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  • {{Short description|Irish actress}} '''Kathleen "Kitty" McShane''' (19 May 1897 – 24 March 1964) was an Irish actress, best known as the wife and acting partner of [[Arthur Lucan]], wit
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  • | nationality = Irish ...nt in the 21st Lancers, stationed in Kildare, Co Kildare. She made several film appearances which included ''[[The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery]]'' in
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  • ...olesaler James Peter O'Shea, who had been a soldier and who was the son of Irish emigrants, and his wife Nellie Theresa Carr.<ref name=onshow/> O'Shea was r ...Town]]'', ''[[w:The Blue Lamp|The Blue Lamp]]'', ''[[w:The Shiralee (1957 film)|The Shiralee]]'', ''[[w:The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming|T
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  • {{Short description|English film actress (1919–1970)}} ...1919 as her year of birth, although the [[w:British Film Institute|British Film Institute]] cites 1920 and ''[[w:The Oxford Reference|The Oxford Reference]
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  • ...d an expert animal handler, worked on the film ''[[The Four Feathers (1921 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' (1921), and later wrote a book about the experience, ...en's Royal Naval Service]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/aug/11/1|title = Obituary: Jill Adams|date = 10 August 2008}}</ref> Du
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  • {{Infobox film | image = Alive and Kicking (1959 film).jpg
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  • ...The Assassination Bureau]]'' (1969), and ''[[No Sex Please, We're British (film)|No Sex Please, We're British]]'' (1973). ...[[The Killing of Sister George]]'' for the [[The Killing of Sister George (film)|1968 screen version]] and was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award]] for
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  • | caption = Nolan as she appeared in [[w:Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]] ...eared in ''[[w:Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'', ''[[w:A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' and six ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' films
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  • ...role of Olive Rudge in ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' from 1977 to 1978, while her film roles included parts in two ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' films: '' ...><ref name="making of"/> to John and Muriel McCall ({{née}} Harrison). Her Irish father was an accountant while her mother was English.<ref name="Guardian o
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  • ...nifred Banks in [[Walt Disney]]'s musical motion picture ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]].'' In 2020, with the death of [[Olivia de Havilland]], John ...upporting Actress]] for her work in the 1960 film ''[[The Sundowners (1960 film)|The Sundowners]]''. She is one of the last surviving stars from the [[Clas
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  • ...1986), known professionally as '''Anna Neagle''', was an English stage and film actress, singer and dancer. ...|Neagle with [[Paul Hartman]] and [[Ray Bolger]] in the film [[Sunny (1941 film)|''Sunny'']]]]
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  • ...om/celebs/broadcasters1.html |title=Manchester Television Broadcasters and Film Actors including Caroline Aherne... |publisher=Manchester2002-uk.com |acces ...western act the Mitzi Goldberg Experience, and Sister Mary Immaculate, an Irish nun.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Belcher|first1=David|title=Behind the laughter l
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  • ...TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance]] in 1992 and 1993. Her film appearances include ''[[To Sir, with Love]]'' (1967) and ''[[Don't Raise th ===Film and television===
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  • ...Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award]] nomination for the film ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]'' (1963), and a [[w:Tony Award for Best Featured ...e in Wonderland]]'' (2010) and ''[[w:Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' (2016).
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  • ...rous accolades]], including two [[Academy Awards]], five [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]], four [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Emmy Awards]], three [[ ...' (1993), ''[[The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]'' (2012), ''[[Quartet (2012 film)|Quartet]]'' (2012) and ''[[The Lady in the Van]]'' (2015).
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  • {{Short description|Irish-British-American actress and singer (1925–2022)}} ...des, she played [[Angela Lansbury on screen and stage|various roles across film, stage, and television]]. Although based for much of her life in the United
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  • ...=Features &#124; Britain's Most Watched TV &#124; 1970s |publisher=British Film Institute (BFI) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051122221511/htt ...gon Express" from 1976 (a parody of ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''), Hill used editing, camera angles and im
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  • ...hive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212012/https://www.zani.co.uk/film-tv/item/3268-john-challis-aka-boycie-from-only-fools-and-horses-talks-to-za ...octor Who]]'' (''[[The Seeds of Doom]]''), ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula (1974 film)|Dracula]]'', ''[[Beau Geste (TV series)|Beau Geste]]'', ''[[Juliet Bravo]]
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  • ...10/birds-of-a-feather-1989-1998/|title=Kent Film Office Birds of a Feather Film Focus}}</ref> ...by actor [[William Atherton]] for the 1974 film ''[[The Great Gatsby (1974 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' was used; from the [[List of Birds of a Feather episo
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  • ...ublic popularity as a regular chat-show guest. She also gave well-regarded film performances at different points in her career. ...sexuality was naughty, repressed and fit to burst."<ref>{{cite news|title=Film Studies: She could have been a contender. She could have been Sybil Fawlty.
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