• Ronald Fraser (actor)
  | birth_place = [[w:Ashton-under-Lyne|Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...the 1950s to the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f003887|title=Ronald Fraser|work=BFI}}</ref> An unusual appearance an
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• Kathy Staff
  | death_place = [[w:Ashton-under-Lyne|Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[w:Greater Manchester|Greater Manchester]], England ...she adopted 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 extr
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• Roy Barraclough
  | death_place = [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Greater Manchester]], England ...BC drama ''[[All the Small Things (TV series)|All the Small Things]]'' and from 2012 to 2013 he played Maurice in ''[[Last Tango in Halifax]]''. In 2016, h
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• Pat Ashton
  Ashton was born and raised in [[Wood Green]], north London. Trained from childhood as a singer and tap-dancer, she performed in the 1950s at seaside [[Category:People from Wood Green]]
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• Brian Wilde
  | birth_place = [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Lancashire]], England Though born in [[Ashton-under-Lyne|Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Lancashire|Lancashire]],<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news |title=Brian
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• Amanda Barrie
  | birth_place = [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Lancashire]]<!--READ THIS: Lancashire is correct-->, England Barrie was born Shirley Anne Broadbent in [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Lancashire]], to Hubert Broadbent and his wife Connie (''[[née]]'' Py
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• The Gaffer (TV series)
  ...Froggitt]]''), Maynard's next character couldn't have been more different from the bumbling Selwyn Froggitt. Fred Moffatt is a survivor – just. Bearded, ...complex, with Fred Moffatt usually managing to outwit at least some of the people who were chasing him for money.
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• Tripper's Day
  ...e London area due to strike action at Thames Television which stopped them from being networked<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thames.today/carry-on-euston | |Title= Games People Play
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• Maggie Ollerenshaw
  |1978 || ''Pickersgill People'' || Dolores Clegg || Episode: "The Primitive" |1987 || ''[[Star Cops]]'' || Dr. Angela Parr || Episode: "Other People's Secrets"
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• Keith Marsh
  '''Keith Marsh''' (1926&nbsp;– 28 January 2013) was an [[English people|English]] actor who appeared in numerous television productions over a 50-y [[Category:Male actors from Lancashire]]
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• George Formby Sr
  | birth_place = [[w:Ashton-under-Lyne|Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]] ...04}} Formby also had a successful recording career and made the transition from music hall to [[revue]] in 1916.
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• Fred Tomlinson (singer)
  [[Category:People from Rawtenstall]]
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• Our House (1960 TV series)
  ...n'' films from 1958 to 1962. ''Our House'' is based on the premise of nine people of differing backgrounds sharing a house together. ...able loner who works in the local council's rates office whilst Daisy goes from one job to another quickly. Gordon is a law student and Herbert a shy, sing
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• Doris Hare
  ...on in the role of Mrs Butler in ''[[On the Buses]]'', taking over the part from [[Cicely Courtneidge]] in the second series of the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] |1977|| ''[[Confessions from a Holiday Camp]]'' ||
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• Anna Russell
  ...1794.html Anna Russell: Versatile singer and comedienne who parodied works from Wagner to Cole Porter]</ref><ref name=telegraph>''Daily Telegraph'' obituar * Autobiography: ''I'm Not Making This Up, You Know'' (a quote from her Ring of the Nibelung routine), {{ISBN|0-8264-0364-6}}, was published by
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• Ernest Clark
  ...e an actor and when offered a job with the local rep, he took it and apart from six years in the army during World War II, he remained in the profession. ...sh Comedy Guide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b86e3cda9|title=Physician Heal Thyself (1974)|website=BFI}}</ref> He al
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• Talfryn Thomas
  ...Talfryn Thomas''' (31 October 1922 &ndash; 4 November 1982) was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[character actor|character actor]], best known for supporting role ...).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/people/talfryn_thomas.shtml|title=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Series Episode Guide -
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• That's My Boy (1981 TV series)
  ...sitcom]] starring [[Mollie Sugden]] that aired on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] from 23 October 1981 to 4 April 1986. The series was written and created by Pam ...police after he is aggravated by Robert. When Ida is in court, she quotes from a book which turns out to be written by the judge. Her newly befriended jud
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• Sid James
  ...untry, found his greatest success in England, starting with roles in films from 1947, he was cast in numerous small and supporting roles into the 1950s. He ...t in the radio series and later when it was adapted for television and ran from 1954 to 1960. Afterwards, he became known as a regular performer in the [[C
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• Arthur Askey
  ...Master's Voice]] include "The Bee Song" (1938), a lasting part of his act. From the 1950s, Askey was a prominent television presence and made regular appea ...] the eldest child and only son of Betsy (née Bowden, d. 1949), originally from [[Knutsford|Knutsford]], [[Cheshire|Cheshire]] and Samuel Askey (d. 1958),
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