"Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 192920 January 1993) was a British actress, model, dancer and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood's Golden Age. She was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend in Golden Age Hollywood, and was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. Born in Ixelles, Brussels, Hepburn spent her childhood between Belgium, England, and the Netherlands. In Amsterdam, she studied ballet with Sonia Gaskell, before moving to London in 1948, continuing her ballet training with Marie Rambert,"
"Margaret Rutherford Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was a British character actress of stage, television and film, probably best known for her later career as Agatha Christie's character Miss Marple. She first came to prominence following World War II in the film adaptations of Noël Coward's ""Blithe Spirit"", and Oscar Wilde's ""The Importance of Being Earnest"". She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for her role as The Duchess of Brighton in ""The V.I.P.s"" (1963). Rutherford was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1961 and a Dame"
"May Whitty Dame Mary Louise Webster, (19 June 1865 – 29 May 1948), known professionally as May Whitty and later, for her charity work, Dame May Whitty, was an English stage and film actress. She was one of the first two women entertainers to become a Dame. The British actors union Equity was established in her home. After a successful career she moved over to Hollywood films at the age of 72. She went to live in America, where she won awards for her film roles. Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, to William Alfred Whitty (ca. 1837–1876) and Mary Louisa"
"Pat Ashton Pat Ashton (28 February 1931 – 23 June 2013) was an English actress. Her engaging cockney, blonde persona is best remembered for appearances in English TV-sitcom film spin-offs ""On the Buses"" (1971) and ""Mutiny on the Buses"" (1972). She was married to Geoff Godwin 1953-1985, separated with 1 child. 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 resorts around England in summer season shows. In the early 1960s, she toured Europe with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in ""Oh, What a Lovely"
"her birth name of Judith Carr. She did not begin using the moniker ""Juliet Anderson"" until later in her adult film career, when she made the transition from 8mm productions to feature films. She has also used the stage names of Alice Rigby, Judy Callin, Ruby Sapphire, Judy Carr, Aunt Peg, Judy Fallbrook, and Judith Anderson. After a further period overseas, Anderson returned to the United States in 1977, and became involved in the pornography business in 1978 while trying to get into documentary film making. She was working in advertising when she answered an ad by hardcore pornography producer"
"Hollywood to get into the burgeoning film industry. Arthur changed his professional name to Arthur Lake and later achieved great success as ""Dagwood Bumstead"" in the ""Blondie"" movie series. Florence was petite, with a high-pitched speaking voice. She perfected a comical singsong delivery that established her in ""dumb"" roles. She personified flightiness in the Kennedy shorts, as the scatterbrained Mrs. Kennedy. After the series ended upon Kennedy's death in 1948, she continued to play character roles in films and television. Her best-known TV role was Jenny, the Calverton telephone operator in ""Lassie"". Lake played the role for the entire ten"
"Jane Hylton Jane Hylton (16 July 1926 – 28 February 1979, born as Audrey Gwendolene Clark, was an English actress who accumulated 30 film credits, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, before moving into television work in the latter half of her career in the 1960s and 1970s. Talent-spotted in her teens, Hylton was a product of the Rank Organisation's Company of Youth (more commonly referred to as the Rank Charm School), which took promising young actors and groomed them for a career in film. The programme turned out some genuine stars such as Dirk Bogarde and Diana Dors, but"
"and secondly to actor Peter Ashmore in 1946. Both marriages ended in divorce. She had two children, the physicist Jonathan Ashmore and Catherine Ashmore, the theatrical photographer. She died in hospital in 1997 just two weeks after suffering a stroke. Rosalie Crutchley Rosalie Crutchley (4 January 1920 – 28 July 1997) was an English actress. Trained at the Royal Academy of Music, Crutchley was known for her television performances, but had a long and successful career in theatre and films, making her stage début at least as early as 1932, and her screen début in 1947. She continued to act"
"Fay Holden Dorothy Fay Hammerton (26 September 1893 – 23 June 1973), known professionally as Fay Holden, was a British-born, American-based actress. She was known as Gaby Fay early in her career. Holden was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. After leaving England in 1929, Holden and her husband moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for a time. They co-owned The Empress Theatre until 1933, and they created a theatre company, The British Guild Players, that specialized in comedies during the depression era. Eventually they left Vancouver and moved to Hollywood. Holden appeared in 46 motion pictures between 1935 and 1958,"
"of her home at 24 Park Crescent in London. Marie Tempest Dame Mary Susan Etherington, (15 July 1864 – 15 October 1942), known professionally as Marie Tempest, was an English singer and actress known as the ""queen of her profession"". Tempest became the most famous soprano in late Victorian light opera and Edwardian musical comedies. Later, she became a leading comic actress and toured widely in North America and elsewhere. She was, at times, her own theatre manager during a career spanning 55 years. Tempest was also instrumental in the founding of the actors' union Equity in Britain. Tempest was"
"Lee Everett Alkin Lee Everett or Lee Everett Alkin (born Audrey Valentine Middleton; February 14, 1937) is a British spiritual healer and businesswoman who was previously a pop singer and celebrity psychic under the stage name Lady Lee. Born in Sheffield, Audrey Middleton moved to London in 1958 after the breakdown of her first marriage. She was a backing singer for Emile Ford before Larry Parnes became her manager and gave her the stage name ""Lady Lee"". She also attracted media attention as the girlfriend of Billy Fury, one of Parnes's best known artists. In 1964 she got a recording"
"his death in 1945. She died in Los Angeles, California, aged 79, from cancer. Fay Holden Dorothy Fay Hammerton (26 September 1893 – 23 June 1973), known professionally as Fay Holden, was a British-born, American-based actress. She was known as Gaby Fay early in her career. Holden was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. After leaving England in 1929, Holden and her husband moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for a time. They co-owned The Empress Theatre until 1933, and they created a theatre company, The British Guild Players, that specialized in comedies during the depression era. Eventually they left Vancouver"
"Piper Laurie Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932) is an American stage and screen actress known for her roles in the films ""The Hustler"" (1961), ""Carrie"" (1976), and ""Children of a Lesser God"" (1986), all of which brought her Academy Award nominations. She is also known for her performances as Kirsten Arnesen in the original TV production of ""Days of Wine and Roses"" and as Catherine Martell in the cult television series ""Twin Peaks"", for which she won a Golden Globe Award in 1991. In 2018, she appeared in the film ""White Boy Rick"". Piper Laurie was born"
"Queenie Ashton Edith Muriel Cover (née Ashton) AM (11 November 190321 October 1999), known professionally as Queenie Ashton, was an English-born character actress. She had a long career, beginning in her native England as a soprano, theatre performer and radio personality before emigrating to Australia where she became best known for her radio and television soap opera roles, although she did also feature briefly in films. Ashton's best known role was that of ""Granny Bishop"", a character many years her senior in the long-running Gwen Meredith radio serial ""Blue Hills"", a role she would later reprise for television, with the"
"dramatist John Misto chronicles the life and career of Helena Rubenstein and her rivalry with Arden and Revlon. ""Lip Service"" premiered on April 26, 2017 at the Park Theatre, London, under the title Madame Rubenstein, before opening at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre in August of the same year. Elizabeth Arden, as Florence Nightingale-Graham, appeared on the October 1, 2018 episode of the CBC period drama ""Murdoch Mysteries"", portrayed by Kathryn Alexandre. Elizabeth Arden Florence Nightingale Graham (December 31, 1878 – October 18, 1966), who went by the business name Elizabeth Arden, was a Canadian American businesswoman who founded what is now"
"(1915) ... aka On the Verge of Sin ... aka L. Frank Baum's Whimsical Fairy Tale The Patchwork Girl of Oz ... aka Ragged Girl of Oz (USA: reissue title) ... aka The Raggedy Girl (USA: reissue title) Queenie Rosson Queenie Rosson (February 24, 1889 – December 19, 1978, West Palm Beach, Florida) was an early American silent film actress. She starred in 20 silent films films between 1914 and 1916 in films such as The Love Hermit working with actors such as Charlotte Burton and Harry von Meter. The six children of Arthur Richard Rosson and Hellen Rochefort. Arthur"
"Rose Reynolds Rose Alice Reynolds (born 21 February 1991) is a British actress. She is most known for her roles as Sarah Durkin in ""Wasted"", Betty Carkeek in ""Poldark"" and Alice in ""Once Upon a Time"". Reynolds was born in Devon, England, where her family still resides. She graduated from the Guildhall School of music and Drama in 2012. She has also studied performing arts at the Stage by Stage Academy in Exeter. Reynolds has spent many years of her acting career working in stage productions, which include ""Tiger Tail"", ""Candide"", ""Twelfth Night"", and ""My Children! My Africa!"". In 2013,"
"Award, and the Special Tony Award. Audrey Hepburn on screen and stage Audrey Hepburn (4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress who had an extensive career in film, television, and on the stage from 1948 to 1993. Considered by some to be one of the most beautiful women of all time, she was ranked as the third greatest screen legend in American cinema by the American Film Institute. Hepburn is also remembered as both a film and style icon. Her debut was as a flight stewardess in the 1948 Dutch film ""Dutch in Seven Lessons"". Hepburn"
"Fraulein]]"" in 1966, and ""In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel"" in 1969. Her final Broadway credit was as Queen Gertrude in ""Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"" in 1968. All of her stage appearances after 1968 (including ""In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel"") were off-Broadway. On television, she was most famous for playing the eccentric maid, ""Louise Goddard"", on ""Another World"". She played the role from 1972 to 1982. Meacham's character was most recognized for naming all of the Cory family's houseplants, which numbered well into the dozens. The trademark of the ""Another World"" casting department was to hire"
"and her four-times great-grandmother, Elizabeth Braham. Alex Kingston Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress, who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her portrayal of the title role in the British miniseries ""The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders"" (1996) and her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ""ER"" (1997–2004). Later credits include the recurring role of River Song in the BBC science fiction series"
"From 100 Years Of Women’s Lives"", as part of a season marking the anniversary of women’s suffrage in the UK. Corinne Skinner-Carter Corinne Skinner-Carter (born 1931) is a Trinidadian actress, based in the United Kingdom. As Corinne Skinner, she began acting professionally in the 1950s. She has worked in black British film and television, and is possibly best known for her role as Audrey Trueman in BBC's ""EastEnders"". Born Corinne Skinner into a privileged Trinidadian family, she began her theatrical career almost immediately after school, dancing with the company of Geoffrey Holder (brother of dancer and artist Boscoe Holder). As"
"Dorothy Tutin Dame Dorothy Tutin, (8 April 19306 August 2001) was an English actress of stage, film and television. For her work in the theatre, she won two Olivier Awards and two ""Evening Standard"" Awards for Best Actress. She was made a CBE in 1967 and a Dame (DBE) in 2000. Tutin began her stage career in 1949 and won the 1960 Best Actress ""Evening Standard"" Award for ""Twelfth Night"". Having made her Broadway debut in the 1963 production of ""The Hollow Crown"", she received a Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1968 original Broadway production of ""Portrait"
"under her married name, Louisa Rochfort. Ruth Herbert Louisa Ruth Herbert (1831 – 1921) was a well-known Victorian-era English stage actress and model for the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. She was the daughter of a West Country brass founder. She was also known as Mrs. Crabbe, having married Edward Crabb, a share and stock dealer, which gave her a certain measure of respectability generally lacking in actresses in the Victorian era. By the mid-1850s, she was no longer living with her husband. She embellished the surname Crabb with a final ""e"" but used her maiden name as a stage name."
"which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2012. In 2014, Britton was named UNDP Goodwill Ambassador. Britton next featured in the comedy-drama film ""This Is Where I Leave You"" (2014), the drama film ""Me and Earl and the Dying Girl"" (2015), the action comedy ""American Ultra"" (2015), and period drama ""Professor Marston and the Wonder Women"" (2017). In 2016, Britton had a recurring role as socialite Faye Resnick in the of FX true crime anthology series ""American Crime"
"Claire Carleton Claire Carleton (September 28, 1913 – December 11, 1979) was an American actress whose career spanned four decades from the 1930s through the 1960s. She appeared in over a hundred films, the majority of them features, and on numerous television shows, including several recurring roles. In addition to her screen acting, she also had a successful stage career. Carleton was born in New York City. She began acting on the stage, eventually making it to Broadway, where she made her debut as Lucy in the short-lived play, ""Blue Monday"" in June, 1932. Although she made her film debut"
"Judith Anderson Dame Frances Margaret Anderson, (10 February 18973 January 1992), known professionally as Judith Anderson, was an Australian-born British actress who had a successful career in stage, film and television. A preeminent stage actress in her era, she won two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award and was also nominated for a Grammy Award and an Academy Award. She is considered one of the 20th-century's greatest classical stage actors. Frances Margaret Anderson was born in 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia, the youngest of four children born to Jessie Margaret (née Saltmarsh; 19 October 1862 – 24 November 1950), a"
"for Outstanding Actress in a Mature Role in 1978, 1979, 1984, and 1985, and was inducted into the Television Academy's archives in 2003. Frances Reid Frances Reid (December 9, 1914 – February 3, 2010) was an American dramatic actress. Reid acted on television for nearly all of the second half of the 20th century. Her career continued into the early 2000s. Although she starred in many productions, she is best known for her portrayal of Alice Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera ""Days of Our Lives"" from its debut in November 1965 until 2007. At the time of her"
"Louisa Horton Louisa Fleetwood Horton (September 10, 1920 - January 25, 2008) was an American film, television, and stage actress, who used her given name, Louisa Horton, professionally. She was the former wife of the late ""The Sting"" director, George Roy Hill, with whom she had four children. Horton was born to Jeter Rice and Frances Breckinridge (née Steele) Horton in Beijing, China. The daughter of a United States Marine Corps officer, she was raised in Haiti and the area around Washington, D.C.. She lived in Manhattan for nearly 50 years before her death in 2008. Horton met her husband"
"Alex Kingston Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress, who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her portrayal of the title role in the British miniseries ""The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders"" (1996) and her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ""ER"" (1997–2004). Later credits include the recurring role of River Song in the BBC science fiction series ""Doctor Who"" (2008–2015), Mrs. Bennet in"
"and, after a long and painful illness, died on 30 August 1860. A miniature by Samuel John Stump of Cork Street was in the possession of her son. A portrait of her as Eugenia in ""Sweethearts and Wives"" accompanied a memoir in the ""Theatrical Times"" (i. 209), 28 November 1846. Elizabeth Yates (actress) Elizabeth Yates (née Brunton) (1799–1860) was an English actress. She appeared on the stage under the names Miss Brunton, Elizabeth Brunton, Elizabeth Yates, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Yates late Miss Brunton. Elizabeth Brunton was born at Norwich on 21 January 1799 to a theatrical family. Her grandfather,"
"Audrey Carten Audrey Hare Bicker-Caarten (1900-1977) was an actress and playwright working under the name of Audrey Carten. Audrey Hare Bicker-Caarten was born in 1900 into a middle-class family in Blomfield Road, Maida Vale, London, the daughter of Catherine and Edwin Hare Bicker-Caarten. Among her siblings: Waveney Bicker Caarten (1902-1990) and Kenneth Bicker Caarten (1911-1980). She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Noel Streatfeild, attending the Academy in the same period, remember her as a brilliant and beautiful girl, the most gifted member of her class. They became friends, even if Streatfeild admitted she was second rate in comparison"
"Chloe O'Malley Chloe O'Malley (born November 16, 2001) is a Canadian actress best known for her recurring role Audrey Luss on the FX TV series, ""The Strain"". O'Malley has performed in many dance and theatre productions at Canada's National Arts Centre with several of North America's most preeminent ballet companies including the Houston Ballet, The Pennsylvania Ballet, the Alberta Ballet, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and the National Ballet of Canada. She played young Elton John in the Alberta Ballet's Performance of ""Love Lies Bleeding"" about the life of Elton John. Currently, O'Malley plays Audrey Luss, the daughter of surviving passenger"
"Sue Nicholls Susan Yvette Nicholls-Eden (born 23 November 1943) is an English actress, known for her long-running role as Audrey Roberts in the British soap opera ""Coronation Street"". Having played Audrey on a recurring basis for six years from the character's debut in 1979, she joined the cast permanently in 1985. She won the 2000 British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance and the 2003 British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance. Notable roles for Nicholls-Eden prior to ""Coronation Street"" include, ""Crossroads"" from 1964–68 and ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" from 1976–79. She also appeared on Broadway in"