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  • ...dl was born in [[Maida Vale]], London, the youngest of two daughters of an Austrian banker and stockbroker, Frederick Handl, born as Friedrich Handl (1874&ndas ...appearances on stage, she played [[Lady Bracknell]] in ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' in 1975, in a production directed by [[Jonathan Miller]].
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  • ...[: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 ''[[Fawlty
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  • ...th_date = 16 January 2014 (age 69)<ref>https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0da66e4</ref> ...mic|John Lumic]] in the episodes "[[Rise of the Cybermen]]" and "[[The Age of Steel]]". He was sometimes credited without the [[hyphen]] in his surname.
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  • | birth_place = [[Maida Vale]], [[County of London|London]], England ...State Athletics}}</ref> 9 December 1897{{spaced ndash}}24 May 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric character.
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  • ...productions.<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef5bd96 |title=Peter Vaughan |access-date=7 December 2016 |work=Briti ...ce and Fire characters#Maester Aemon|Maester Aemon]] in [[HBO]]'s ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2011–2015).
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  • ...dwill ambassador|goodwill ambassador]] for [[UNICEF|UNICEF]] and president of the [[World Federalist Movement|World Federalist Movement]]. ...a]], composer of the music for ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' and of numerous concert works, dedicated his String Quartet No. 1, Op. 22 (1950) t
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  • | caption = Publicity photo of Williams in the early 1960s ...url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/487102/ |title=BFI Screenonline: Williams, Kenneth (1926–1988) Biograp
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  • {{Short description|English actor and comedian (1925–1980)}} | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
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