• Nancy O'Neil
  | occupation = [[Film actress|Film actress]] <br /> [[Stage actress|Stage actress]] ...ref> - 5 March 1995) was an [[Australia|Australia]]n-born [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actress|actress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f
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• Joyce Grant
  After retiring from the stage she became a "buddy" to [[HIV+|HIV+]] patients at the Lighthouse in London [[Category:British film actresses]]
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• June Jago
  She made her stage debut in Australia and went to Britain in the 1950s with a touring producti On stage, she appeared with the [[w:Royal Shakespeare Company|Royal Shakespeare Comp
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• Patricia Burke
  ...}}</ref> She was the daughter of actress [[w:Marie Burke|Marie Burke]] and British operatic tenor [[w:Thomas Burke, tenor|Thomas Burke]].<ref>John D. Vose ''T ...pedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA108|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=
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• Amelia Bayntun
  '''Amelia Bayntun''' (31 March 1919 – January 1988) was an English stage and television actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv- ...ondon's [[Players' Theatre]].<ref name="tanners"/> In 1960 she appeared on stage in [[Joan Littlewood|Joan Littlewood]]'s production of ''[[Sparrers Can't S
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• Paddie O'Neil
  {{Short description|British actress and singer}} | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
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• Ambrosine Phillpotts
  ...st great stage aristocrats, a stylish comedienne best known for playing on stage and screen a succession of increasingly 'grandes dames' with an endearing m [[Category:Actresses from London]]
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• Olga Lowe
  {{Short description|British actress (1919–2013)}} ...d ''[[The Riddle of the Sands (film)|The Riddle of the Sands]]''.<ref name=stage/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQKhAwAAQBAJ&q=olga
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• Betty Warren
  ...1990), known professionally as '''Betty Warren''', was a [[British people|British]] actress active from the 1930s to the 1950s, best known for her comedy rol ...lane |first1=Brian |last2=Slide |first2=Anthony |title=The Encyclopedia of British Film |publisher=Methuen |year=2003 |isbn=9780413773012 |page=[https://archi
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• April Olrich
  | nationality = British ...n in [[Zanzibar]] in 1931 (some sources give 1933), where her father was a British diplomat. She also lived in the [[Seychelles]] and [[Uruguay]] while she wa
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• Brenda Cowling
  ...but in a small role in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]'' (1950).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-peopl *''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]'' (1950) – Plump RADA Girl (uncredited)
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• Mavis Villiers
  ...Lists, 'Niagra' May 1921], Ancestry.com; accessed 25 July 2015.</ref> Her stage name, Villiers, was taken from her maternal grandfather.<ref>[http://www.om ...oin|website=www.ancestry.com.au}}</ref> Her brother Cecil followed at some stage; her father remained in [[California]] where he died at Ventura in 1960.<re
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• Sheila Steafel
  {{short description|South African-born British actress}} | nationality = British
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• Kitty McShane
  ...ur Lucan]], with whom she appeared in a series of ''[[Old Mother Riley]]'' stage shows and films from the 1930s to the 1950s. ...e act during their nearly forty years together. They gradually evolved the stage characters of [[Old Mother Riley]], with Lucan appearing in drag as Mrs Dap
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• Helli Louise
  ...veleyman.com}}</ref> was a [[Denmark|Danish]] born actress who appeared in British films and television, including ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'', during the 197 ...in a touring production of ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'' in 1974, and in the stage farce ''Pyjama Tops'' ({{circa}} 1973) where co-stars included [[Fiona Rich
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• Pamela Cundell
  Cundell appeared in many television shows, including ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]],'' as Peggy,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.i [[Category:English film actresses]]
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• Jill Melford
  ...QBAJ&dq=%22Jill+Melford%22+actress&pg=RA5-PA1846|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|last=McFarlane|first=Brian|date=2016-05-16|publisher=O ...|language=en |access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> and later appeared in other stage plays. These include ''[[Auntie Mame]]'', ''Ulysses in Night-time'', ''The
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• Judith Furse
  Jean Adelaide Furse. Her brother, [[Roger K. Furse|Roger]], became a stage designer and painter who also worked in films.<ref name="Brief">{{cite web| ...y Press|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref> By the end of that decade, she became a stage actress.<ref name="Brief" /> One of Judith Furse's earliest film roles was
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• Kathy Staff
  ...2008) was an English actress known for her work on [[w:British television|British television]]. She is best known for her portrayal of [[Nora Batty]] in ''[[ ...ted the surname as her stage name, hence Kathy Staff. She retired from the stage at this point to raise her family, but started working as an extra for [[w:
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• Gillian Raine
  ....service.gov.uk}}</ref> known professionally as '''Gillian Raine''', was a British actress, singer and the wife of the actor [[Leonard Rossiter]] from 1964– [[Category:British actresses]]
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