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Sir David St Vincent Llewellyn, 4th Baronet (1946 - 2009)

Sir David St Vincent "Dai" Llewellyn, 4th Baronet (2 April 1946 – 13 January 2009) was a Welsh socialite. He was born in Aberdare, the son of 1952 Summer Olympics gold medallist showjumper Sir Harry ...

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Samuel Preston MP

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Auberon Waugh (1939 - 2001)

Auberon Alexander Waugh ( /ˈɔːbərən ˈwɔː/; 17 November 1939 – 16 January 2001) was a British author and journalist, son of the novelist Evelyn Waugh. He was known to his family and friends as Bron Wa...

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Joyce Grenfell MP (1910 - 1979)

Joyce Irene Grenfell , OBE (née Phipps; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was an English actress, comedienne, monologist[1] and singer-songwriter. Early life Born in London, Joyce was the daught...

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Evelyn Waugh MP (1903 - 1966)

a short summary from Wikipedia: Evelyn Waugh Born: 28 October 1903 London, England Died: 10 April 1966 (aged 62) Combe Florey, Somerset, England Occupation: Writer Nationality: British ...

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Virginia Woolf MP (1882 - 1941)

Adeline Virginia Woolf (pronounced /ˈwʊlf/; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist lit...

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Sir John Betjeman, CBE (b. - 1984)

was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack". He was a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architect...

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Dame Edith Sitwell, DBE (b. - 1964)

Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic. Background Edith Sitwell was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, the oldest child and only daug...

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Geoffrey

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Crispin

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Helena

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April

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Kristin Scott Thomas MP

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Beatrice Peel (1895 - 1969)

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William Somerset Maugham, CH MP (1874 - 1965)

William Somerset Maugham was a famous English author, novelist and playwright. His popularity lies in the fact that by early 1930's, he had become the highest paid author of his era. His most famous wo...

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Sir Michael Lindsay-Hogg, 5th Baronet MP

Sir Michael Edward Lindsay-Hogg, 5th Baronet (born May 5, 1940) is a British television and stage director and an occasional writer and actor. Background and early work Lindsay-Hogg was born in N...

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Julian Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford MP

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Dame Gladys Cooper (1888 - 1971)

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Robert Hardy MP

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Gertie Millar (b. - 1930)

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Alexander Loudon MP

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Sir Terry Wogan, KBE MP

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Group Capt Peter Woolridge Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC (1914 - 1995)

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Peter

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Daniel

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Dame Daphne du Maurier, DBE (1907 - 1989)

Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning DBE ( /ˈdæfniː duː ˈmɒri.eɪ/; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was a British author and playwright. Many of her works have been adapted into films, including the n...

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Jane

France

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Caroline Colthurst MP (1935 - 2010)

Caroline Colthurst, who died on December 29 aged 75, was successively a nonconformist deb, reed-thin model, energetic fashion journalist and highly original “Swinging London” boutique owner. She wa...

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Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905 - 2001)

Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford KG, PC (5 December 1905–3 August 2001), known as the Lord Pakenham from 1945 to 1961, was a British politician, author, and social reformer. He was a La...

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Timothy Seely MP

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Antony Booth MP

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Oliver Chris MP

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Dennis Price (1915 - 1973)

Mr. Dennis Price, a stage and film actor of wide range who was adept at the presentation of both suave villlainy and polished comedy, died on Saturday in Guernsey. He was 58. He was an intelligent an...

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Patricia Phoenix (1923 - 1986)

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Rachael Stirling MP

Rachael Atlanta Stirling (born 30 May 1977) is an English stage, film and television actress. She is a two-time Olivier nominee for her stage work, but is best known for her performance as Nancy Astl...

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Stephen

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Victoria "Plum" Sykes MP

Victoria "Plum" Sykes (born 4 December 1969) is an English-born fashion-writer, novelist and New York socialite. "Plum" was a childhood nickname (the Victoria plum being a variety of that fruit). ...

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Christopher Isherwood (1904 - 1986)

Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an English-American novelist. Early life and work Born at Wyberslegh Hall, High Lane, Cheshire in North West England, ...

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Emma Noble MP

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Chelsy Davy MP

South African-born British socialite. Former girlfriend of Prince Harry of Wales.

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Robin Douglas-Home MP (1932 - 1968)

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Caterina

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Sandra

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Kathy Kirby (1938 - 2011)

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Dame Margaret Rutherford, DBE (1892 - 1972)

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Simon Williams MP

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Kenneth Horne (1907 - 1969)

Horne was an English comedian and businessman. The son of a clergyman and politician, he combined a successful business career with regular broadcasting for the BBC. His first hit series, Much-Binding-...

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Fay Compton (1894 - 1978)

Fay Compton (/ˈkʌmptən/; 1894–1978) was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the ...

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Tracy

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Billie

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Laurence

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Hon. Nigel Havers MP

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Bill Simpson (1931 - 1986)

) William Nicholson Simpson (11 September 1931 – 21 December 1986) was a Scottish film and television actor, most famous for his portrayal of the title role in the long-running BBC TV series, Dr. Fin...

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Kate O'Mara MP

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Derek Nimmo (1930 - 1999)

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Roderic

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Viola Tree (c.1885 - d.)

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Fred Terry (1863 - 1933)

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Kirstie

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Googie Withers, CBE (1917 - 2011)

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Michael Gough (1916 - 2011)

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Joanna McCallum MP

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Richard Ingrams (1937 - d.)

Richard Ingrams (born 19 August 1937) is an English journalist, a co-founder and second editor of the British satirical magazine Private Eye, and now editor of The Oldie magazine. Career Ingr...

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Roger Davenport MP

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Sonia Dresdel (deceased)

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Elspeth March (1911 - 1999)

ELSPETH MARCH, the actress who has died aged 88, was a colonel's daughter and it showed: her stage presence was formidable; she spoke with admirable clarity; and she excelled in conveying suppressed em...

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Edward

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Stewart Granger (1913 - 1993)

Stewart Granger (6 May 1913 – 16 August 1993) was an English-American film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 19...

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Phyllis Dixey (1914 - 1964)

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Jean Simmons, OBE (1929 - 2010)

Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (31 January, 1929 – 22 January, 2010) was an English actress. She appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those films made in Great Britain during and after World Wa...

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Angela Baddeley (1904 - 1976)

Angela Baddeley, CBE (4 July 1904 – 22 February 1976) was an English stage and television actress, best-remembered for her role as "Mrs. Bridges" in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. Her stage c...

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Hermione Baddeley MP (1906 - 1986)

HERMIONE BADDELEY Mistress of revue who never lost talent for straight acting Hermione Baddeley, actress, who died on August 19 at the age of 79, began her career as a girl of precocious dramat...

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Athene Seyler, CBE (1889 - 1990)

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Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM MP (1913 - 1976)

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist; and one of the central figures of twentieth-century British classic...

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Leo Genn (1905 - 1978)

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Nicholas Hannen, OBE (1881 - 1972)

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Sir Norman Bishop Hartnell, KCVO (1901 - 1979)

Sir Norman Bishop Hartnell, KCVO (12 June 1901, London – 8 June 1979, Windsor) was a British fashion designer. Hartnell had the Royal Warrant as Dressmaker to HM The Queen in 1940, subsequently Royal...

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Richard Durden MP

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Margaret Leighton, CBE (1922 - 1976)

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Ursula Jeans (1906 - 1973)

Ursula Jean McMinn born May 5, 1906 died April 21, 197 British actress on film, stage, and television. Links Wiki (En) - Ursula Jeans

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René Ray (1911 - 1993)

René Ray, Countess of Midleton (22 September 1911 – 28 August 1993) was a British film and stage actress of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in over forty films. She turned to writing for much of her...

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Laurence Harvey (1929 - 1973)

THE film star Laurence Harvey, who played Joe Lampton in the film "Room at the Top", has died at his Hampstead, London home. Mr. Harvey, 45, had been ill with cancer for about 18 months and in May ha...

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Roger Livesey (1906 - 1976)

Roger Livesey born June 25, 1906 died February 4, 1976 Roger Livesey was a British stage and film actor. He is most often remembered for the three Powell & Pressburger films in which he starred: The ...

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Jack Hulbert (1892 - 1978)

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Mark Burns (1936 - 2007)

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Dame Cicely Courtneidge, DBE (1893 - 1980)

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Jane How MP

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John Le Mesurier (1912 - 1983)

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Hattie Jacques (1922 - 1980)

MISS HATTIE JACQUES Comic personality of stage, films and television Miss Hattie Jacques, the well-known comic actress, died yesterday at the age of 56. No one could have spoken more truthfully tha...

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Spike Milligan, KBE (1918 - 2002)

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Michael Denison, CBE (1915 - 1998)

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Eric Sykes, CBE MP (1923 - 2012)

Eric Sykes From Wikipedia CBE (4 May 1923 – 4 July 2012) was an English radio, television and film writer, actor and director whose performing career spanned more than 50 years. He frequently wro...

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Benny Hill (1924 - 1992)

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Damian Lewis MP

Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is a British actor and producer. His acting roles include Soames Forsyte in the ITV remake of The Forsyte Saga, Detective Charlie Crews in the NBC drama Li...

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Arthur Lowe (1915 - 1982)

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Yvonne Mitchell (1915 - 1979)

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Nicholas Monsarrat (1910 - 1979)

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Shelagh Delaney (1939 - 2011)

Delaney was an English dramatist and screenwriter, best known for her debut work, A Taste of Honey (1958).

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Clive Dunn, OBE (1920 - 2012)

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Dulcie Gray (1915 - 2011)

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