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Lynsey Baxter was born on 7 May 1959 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978) and Real Life (1984).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Noele Gordon was born on 25 December 1919 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Crossroads (1964), The Most Likely Girl (1957) and The Lisbon Story (1946). She died on 14 April 1985 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Linda Henry was born on 24 August 1963 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Beautiful Thing (1996), EastEnders (1985) and Bad Girls (1999). She has been married to Stavros Valiris since July 1992. They have one child.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Terry Kilburn was born on 25 November 1926 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), Lolita (1962) and Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Angela and her actress sister Hermione were born of a wealthy family with Angela making her stage debut at the age of 8 as a little orphan girl in The Dawn of Happiness. One night a police officer said that she was too young and wouldn't allow her to perform, The following year she auditioned at The Old Vic Theatre, When she was 10 a newspaper called her 'a consumate little actress, at 11 she was appearing in Shakespeare, as a teenager she was singing and dancing in musicals and pantomimes and became the 'toast of London. She retired briefly when she was18. She appeared in many plays but most enjoyed those by Emlyn Williams - Night Must Fall, The Winslow Boy, Morning Star and The Light of Heart, which he wrote for her, She was married to theatre producer Glen Byam Shaw 1931 -75 and was awarded a CBE for services to the theatre- Actor
- Soundtrack
Stanley Lebor was born on 24 September 1934 in East Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Flash Gordon (1980) and Holocaust (1978). He died on 23 November 2014 in Faversham, Kent, England, UK.- Was born in London but moved to France when she was only 3 weeks old. Parents Anne and Louis Duchene moved the family back to England in 1962/1963 to the seaside town of Brighton. Kate went onstage at the age of 14 and loved acting from that moment on. She read French & Spanish at Trinity College at Cambridge University.
She then spent a year teaching English in Spain. Kate received no formal training in Drama but she wrote and performed her own material with Cambridge Footlights Company before joining Mikron in 1983. She is best known for her acting in the children's TV show The Worst Witch as Miss Constance Hardbroom. The show ran from 1998 to 2001.
Kate has 2 children: Anna Charlotte Fitzgerald Duchene Hickson born on April 15th 2006 & Daughter Born in late May / early June 2009. - Peter Birrel married actress Stephanie Cole only a few years before he died. They appeared together in a play early in both of their careers and met up by chance some 40 or so years later. Peter is widely celebrated for his role as the Draconian Prince in Frontier in Space: Episode One (1973)-Frontier in Space: Episode Two (1973) and Frontier in Space: Episode Five (1973)-Frontier in Space: Episode Six (1973).
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Prolific and ubiquitous British bit player and dancer Pauline Lesley Chamberlain was born on October 2, 1932 in West Ham, Essex, England. The daughter of a piano player father, Pauline attended a French convent school in Palmers Green as well as learned ballet and tap at a local dance school. Chamberlain went on to attend the Aida Foster Stage School. Pauline and her twin sister Pamela were both featured as chorus girls in a 1948 production of the pantomime "Robin Hood and His Merry Men." The Chamberlain sisters went on to appear together in the pantomime "Robinson Crusoe" and did a tour of Great Britain in "Folies Bergere" for Bernard Delfont. Moreover, Pauline and Pamela were both members of Margaret Kelly's dancing troupe Bluebell Girls, appeared in revues at the London Palladium, and even performed in cabaret together in Brussels, Italy, Scotland, and Great Britain at the Dorchester as The Chamberlain Twins - What a Pair. A pretty brunette with a warm smile and a chipper disposition, Chamberlain first began appearing in films in uncredited minor roles while still in her teens in the late 1940's. Pauline could usually be spotted in movies cutting it up on the dance floor, as a guest at a party, or performing on stage (she was often cast as a showgirl). Chamberlain was featured in scores of films and a bunch of television shows in a career that spanned several decades. Pauline died at age 88 from complications of COVID-19 on January 14, 2021.- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
London-born actor and singer, possibly best known on the screen as Private Hitch in Zulu (1964), as Dr. Livesey in the musical version of Treasure Island (1982) and as the dapper lothario Steven Kodaly in BBC's adaptation of She Loves Me (1979) (based on the play 'Parfumerie' by Miklós László). He also had notable guest roles in two episodes of The Avengers (1961) and in the comedies Up Pompeii! (1969) and Carry on Abroad (1972) .
Kernan's first acting experience was with the Huddersfield Repertory Company at the age of 19. In 1957, he appeared in the chorus line of 'Where's Charley' at London's Palace Theatre. This marked the beginning of a substantial career as a singer in stage musicals. Renowned as an expert interpreter of songs by Stephen Sondheim, he was acclaimed for his performance in the original 1977 Broadway cast of Sondheim's musical revue 'Side by Side', opposite Millicent Martin. A year earlier, he had headlined as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm in 'A Little Night Music' at the Adelphi Theatre in London. From 1980 to 1981, he appeared in 'Kiss Me Kate' at the Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Royal.
Kernan also devised and directed the musical revue 'Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood', which opened on Broadway in January 1986. During the 60s and 70s, he was a guest soloist in many British variety shows, performing songs by Sondheim, Cole Porter, Noël Coward, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer and Frank Loesser.
His 2019 autobiography is entitled 'From Eastham to Broadway'.- Actor
- Producer
- Executive
Glen Murphy was born in West Ham, London, he boxed for the famous West Ham and Repton boxing clubs, then started his acting career at the Half Moon Theater in 1980. It was 2 years of more London Theater before he got his break on film with Blake Edwards' Victor/Victoria. Glen was a London Champion in Boxing & Football & is a 3rd Dan karate black belt and still trains in the Kyokushin style martial art today with the 7th Dan Hall of Fame, Jamie O Keefe. In 1955 his father Terence was the first ever sportsman on ITV, His latest Film Lost in Italy (aka Lords of London) has won the New York Hells Kitchen Film Festivals World Cinema Best Film award.and he won the Abruzzo film festival "best actor" award in Italy. And is in pre-production with the feature film "Finger of Suspicion" due to shoot in 2019- Actor
- Soundtrack
Leon Greene was born on 15 July 1931 in East Ham, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Flash Gordon (1980), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) and The Devil Rides Out (1968). He was married to Jean Percival. He died on 19 June 2021 in the UK.- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Vera Lynn was born on 20 March 1917 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Hellboy (2004), Lolita (1997) and Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982). She was married to Harry Lewis. She died on 18 June 2020 in Ditchling, East Sussex, England, UK.- Vilma Hollingbery was born on 21 July 1932 in West Ham, Essex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Doctor Who (2005), Funland (2005) and Babylon (1980). She was married to Michael Napier Brown and Raymond J Sleap. She died on 11 September 2021 in Hillingdon, London, England, UK.
- James Culliford was born on 8 September 1927 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Quatermass and the Pit (1967), Doctor Who (1963) and The Trygon Factor (1966). He died on 23 March 2002 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.
- John Dearth was born on 16 October 1920 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1961), The Escape of R.D.7 (1961) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955). He died on 17 March 1984 in London, England, UK.
- Barbara Archer was born in 1934 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Horror of Dracula (1958), Up the Junction (1968) and Model for Murder (1959).
- Victor Lucas was born on 12 July 1919 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), World's End (1981) and Testament of Youth (1979). He was married to Marjorie Sommerville. He died on 17 November 2000 in Barnet, London, England, UK.
- Lorraine Doyle, best known for being one of Benny Hill's "Hill's Angels" was born in 1958. In 1991 and 1993 she had two daughters, Rebecca and Lauren, with her husband Vincent, a jeweller. She retired from show business in 1993 in order to raise her family. In 1998 she and her husband opened their own jewellery shop in London where they live.
- Script and Continuity Department
- Writer
- Producer
Born in East Ham, London, England in 1935, Terrance Dicks was educated at the local grammar school and went on to study English at Downing College, Cambridge. After two years' National Service in the British Army, he got a job as an advertising copywriter. This lasted for five years, during which time he started writing radio scripts as a sideline. Eventually he switched to full-time freelance writing, first on plays and comedy series for radio and then in television on programmes including The Avengers (1961) and Crossroads (1964).
He became a junior script editor on Doctor Who (1963) towards the end of the Patrick Troughton era, working under producer Peter Bryant and script editor Derrick Sherwin. During this period he has said that he felt like "something of a spare part", although he would make a very significant contribution in bringing Robert Holmes to the series, who would go on to become the series' most popular writer. Dicks also co-wrote (with Malcolm Hulke) Troughton's final story, the epic The War Games: Episode One (1969). Following the departure from the series of Bryant and Sherwin in 1969, Dicks formed a close working relationship with the next producer, Barry Letts, and they were responsible for the five popular seasons which starred Jon Pertwee as the Doctor. During this period they also co-created the science fiction flop Moonbase 3 (1973), which lasted just one series.
After writing Tom Baker's debut story Robot: Part One (1974), Dicks returned to a freelance writing career. He also script-edited some of the BBC's classic serials, which reunited him with Letts as producer on the likes of Great Expectations (1981) and Jane Eyre (1983). He was also made a producer for the first time on the highly popular Oliver Twist (1985), which according to Dicks saved the classic serial strand from Michael Grade's axe when he was controller of BBC One.
Dicks made two contributions to Doctor Who (1963) during the John Nathan-Turner years in the 1980s despite the producer's reluctance to use established writers. He wrote State of Decay: Part One (1980) and agreed to pen the 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors (1983) when Robert Holmes turned it down. He has also written two spin-off plays, "Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys to Doomsday" in 1974 and "Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure" in 1989. He has written well over fifty novelizations of televised serials and several original Doctor Who (1963) novels for Virgin's "The New Adventures" range. Today he is, among his other writing projects, one of the UK's most prolific authors of children's fiction.- Reginald Jessup was born on 8 February 1920 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), Gideon C.I.D. (1964) and Curtain of Fear (1964). He was married to Janet Brandes. He died on 1 February 2000 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Prolific and ubiquitous British background player George Hilsdon was born on April 25, 1907 in West Ham, London, England. Hilsdon first began appearing in films in often uncredited minor roles in the mid-1940's. A burly fellow with a gruff face and receding silver gray hair, George was frequently cast as policemen, news vendors, or security guards. Hilsdon died at age 75 on May 28, 1982 in Essex, England. Predeceased by his wife Ivy Lilian Benge, he was survived by two children.
- Make-Up Department
Christine Blundell was born on 26 October 1961 in West Ham, Essex, England, UK. She is known for Vera Drake (2004), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Finding Neverland (2004).- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Anthony Simmons was born on 16 December 1922 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Four in the Morning (1965), Little Sweetheart (1988) and Black Joy (1977). He was married to Maria St Clare and Sheila Phillips. He died on 22 January 2016 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Clive Burr was born on 8 March 1957 in East Ham, London, England, UK [now East Ham, Newham, London, England, UK]. He was an actor, known for Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986), Me Me Me (2011) and Alcatraz: Island in the Sun (1983). He died on 12 March 2013 in Wanstead, London, England, UK.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
- Visual Effects
Marcia Gay was born on 12 May 1955 in West Ham, Essex, England, UK. She is an assistant director and production manager, known for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and Gravity (2013).- John Rapley was born on 18 April 1935 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Elephant Man (1980), Jane and the Lost City (1987) and Goodnight Sweetheart (1993). He died on 18 April 2016 in Theydon Bois, Essex, England, UK.
- Actor
- Producer
Howard Pays was an English actor who gave up acting for representing thespians and other professionals in television and motion pictures, becoming one of England's most successful talent agents in the process. After being demobilized from the military after serving his National Service commitment, Pays became an actor. He made his television debut in the popular series Sixpenny Corner (1955) in 1955 where he met, and married, his co-star, Jan Miller.
In the early 1960s, Pays quit acting and opened the talent agency "CCA" in London. He and his partner, Freddie Vale, turned the agency into one of the most important in the U.K. and the English-speaking world. He was still a top agent at the time of his death, from cancer, in April 2002. He was 74 years old.- Director
- Actor
Kenneth Ives was born on 26 March 1934 in West Ham, Essex, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for The Lion in Winter (1968), 1990 (1977) and Doctor Who (1963). He was married to Marti Caine and Imogen Hassall. He died on 6 March 2022 in the UK.- Eunice Black was born on 23 October 1914 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Laughter from the Whitehall (1963), Love Is a Splendid Illusion (1970) and Holiday on the Buses (1973). She died on 27 August 2007 in London, England, UK.
- Maria O'Brien was born on 11 April 1948 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970), Toomorrow (1970) and Escort Girls (1974). She died on 13 January 2017 in London, England, UK.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hugh Attwooll was born on 8 April 1914 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was a producer and production manager, known for Condorman (1981), The Moon-Spinners (1964) and Persecution (1974). He died on 29 April 1997 in Harlow, Essex, England, UK.- Leslie Noyes was born on 26 February 1906 in East Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Dad's Army (1971), Sykes and a Big Big Show (1971) and The ITV Play (1968). He died in 1975 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, UK.
- Cicely Walper was born on 6 February 1899 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Killing of Sister George (1968), The Rogues (1964) and Love at First Bite (1979). She was married to Lester Matthews. She died on 18 January 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Visual Effects
- Special Effects
Doug Ferris was born in 1931 in West Ham, Essex, England, UK. He is known for Judge Dredd (1995), Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980).- Peter Ashton was born on 11 May 1932 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Mission: Impossible (1966), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) and McCloud (1970). He died on 11 April 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Richard Digance was born on 24 February 1949 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Mick Miller: In the Club (2005), How's Business (1991) and Wednesday at Eight (1988).- Frank Sieman was born on 7 August 1908 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Knack... and How to Get It (1965), The Avengers (1961) and Over to William (1956). He was married to Bunny Seaman. He died on 9 March 1992 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Kenneth Alan Taylor was born in April 1937 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Hollyoaks (1995). He has been married to Judith Barker since 1964.
- Elisabeth Orion was born in 1929 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Probation Officer (1959) and Saturday Playhouse (1958).
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Simon Brint was born on 26 September 1950 in High Ham, Somerset, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for French and Saunders (1987), What Happens in Vegas (2008) and Eat the Rich (1987). He was married to Amanda Cockerton. He died on 29 May 2011 in Langport, Somerset, England, UK.- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Judi Bunn was born on 3 July 1946 in West Ham, Essex, England, UK. She is a production manager, known for The Final Countdown (1980), Gladiator (2000) and Spy Game (2001).- Jon Kelley was born on 8 November 1935 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for UFO (1970), My Wife Next Door (1972) and Not in Front of the Children (1967). He was married to Wanda Kelley. He died on 28 February 2009 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Jenny Jones was born on 26 December 1943 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Front Page Story (1954), Raiders of the River (1956) and An Inspector Calls (1954). She was married to Reginald Winch. She died on 15 March 2018 in Great Totham, Essex, England, UK.
- Katherine Parr was born on 5 February 1921 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Woman in White (1966), Softly Softly (1966) and Doomwatch (1972). She was married to Dennis Caldwell. She died on 20 September 2009 in Deal, Kent, England, UK.
- Ruth Shiell was born in 1933 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954) and The Mirror and Markheim (1954). She was previously married to David Berglas.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Bill Curbishley was born on 13 March 1942 in West Ham, Essex, England, UK. He is a producer and production manager, known for The Railway Man (2013), Quadrophenia (1979) and The Real Me.- Lewis Stringer was born on 16 June 1911 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Pride and Prejudice (1938) and Assassin for Hire (1950). He died on 16 March 1995 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Gerald Rex was born on 16 March 1921 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Front Line Kids (1942), Gert and Daisy's Week-end (1942) and Facing the Music (1941). He died on 21 October 1979 in Surrey, England, UK.
- Actress
Very fetching and becoming brunette Pamela Chamberlain was born on October 2, 1932 in West Ham, London, England. The twin sister of extremely prolific British extra Pauline Chamberlain, Pamela popped up in uncredited minor roles in a handful of movies starting circa 1947 and continued to appear as a background player in films throughout the 1950's. Chamberlain married police constable Maelgwyn Mathias Wigley in 1979. She was last reported living in Chingford, North East London, England.