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- Actress
Jordan was born on 23 June 1955 in Seaford, East Sussex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Jubilee (1978), Jordan's Wedding (1981) and Jordan's Dance (1977). She was married to Kevin Mooney. She died on 3 April 2022 in Seaford, East Sussex, England, UK.- Paul Bhattacharjee was born on 4 May 1960 in Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Casino Royale (2006), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and Dirty Pretty Things (2002). He died on 12 July 2013 in Splash Point Cliffs, Seaford, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Monika Dannemann was born on 8 November 1946 in Düsseldorf, Germany. She died on 5 April 1996 in Seaford, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Margie Hines was born on 15 October 1909 in Glendale, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for By the Sea (1931), Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer (2024) and Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh (1940). She was married to Jesse William Heidtmann and Jack Mercer. She died on 23 December 1985 in Seaford, New York, USA.- Producer
- Actor
- Director
Leonard White was born on 5 November 1916 in Newhaven, Sussex, England, UK. He was a producer and actor, known for King of the Castle (1977), The Avengers (1961) and Out of This World (1962). He died on 2 January 2016 in Seaford, East Sussex, England, UK.- Hilary Arthur Wontner was born into a theatrical family on 4th October 1912. His mother was actress Rose Pendennis and his father the famous English actor Arthur Wontner, most notable for his portrayal of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. He married Denise Judith Dean (b. 4 February 1915) in Kensington on the 6th May 1947.
He was educated at Oundle School in Northamptonshire, along with his elder brother Hugh (later Sir Hugh Wontner, Lord Mayor of London). Hilary then went to Poitiers University in France and finally returned to London where he studied acting at RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
An actor from 1933, he was with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre from 1935 and then the Birmingham Repertory Company from 1935 to 1937. From 1938 he appeared on the London and provincial stage, and had radio and television roles from 1938. He appeared in US television from 1962 to 1964.
At the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, he served in Field Security in France and Belgium. He was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. Later he was posted to the 5th/6th Punjab Regiment in the Indian Army, where he became a Captain in 1942. Between 1941 and 1943 he served in Burma, India and Iraq. He was editor of the Army journal in Bagdad before being seconded to the British Council in Iran in 1943 where he founded the Anglo-Iranian Dramatic Society in 1944.
After the war he became an announcer for 'Radio Normandy' in 1946 and 1947. He subsequently joined the South African Broadcasting Corporation in Johannesburg, where he was an announcer, scriptwriter and producer, going on to become an assistant programme organiser from 1950 to 1955.
On his return to England in 1957 he became a director of H. A. Wontner & Company.
He had two twin boys, born to his wife Denise on the 18th December 1947. Rupert Stephen Arthur Wontner and Nicholas St. John Hilary Wontner, and both Hilary's sons inherited their fathers gift for languages as well as his fiery red hair! - Lydia Lopokova was born on 21 October 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was an actress, known for The Selfish Giant (1939), Mutual Weekly, No. 58 (1916) and Little Red Shoes (1937). She was married to John Maynard Keynes and Randolpho Barrocki. She died on 8 June 1981 in Seaford, England, UK.
- Alexander Grandison was born on 17 May 1909 in Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for When We Are Married (1938). He died on 16 November 1983 in Seaford, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Writer
- Editorial Department
Nat Hoffberg was born on 8 March 1901 in Manhattan, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951). He died in December 1979 in Seaford, New York, USA.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Rae Johnson was born on 15 June 1925 in Edmonton, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Vic's Grill (1951), The Howerd Crowd (1952) and Let's Go Crazy (1951). She was married to Ernest Maxin. She died on 23 July 2005 in Seaford, East Sussex, England, UK.- Dorothy Clewes was born on 6 July 1907 in Beckenham, Kent, England, UK. Dorothy was a writer, known for The Scarlet Daffodil (1954) and Jackanory (1965). Dorothy was married to Winston David Armstrong Clewes. Dorothy died on 8 February 2003 in Seaford, East Sussex, England, UK.
- James Cross was born on 29 September 1921 in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. He died on 6 January 2021 in Seaford, England, UK.
- Winifred McCarthy was born on 3 February 1897 in Dublin, Ireland. She was an actress, known for Poetic License (1922). She was married to Kenneth John Dodds Price, John Sidney Pearson (medical practitioner) and James Dickinson (barrister). She died on 3 February 1978 in Seaford, East Sussex, England, UK.
- James Stagg was born on 30 June 1900 in Musselburgh, Scotland, UK. He died on 23 June 1975 in Seaford, England, UK.
- Writer
- Art Department
Bob Clarke was born on 25 January 1926 in Mamaroneck, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Mad Magazine TV Special (1974) and Standby: Lights! Camera! Action! (1982). He died on 31 March 2013 in Seaford, Delaware, USA.- Bertram Dench was born on 10 October 1891 in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Music Hall (1934), Flood Tide (1934) and The Immortal Gentleman (1935). He was married to Stella Heaton and Ethel ?. He died on 29 July 1980 in Seaford, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Thérèse Langfield was born in 1917 in Bristol, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Pilgrim's Progress (1939), The Immortal Hour (1939) and Plain Jane (1939). She died on 12 July 2010 in Seaford, East Sussex, England, UK.