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  • Emberg also starred in [[Mel Brooks]]' film ''[[History of the World, Part I]]'' (1981).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ww |1970||''[[Morning Story]]''||Mrs Shaw||BBC television film
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  • ...w.ancestry.com.au}}</ref> was an Australian-born British actress of stage, film and television. Her parents were John Cooney and Clara Smythe. Her brother, ...s a child actress in Hollywood is lost or uncredited; her first accredited film role was as 'the Girl' in a 1927 short comedy, ''The Bum's Rush'', featurin
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  • ...(6 August 1923{{spaced ndash}}27 October 2007) was a South African-British film, stage and television actress and writer. ...ool of London (film)|Pool of London]]'' (1951) and ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'' (1953). She starred in [[Peter Ustinov]]'s long-running
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  • {{short description|French-American actress}} ...ss-date=9 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> 10 July 1904 – 21 March 1994) was a French-American actress and singer who appeared in 33 films between 1922 and 1937.
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  • * ''[[The Happiest Days of Your Life (film)|The Happiest Days of Your Life]]'' (1950) – Ethel (uncredited) * ''[[Time Bomb (1953 film)|Time Bomb]]'' (1953) – Buffet Waitress (uncredited)
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  • ...Avengers]]'' (1963), ''[[w:Maigret (1960 TV series)|Maigret]]'' (1963), a French [[w:au pair|au pair]] in ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' (1964), ''[[w:Esther Water ...d/><ref>[http://www.citwf.com/person435107.htm The Complete Index To World Film since 1895]</ref>
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  • * ''[[w:That'll Be the Day (film)|That'll Be the Day]]'' (1972) * ''[[French Fields]]'' (1989–1991)
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  • ...er of [[w:James Donlan|James Donlan]], a character actor in [[w:Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] films of the 1930s. ...of [[w:Red Skelton|Red Skelton]]'s concubines in ''[[w:DuBarry Was a Lady (film)|DuBarry Was a Lady]]'' (1942).
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  • ...''' (13 November 1906 – 19 August 1986) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She typically played brash, vulgar characters, often referr ...ins]]''. She voiced Madame Adelaide Bonfamille in the 1970 Disney animated film, ''[[The Aristocats]]''. In 1975, she won a [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best
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  • ...Alexander]]'s company at the [[St James's Theatre]] playing Jacqueline, a French countess, in ''The Aristocrat''. After a succession of [[West End theatre|W ...cluded ''[[The Way to the Stars]]'' and ''[[Cry, the Beloved Country (1951 film)|Cry the Beloved Country]]''.<ref name=who/><ref name=times/>
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  • ...= Colour photograph of Phyllida Law at the 'Nanny McPhee London film premiere in 2005 ...May 1932) is a Scottish [[Actor|actress]], known for her numerous roles in film and television.
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  • ...including as Hill's girlfriend in a gender-reverse [[parody]] of the 1956 film ''[[Baby Doll]]'', repeating a sketch that Hill had performed in 1965 with ...n comedy|sitcom]] ''[[...And Mother Makes Five]]'', and a role in the 1975 film ''[[Carry On Behind]]''. In the immediate years after her last Hill show ap
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  • ...nd in the films ''[[The Ghost Goes Gear]]'' (1966) and ''[[Interlude (1968 film)|Interlude]]'' (1968).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-p ...Molehusband]] in a [[Central Office of Information]] [[public information film]] in the 1960s.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4733518.stm Articl
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  • ...1973 and 1977. In 1975, Barrie played Mrs. B.J. Spence in the Walt Disney film ''[[One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing]]''. After roles in a string of one-off ...ed Witch of the West in a pantomime adaptation of [[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]] at an Oxford theatre. She appeared on a pantomime edit
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  • ...ependent">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/the-lady-vanishes-what-ever-happened-to-fenella-fielding-78 ...|title=Fenella Fielding: Carry On star who turned down a role in a Fellini film}}</ref> to a [[Romanian Jew|Romanian Jewish]] mother, Tilly (''{{nee}}'' Ka
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  • ...Small Hotel]]'' (1957); [[Tony Hancock]]'s landlady in ''[[The Rebel (1961 film)|The Rebel]]'' (1961); Sherlock Holmes's housekeeper, Mrs Hudson, in ''[[Th ...also appeared as Madame de Bonneuil in the BBC's TV film ''[[Hotel du Lac (film)|Hotel du Lac]]'' in 1986. She appeared in ''[[Super Gran]]'' as the magici
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  • ...s. She became known after appearing in the film ''[[w:Summer Holiday (1963 film)|Summer Holiday]]'' (1963) and later played Rita Rawlins in the BBC sitcoms ...d in a [[w:Folies Bergère|Folies Bergère]]-style musical revue, "Pardon My French", at the [[w:Prince of Wales Theatre|Prince of Wales Theatre]], alongside [
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  • ...won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] for the 1984 film ''[[A Private Function]]''. ...eakthrough when she appeared as the downtrodden mother in [[Mike Leigh]]'s film ''[[Bleak Moments]]'':
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  • '''Ben Lyon''' (February 6, 1901 – March 22, 1979) was an American film actor and a studio executive at [[w:20th Century-Fox|20th Century-Fox]] who ...ow-Lyon.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jean Harlow]] and Ben Lyon in ''[[Hell's Angels (film)|Hell's Angels]]'' (1930)]]
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  • ...967 film)|Bedazzled]]'' (1967), and Hermione Roddice in ''[[Women in Love (film)|Women in Love]]'' (1969). She has appeared in television series such as '' ===Film appearances===
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