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  • [[Category:20th-century British actresses]] [[Category:20th-century English women]]
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  • ...liar to British audiences as Aunt Lucy in the sitcom ''[[Happy Ever After (British TV series)|Happy Ever After]]'' and Mrs. Vance in the BBC drama ''[[w:Tenko Cooke made an appearance in British [[w:sitcom|sitcom]] ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' in the episode'' [[The Se
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  • ...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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  • ...c productions in theatre and with the [[w:British Broadcasting Corporation|British Broadcasting Corporation]].<ref name=":0" /> [[Category:20th-century British actresses]]
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  • ...l 1945 – 11 April 2000), known professionally as '''Diana Darvey''', was a British [[actress]], [[singing|singer]] and [[dance]]r, best known for her appearan *"From Benny Hill to Cabaret", ''The British Tourist'' (South Florida), July 1982, p.&nbsp;14.
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  • ...n Keys'''; 11 May 1910, in [[London]] – 12 December 1970, in London) was a British [[film director]] (1933–62) and television director (1962–64), usually ...ollywood film and British series of ''The Saint''. Carstairs directed many British comedies including many of [[Norman Wisdom]]'s films.<ref>{{cite web|url=ht
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[w:RSAMD|FRSAMD]] '''James Allan Short''', [[w:Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[w:RSAMD|FRSAMD]] (4 April 1928 – 13 April 2001), known pr
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  • ...itz%21&pg=PA239|title=A Tanner's Worth of Tune: Rediscovering the Post-war British Musical|first=Adrian|last=Wright|date=2 January 2019|publisher=Boydell & Br [[Category:20th-century English actresses]]
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  • {{Short description|British film creator}} '''Frank Launder''' (28 January 1906 – 23 February 1997) was a British writer, film director and producer, who made more than 40 films, many of th
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  • Along with [[Terry-Thomas]], she was one of the original cast of British television's first ever comedy series ''[[How Do You View?]]'' in 1949.<ref [[Category:20th-century English actresses]]
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  • [[Category:20th-century English actresses]] [[Category:20th-century British businesspeople]]
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  • [[Category:20th-century English actresses]] [[Category:20th-century British businesspeople]]
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  • ...roadcaster, producer and director. With [[Jonathan Lynn]], he co-wrote the British political comedies ''[[Yes Minister]]'' and ''[[Yes Minister|Yes, Prime Min ...tic aggression: a report on Britain's government machine: presented to the British taxpayer, September 1972 |publisher=Cape |location=London |year=1972 |isbn
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  • ...s, and achieved mainstream fame in the 1980s with her starring role in the British television programme, ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' as [[Edith Artois]]. Silvera first made her name as a [[television]] actress in the 1960s British police drama ''[[Z-Cars]]'' in 1962, going on to appear as Camilla Hope<ref
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  • ...ecf9a|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-04|title=Avis Bunnage|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/x ...&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians|first=Benjamin|last=Poore|date=15 November
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  • ...31 October 1970) was a well-known character actress who appeared in many [[British films]], television shows and in theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi [[Category:20th-century English actresses]]
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  • | nationality = British ...comedian, singer, and dancer best known for portraying Mabel Butler in the British sitcom ''[[On the Buses]]'' and its film spin-offs, after replacing origina
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  • ...uary 1930 &ndash; 24 January 2009) known as Diane (Dee-yon) Holland, was a British actress and dancer best known for playing Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves in the t ...television, playing the recurring role of Sarah Maynard in ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' from 1964 to 1970.
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  • '''Charles Chalmers Maxwell''' (1 September 1910 – 4 August 1998) was a British radio producer who produced shows for the BBC such as ''[[Take It From Here [[Category:British radio producers]]
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  • ...actress, best remembered for her role in the sitcom ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]'', as Jean Abbott, the wife of [[Sid James]] ...the long-suffering wife of Sid James's character, in ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]'', which began its run in February 1971. She
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