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- | nationality = Burmese / American / British '''Peter Gordeno''' (20 June 1939 – 18 October 2008) was a British dancer, recording artist, cabaret singer, choreographer, and occasional act4 KB (541 words) - 08:09, 28 March 2023
- '''Joanna Van Gyseghem''' (born 4 September 1941) is a British actress. ...hnston Forbes-Robertson|Johnston Forbes-Robertson]] and her great-aunt was American actress [[w:Maxine Elliott|Maxine Elliott]].4 KB (671 words) - 13:05, 28 December 2022
- {{cite book |title = Who's Who of British Jazz ...h_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1985|02|27|1916|03|17}}<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>8 KB (1,159 words) - 08:02, 2 October 2024
- ...ggins/|title = Arthur James Siggins on "white imperialism" | the Afro American (1951)}}</ref> and an expert animal handler, worked on the film ''[[The Fou Jill was one of four children. When she was six years old, Jill moved to Wales where she co9 KB (1,399 words) - 08:03, 29 March 2023
- ...West End theatre|West End]], where he had a role in the musical adaptation of ''[[Bar Mitzvah Boy (musical)|Bar Mitzvah Boy]]''. He also appeared in ''[[ ...peared on the long-running BBC [[music hall]] show, ''[[The Good Old Days (British TV series)|The Good Old Days]]''.9 KB (1,335 words) - 16:14, 16 January 2023
- {{short description|British actor}} | birth_place = [[w:Kuala Lumpur|Kuala Lumpur]], [[w:British Malaya|Malaya]]11 KB (1,754 words) - 15:07, 18 January 2023
- ...ter]] during the 1930s, he moved into arranging and recording in the Latin American music style and also won awards for his classical conducting. ...inning a ''[[Melody Maker|Melody Maker]]'' competition for his arrangement of a jazz chorus the next year.<ref name="Telegraphobit">{{cite news|url=https13 KB (1,884 words) - 14:03, 24 February 2023
- | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...ority.20110803100120311|accessdate=18 December 2019|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|edition=4th|first=Colin|last=Larkin|publisher=Oxford Universi11 KB (1,527 words) - 18:52, 14 September 2024
- ...er 2010|work=[[w:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]}}</ref> ...news|title=Obituary: Tessie O'Shea|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-tessie-oshea-1616990.html|author=Denis Gifford |date=24 April 19957 KB (1,104 words) - 15:12, 21 December 2022
- | last = ''The Thoughts of Chairman Alf'' (1998) | nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]]12 KB (1,999 words) - 23:24, 23 February 2023
- ...a creative organization. He is known for his leadership, and his guidance of young Alfred Hitchcock. ...Films, and later headed British Lion Films. He served as chairman of the [[British Film Institute]] production board to help fund and encourage new work.18 KB (2,564 words) - 23:53, 4 February 2023
- ...ottenham was part of Middlesex when Moody was born, it did not become part of London until 1965-->, England ...[The Twelve Chairs (1970 film)|The Twelve Chairs]]'' (1970) and ''[[Flight of the Doves]]'' (1971), in which Moody shared the screen with ''Oliver!'' co-16 KB (2,315 words) - 13:29, 16 January 2023
- ...pedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA369|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher= ...Moonraker]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fdd2d69|title=Arthur Howard|website=BFI}}</ref>11 KB (1,533 words) - 22:38, 15 March 2023
- ...ton-Baddeley''' (13 November 1906 – 19 August 1986) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She typically played brash, vulgar characters ...ard]] for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series for her portrayal of Nell Naugatuck on the TV series ''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]''.12 KB (1,796 words) - 09:50, 23 February 2023
- {{Short description|British actor and singer (1906–1972)}} | alma_mater = [[w:University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology|Manchester Technical College]]23 KB (3,363 words) - 11:29, 23 December 2022
- ...[:File:Andrew Sachs, audio description of London Zoo.ogg|audio description of London Zoo]] for [[VocalEyes]] }} ...s name on British television and found his greatest fame for his portrayal of the comical Spanish waiter [[Manuel (Fawlty Towers)|Manuel]] in ''[[Fawlty33 KB (4,764 words) - 23:24, 13 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[Prague]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia]], [[Austria-Hungary]] | nationality = {{hlist|British|Czech}}18 KB (2,706 words) - 16:00, 25 August 2024
- ...cademy Television Awards|British Academy Television Awards]] including [[w:British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|Best Entertainm ...ps://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/04/obituaries/marty-feldman-film-comic-victim-of-heart-attack-at-48.html |access-date=12 November 2021 |newspaper=The New Yo22 KB (3,284 words) - 23:45, 2 February 2023
- | nationality = British ...Greater London.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hughie and Paula: The Tangled Lives of Hughie Green and Paula Yates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zwKrBBrG19 KB (2,899 words) - 14:38, 27 December 2022
- ...nd film actress. She had a dominant stage presence and played a wide range of powerful characters. She is best remembered for her performance as [[Miss H ...ents Alfred and Marta ({{née}} Burnett) Hunt. She spent the first 20 years of her life in Argentina before she travelled with her parents to the United K15 KB (2,194 words) - 10:51, 25 August 2024