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..., after [[Invasion of Normandy|D-Day]] moving to [[Normandy]] with [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] units, which by July 1944 were located at the [[Advanced Landin ...t upon the later [[Sexual Offences Act 1967]] ending the illegal status of male homosexual activity.

...s|77th greatest British film of the 20th century]]. In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time The film earned $10.5 million in [[theatrical rental]]s at the US and Canadian box office.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Big Rental Films of 1969|magazine=[[V

...oadcasting Commission]], "The Gladys Half-Hour", which also featured local actors [[Ray Barrett]] and [[John Bluthal]], who would appear in several later Mil ..., a daughter Romany, is suspected to have been born at the same time, to a Canadian journalist named Roberta Watt. His last wife was Shelagh Sinclair, to whom

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...e popularity of his performances meant that in 1937 he was the top British male star in box office takings, a position he held every subsequent year until ...ale extras was unashamedly gay",{{efn|Beryl called one group of supporting actors "The Five Queens": [[Charles Farrell (Irish actor)|Charles Farrell]], [[Reg

...|Turner Classic Movies]] calls Sellers "one of the most accomplished comic actors of the late 20th century".<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter Sellers |url=http://w ...parts.{{sfn|Sikov|2002|p=19}} Working backstage gave him a chance to study actors such as [[w:Paul Scofield|Paul Scofield]]. He became close friends with Der

...evening prime time from the mid 1980s to late 1990s. It also available to Canadian viewers from most border PBS stations in the United States. ...st and longest-running of Mr Rumbold's secretaries. She was admired by all male staff, including Mr Humphries and especially Captain Peacock, who dined her