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  • | gross = $2.3 million <small>(rentals)</small><ref>"Big Rental Films of 1969", ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', 7 January 1970 p 15</ref> ...ceiving an [[X rating#United Kingdom|X certificate]] for its depictions of violence.
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  • ...thor=Sheridan, Simon |year=2013 |publisher=Odeon Entertainment/Euro London Films |id=ODNF386}}</ref> ...of sex as "all fun; it's bubble. There is absolutely no [[Sexual violence|violence]] or [[Kink (sexuality)|kinks]]. There are no lesbians, no [[queer]]s and [
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  • ...ish character actress.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba246ddb5|title=Noël Dyson|website=BFI}}</ref> Dyson played a number of roles in theatre and films (including in telemovies) but is best remembered as a versatile television
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  • ...School]] and trained at the [[w:Central School of Speech and Drama|Central School of Speech and Drama]].<ref name="teleg-obit"/> ...ssions-films-1677081.html |title=Greg Smith: Producer of the 'Confessions' films |work=The Independent |date=1 May 2009}}</ref> According to Bellingham in h
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  • ...1930s, 1940s and 1950s, early film history, horror films, science-fiction films, early radio history. ...ar programmes for [[radio]] and [[television]]; and directed several short films. Gifford was also a major comics collector, owning what was perhaps the lar
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  • ...the ''Junior Gazette'', produced by pupils from the local [[comprehensive school]]. In later series it was depicted as a commercial venture. The show inters ...roduced by pupils from the local [[comprehensive school]] before and after school hours.<ref name="newtons1">{{cite web|first=Matthew|last=Newton|title=Press
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  • ...s expressed through lies reminiscing about his African life full of magic, violence and sexual promiscuity, often resulting in Rigsby making a fool of himself ...being perceived as [[middle class]]. He often affects an '[[School tie|old school tie]]' attitude- another of his fantasies. While Rigsby tries to flirt wit
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  • .... Bennett attended Sunnyhill School, [[Streatham]], Henry Thornton Grammar School, [[Clapham]] (1955–62) and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].<ref nam ...ref> The success of the film gained Bennett a contract with [[British Lion Films]]<ref name="bfiobit"/> and led the ''[[News of the World]]'' to dub him "th
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  • |education = [[Westminster School]]<br /> [[London Theatre Studio]] ...ibly drawn to the drama. It was an escape road from the dismal rat race of school".<ref name=DearMe>{{cite book|last=Ustinov|first=Peter|title=Dear Me|url=ht
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  • ...",<ref name="Guardian: star dies" /> Le Mesurier appeared in more than 120 films across a range of genres, normally in smaller supporting parts. ...'s Half Hour]]'', Le Mesurier appeared in [[Tony Hancock]]'s two principal films, ''[[The Rebel (1961 film)|The Rebel]]'' and ''[[The Punch and Judy Man]]''
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  • Everett was dismissed from the BBC in 1970 after making remarks about a government minister's wife. He joined commercial radio when it became lic ...ona Fathers]], where he was a [[choirboy]].<ref name=Kenny/> After he left school, he worked in a bakery and in the advertising department of ''The Journal o
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  • ...an Gray]]'' (1945), earning various awards. She appeared in 11 further MGM films, mostly in minor roles, and after her contract ended in 1952, she began to ...in several theatrical productions and appeared in [[Children's film|family films]] such as ''[[Nanny McPhee]]'' (2005) and ''[[Mary Poppins Returns]]'' (201
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  • ...s in London at [[St Clement Danes School#History|St. Clement Danes Grammar School]] in [[Hammersmith]] (since demolished). It was in a street near [[Hammersm ...ate=7 December 2021}}</ref> and he learned Russian at the [[Joint Services School for Linguists]].<ref name=dt>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110220153453/ht
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  • ...s at this point obviously falling apart. In ''Five Gold Rings'', he leaves school to become a police cadet, and arrests Del and [[#Jumbo Mills|Jumbo]] for se ...ed flat and remembers his mother telling him he could not have the day off school with a hangover because he was due to sit his [[eleven-plus exam|11-plus]]
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  • | education = [[w:King's School, Worcester|King's School]] ...|Bottom]]'' and ''[[Believe Nothing]]''. Mayall also starred in the comedy films ''[[w:Drop Dead Fred|Drop Dead Fred]]'' and ''[[Guest House Paradiso]]''; h
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  • The programme came about as the six Pythons, having met each other through university and in various ...antic led to the Pythons going on live tours and creating three additional films, while the individual Pythons flourished in solo careers. ''Monty Python's
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  • Baker attended [[Cheswardine|Cheswardine Hall]] Boarding School in [[Shropshire]]. At age 15, he became a novice religious brother with the ...changes he did not agree with and that they "did not see eye-to-eye really about very much"; however, according to Baker, the two became good friends afterw
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  • {{about|the comedy group|their TV show frequently called Monty Python|Monty Python' ...to something larger in scope and influence, including touring stage shows, films, albums, books and musicals. The Pythons' influence on comedy has been comp
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