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Cambridge-educated Paul Cavanagh appeared in pictures as the epitome of the debonair, well-dressed Englishman. The former barrister and Royal Canadian Mountie turned to acting in 1924 and had a starring role on Broadway in 'Scotland Yard' (1929). His film career began in 1928 and lasted just over three decades. During that time, he portrayed charming grifters (The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934), stalwart leading men (Mae West's love interest in Goin' to Town (1935), as well as the occasional murder victim or dastardly swine (as Martin Arlington in Tarzan and His Mate (1934). He was at his best however, as the urbane older husband of Joan Crawford in the brilliant Humoresque (1946), tolerating the antics of his neurotic wife - and Oscar Levant's wisecrack ("Does your husband interfere with your marriage?") with nothing but bemused languor.- Actress
- Composer
- Music Department
Siouxsie Sioux, the lead singer of Siouxsie and the Banshees (1976-1996), one of the original punk bands, was born Susan Ballion in London, England, to a Belgian Walloon father and an English/Scottish mother. The band evolved from punk, to goth and psychedelia to a more accessible sound in more recent years. The band was featured on the first Lollapalooza tour and provided original songs for Batman Returns (1992) and Showgirls (1995). After a twenty-year career, over a dozen diverse albums, and amassing a huge cult following, the group disbanded in April 1996 just as the Sex Pistols, their original inspiration, decided to cash in on the recent interest in punk music and tour again.
In 2008, Siouxsie provided vocals for the track "Careless Love" on The Edge of Love (2008) soundtrack by frequent David Lynch collaborator, and composer Angelo Badalamenti. In 2011, Sioux was honored with the Q Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and in 2012, the Ivor Novello Awards's Inspiration Award.- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 - 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher who interpreted and popularized Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. Pursuing a career, he attended Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, where he received a master's degree in theology. Watts became an Episcopal priest in 1945, then left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.
Watts gained a large following in the San Francisco Bay Area while working as a volunteer programmer at KPFA, a Pacifica Radio station in Berkeley. Watts wrote more than 25 books and articles on subjects important to Eastern and Western religion, introducing the then-burgeoning youth culture to The Way of Zen (1957), one of the first bestselling books on Buddhism. In Psychotherapy East and West (1961), Watts proposed that Buddhism could be thought of as a form of psychotherapy and not a religion. He considered Nature, Man and Woman (1958) to be, "from a literary point of view-the best book I have ever written." He also explored human consciousness in the essay "The New Alchemy" (1958) and in the book The Joyous Cosmology (1962).
Towards the end of his life, he divided his time between a houseboat in Sausalito and a cabin on Mount Tamalpais. According to the critic Erik Davis, his "writings and recorded talks still shimmer with a profound and galvanizing lucidity."- Ian Mullins was born on 26 March 1929 in Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), How Does It End? (1952) and Ancient Discoveries (2003). He was married to Helen Dorward and Ann Sears. He died on 9 November 2014 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Guy Massey was born on 19 December 1913 in Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Red Shoes (1948), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and The Immortal Hour (1939). He died on 25 April 1974 in Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Maureen Beck was born on 13 December 1934 in Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Avengers (1961), Wuthering Heights (1967) and Armchair Theatre (1956). She died on 21 June 2003 in London, England, UK.
- Prudence Ponsonby was born on 9 September 1903 in Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Out to Win (1923) and Ragan in Ruins (1925). She was married to Idris Meredyth Davies and Hugh Tevis. She died on 22 March 1952 in Frankfurt, Germany.
- F. Tennyson Jesse was born on 1 April 1888 in Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK. F. Tennyson was a writer, known for Lovers in Quarantine (1925), Suspicion (1957) and San Demetrio London (1943). F. Tennyson was married to H.M. Harwood. F. Tennyson died on 6 August 1958 in London, England, UK.
- Patrick Devlin was born on 25 November 1905 in Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK. He was married to Madeleine Hilda Oppenheimer. He died on 9 August 1992 in Pewsey, Wiltshire, England, UK.
- Sue Baker was born on 9 May 1947 in Chislehurst, Kent, UK. She was married to John Downing. She died on 14 November 2022 in the UK.
- Malcolm Campbell was born on 11 March 1885 in Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939) and Speed Limit (1931). He was married to Betty Nicory, Dorothy Evelyn Whittall and Marjorie D. Knott. He died on 31 December 1948 in Reigate, Surrey, England, UK.
- Malcolm Campbell was born on 11 March 1885 in Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK. He died on 31 December 1948 in Reigate, Surrey, England, UK.
- Additional Crew
Ivor Forbes Guest was born on 20 April 1920 in Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK. Ivor Forbes is known for The Magic of Dance (1979). Ivor Forbes was married to Ann Hutchinson. Ivor Forbes died on 30 March 2018 in London, England, UK.- Charles Allan was born on 16 September 1852 in Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Princess Clementina (1911). He died on 11 February 1911 in London, England, UK.