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  • | birth_place = [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], England ...assed the [[Eleven-plus|Eleven-plus examination]] and attended [[St Mary's College, Crosby]], where he was awarded a [[bursary]] to cover the cost of his book
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  • ...eGuardian.com]] | date=9 October 1999 }}</ref> In the 1930s, he joined the Liverpool Repertory Theatre and performed in numerous productions. During the [[Secon ...er 'Frisby Dike' (named after a Liverpool department store bombed in the [[Liverpool Blitz|Blitz]]) was the first time the [[Scouse|real Liverpudlian accent]] w
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  • ...}}</ref> and educated at [[Bedales School]] before going up to [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]], where he took a BA in 1936.<ref> Bedales School Roll, 1993, p ...British rule in India).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7a855581|title=The Jewel in the Crown Episode 5 Regimental Silver (198
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  • ...cer and stage, film and television actor. He is known to have performed in at least 77 television and film productions between 1940 and 1988. ...]]. After leaving school, Dorning studied drama and dance in [[w:Liverpool|Liverpool]] with the intention of becoming a ballet dancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https:
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  • | birth_place = [[Liverpool]], England ...re|English literature]]. He was previously{{when|date=May 2019}} a teacher at [[LAMDA|LAMDA]] and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|Royal Academy of Dr
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  • ...[[Claude Hulbert]]. He was educated at [[Westminster School]] and [[Caius College, Cambridge]]<ref>[[ODNB]]</ref> and appeared in many shows and revues, main ...ite web|title=Hulbert, Jack (1892-1978)|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/462536/index.html|website=screenonline.org.uk|publisher=BFI Screenonline
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  • | birth_place = [[Liverpool|Liverpool]], England ...ed film roles.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ee347b3 |title=John Gregson }}</ref> He was best known for his crime
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  • ...e to the Galaxy]]'' and is [[Mornington Crescent (game)#Origins|one of the people credited]] with creating the bizarre panel game [[Mornington Crescent (game ...and Trading Company]], where he was put to work studying waste timber in [[Liverpool]].<ref name="Telegraphobit"/> He did not last long in the field of commerci
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  • ...dio and films.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4db93a|title=Ronald Frankau|website=BFI}}</ref> ...<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1960/11/19/the-lady-at-the-old-bailey|title="Lady Chatterley’s Lover" on Trial|first=Mollie|last
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  • ...elled with her parents to the United Kingdom to attend [[Queenwood Ladies' College]] in [[astbourne]] and then to train as an actress. ...and the [[Arts Theatre]] and a short 1926 [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]] season at the small Barnes Theatre under [[Theodore Komisarjevsky]] (playing Charlott
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  • | alma_mater = [[Newnham College, Cambridge]] ...rk=[[Newnham College, Cambridge]]}}</ref> She later characterised her time at Newnham as "three years of unparalleled pampering and privilege".<ref>{{cit
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  • ...[[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], of which he said "I learned two things at RADA - I can't act and it doesn't matter." ...> He then gained steady work on the stage in a series of comedies produced at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] in [[London]]. He joined a tour of [[Union of South
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  • ...t Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College|St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College]] ...where he attempted to be a success on American television, speaking on the college circuit and producing the pirate film ''[[Yellowbeard|Yellowbeard]]'' (1983
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  • ...stern Australia]]<br />[[w:Claremont Teachers' College|Claremont Teachers' College]] ...p/story-e6frfku9-1226973451185 Harris stripped of honours as purge begins] at [[news.com.au]], 1 July 2014; retrieved 21 July 2014</ref><ref>{{cite news|
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  • | education = [[Llandovery College]]<br />[[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] ...and ''[[Dead of Night]]'' (1945). In the postwar era, he worked regularly at [[Ealing Studios]], first with starring roles in such films as ''[[They Kne
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  • ...n College]] where his interest in the theatre developed. After leaving the college he joined an [[amateur dramatics|amateur dramatics]] company, and came to t ...won a [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|best actor]] award at that year's [[British Academy Television Awards]] for his role as the barri
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  • ...an arrangement of flowers. Hyacinth's primary aims in life are to impress people, particularly of the upper and upper-middle classes, and to give the impres ...eaking." While on the phone, she is prone to making impossible requests of people and does not understand why they cannot be met. Such situations include dem
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  • ...(1956), ''[[The Green Man (film)|The Green Man]]'' (1956), ''[[Blue Murder at St Trinian's]]'' (1957), ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959) and ''[[Carlton- [[File:Ardingly college 1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ardingly College]], where Terry-Thomas engaged in amateur dramatics]]
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