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  • ...itish [[comic]] actress. Born in Canada of Spanish descent, she moved to [[Coventry]], England, with her family when she was a child. She appeared on televisio ...}}</ref> in the [[BBC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Compact (TV series)|Compact]]'' from 1964 to 1965. She played Mrs Van Schuyler in ''[[Lillie (TV series)|Lillie]
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  • | death_place = [[Coventry]], England ...as Jean Abbott, the wife of [[Sid James]] character Sid, which she played from 1971 to 1976.
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  • ...s a British actress, singer and the wife of the actor [[Leonard Rossiter]] from 1964–1984 (his death), though they had been living together since 1962. T ...i-Detached (play)|Semi-Detached]]'' in 1962 at the [[Belgrade Theatre]], [[Coventry]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/4gy/semi-detached/produ
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  • ...Charlie Girl|Charlie Girl]]'' at the [[w:Adelphi Theatre|Adelphi Theatre]] from 1965 ; and as Mrs Peachum in a notable ''[[w:Beggar's Opera|Beggar's Opera] ...eb.archive.org/web/20160624223639/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/actors-actresses/100490-hy-hazell.html|archivedate=24 June 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.this
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  • ...sistant Stage Manager at the Midland Theatre Company in [[Coventry]]. From Coventry, she moved to [[Ipswich]] Repertory Company, where [[Joe Orton]] was a fell ....aspx?ActorID=9519|title=Rosalind Knight|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> From 1999 to 2001, she co-starred in the sitcom ''[[Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV series
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  • ...o 2017. She also reprised the role of Olive Rudge in ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' from 1977 to 1978, while her film roles included parts in two ''[[Carry On (fran ...ng to reinvigorate his declining career due to the typecasting he received from ''On the Buses'', however it was not commissioned for a series. After this,
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  • ...argaret Morris (dancer)|Margaret Morris School of Dancing]], and performed from the age of ten, performing with [[Ellen Terry|Ellen Terry]] in ''Crossings' Calvert performed in repertory theatre in Malvern and Coventry. She made her London stage debut in ''A Woman's Privilege'' in 1939.<ref na
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  • ...and Alan Moore in the ITV sitcom ''[[Rising Damp]]''. He is the father of actresses [[Samantha Beckinsale|Samantha]] and [[Kate Beckinsale]]. ...epted on his second attempt, becoming just one of 31 successful applicants from a total of more than 12,500.{{r|Clayton|p=38}} While at RADA, Beckinsale wo
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  • ...om the age of eight onwards were [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] actresses [[Veronica Lake|Veronica Lake]], [[Lana Turner|Lana Turner]] and [[Jean Har Dors often played characters suffering from unrequited love, and by the mid-1950s, she was known as "the English [[Mari
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