mere £23,000 to produce, it was a hit at the box office, with profits from its Australian release alone being £150,000.<ref name="bfireleases">[https
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  • ...over seven decades and was one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actresses.<ref name="britannica.com">{{Cite web |date=7 September 2023 |title=Maggie ...wcastle upon Tyne]], who worked at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref name="glasgow">{{cite news |last=Mackenzie |first=Suzie |title=You have to laugh |newspap
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  • ...om the age of eight onwards were [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] actresses [[Veronica Lake|Veronica Lake]], [[Lana Turner|Lana Turner]] and [[Jean Har Dors often played characters suffering from unrequited love, and by the mid-1950s, she was known as "the English [[Mari
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  • ...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, ...ncis (née Hughes), a secretary, and John Moore, a railway electrician from Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1389041/Du
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  • ...[[North West England|North West England]], which aired on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from April 1969 to January 1979, and again in 1996. The show was created by [[Ca ...[[Elizabeth Estensen|Elizabeth Estensen]] as Carol Boswell replaced Beryl from Series 5 onwards.
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  • ...came president of the [[British Music Hall Society]], taking over the role from [[Roy Hudd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmusichallsociety.com/pat
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