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English writer, scholar and philologist, Tolkien's father was a bank manager in South Africa. Shortly before his father died (1896) his mother took him and his younger brother to his father's native village of Sarehole, near Birmingham, England. The landscapes and Nordic mythology of the Midlands may have been the source for Tolkien's fertile imagination to write about 'the Shire' and 'hobbits' in his later book the Hobbit (1937). After his mother's death in 1904 he was looked after by Father Francis Xavier Morgan a RC priest of the Congregation of the Oratory. Tolkien was educated at King Edward VI school in Birmingham. He studied linguistics at Exeter College, Oxford, and took his B.A. in 1915. In 1916 he fought in World War I with the Lancashire Fusiliers. It is believed that his experiences during the Battle of the Somne may have been fueled the darker side of his subsequent novels. Upon his return he worked as an assistant on the Oxford English Dictionary (1918-20) and took his M.A. in 1919. In 1920 he became a teacher in English at the University of Leeds. He then went on to Merton College in Oxford, where he became Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon (1925-45) and Merton professor of English Language and Literature (1945-59). His first scholarly publication was an edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1925). He also wrote books on Chaucer (1934) and Beowulf (1937). In 1939 Tolkien gave the Andrew Lang Lecture at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland titled: "On Fairy-Stories". Tolkien will however be remembered most for his books the Hobbit (1937) and the Lord of the Rings (1954-55). The Hobbit began as a bedtime story for his children". He wrote Lord of the Rings over a period of about 14 years.
Tolkien also discussed parts of his novels with fellow Oxfordian and fantasy writer CS Lewis during their 'meetings'. He was trying to create a fantasy world so that he could explain how he had invented certain languages, and in doing so created 'Middle-earth'. However among his peers at Oxford his works were not well received as they were not considered 'scholarly'. It was after LOTR was published in paperback in the United States in 1965 that he developed his legendary cult following and also imitators. Tolkien was W. P. Ker lecturer at Glasgow University in 1953. In 1954 both the University of Liege and University College, Dublin, awarded him honorary doctorates. He received the CBE in 1972. He served as vice-president of the Philological Society and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made an honorary fellow of Exeter College. Despite the immense popularity of his books today Tolkien did not greatly benefit from their sales. His son Christopher Tolkien was able to publish some of his works posthumously after his manuscripts were found.- Actor
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With his bald head, firm jawline and bristling moustache, Lionel Jeffries played a nice line of English eccentrics. This belied his RADA training. Following military service in WWII, he played his major roles - everything from Grandpa Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) to the Marquis of Queensberry in The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) - in the 1960s.
His surprisingly brief career as a director included the highly popular family films The Railway Children (1970) and The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972).- The British actor Ronald Howard was born in Norwood, London, England, in 1918. He and his younger sister Leslie Ruth Howard were raised by their mother Ruth Evelyn Martin and their father, the renowned actor Leslie Howard. After college, Howard became a newspaper reporter for a while but decided to follow in his father's footsteps and become an actor.
He got his first taste of acting when he appeared with his father in an uncredited bit part in 'Pimpernel' Smith (1941). In the early 1940s, Howard gained acting experience in regional theater, later on the London stage, and eventually in films, with his official debut in While the Sun Shines (1947). His chief claim to fame is in television with his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the series Sherlock Holmes (1954), in which Howard Marion-Crawford played Dr. Watson. Boyishly handsome with a pleasant demeanor, Howard continued in film and television until the mid-1970s; however, he never caught on with audiences as well as his father had, prompting him to put aside his acting career to run an art gallery. In the 1980s, he wrote a biography of his father. - Mark Northover was born on 27 March 1950. He was an actor, known for Willow (1988), Hardware (1990) and Mack the Knife (1989). He died on 6 June 2004 in Upton, Dorset, England, UK.
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Mike Hodges was born on 29 July 1932 in Bristol, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Flash Gordon (1980), Get Carter (1971) and Black Rainbow (1989). He was married to Carol Laws and Jean Alexandrov. He died on 17 December 2022 in Dorset, England, UK.- Robert Brown was born on 23 July 1921 in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A View to a Kill (1985), Octopussy (1983) and Licence to Kill (1989). He was married to Rita Becker. He died on 11 November 2003 in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK.
- Peter Blythe was born on 14 September 1934 in Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967), Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) and Frankenstein Created Woman (1967). He died on 27 June 2004 in Dorset, England, UK.
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Buster Merryfield was born on 27 November 1920 in Battersea, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Only Fools and Horses (1981), The Citadel (1983) and Only Fools and Horses: Only Fools Cutaway (1997). He was married to Iris M Mountford. He died on 23 June 1999 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK.- Actor
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Brian Rawlinson was born on 12 November 1931 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Buccaneers (1956), The Onedin Line (1971) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955). He died on 23 November 2000 in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, UK.- Kate Lansbury trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama from 1958 to 1961. A very talented character actress, she excelled in the final year production of "Under Milk Wood". After leaving the Central School she went on tour with Rex Harrison and then pursued a career in both the theatre and on television. Her few credits on IMdb do not bear true witness to the quality of her acting talent.
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Michael Medwin was born on 18 July 1923 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Never Say Never Again (1983), The Duchess (2008) and Scrooge (1970). He was married to Sunny Sheila Back. He died on 26 February 2020 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK.- Actress
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Jennifer, born Elizabeth Marshall, was the daughter of film star Jack Holt and Margaret Wood Holt; she had an older half-sister from her mothers' previous marriage, named Imogene and a brother, Charles John Holt III, nicknamed Tim Holt. She would later change her name to Jennifer for professional reasons. The granddaughter of industrialist Henry Morton Stanley Wood of St. Paul, Minnesota, the owner of American Hoist & Derrick, known world-wide for their steam shovels, emigrated from England. Her paternal grandmother was the great-granddaughter of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1801-1835. Her grandfather, the first John Charles Holt, was an Episcopal minister also of Virginia.
The Holt family lived in Beverly Hills, California and had a ranch in Fresno. When she was seven-years-old, Jennifer went to Belgium with her governess "Mademoiselle", where the year-long visit lasted for two-and-a-half years. By 1931, on her return, her parents had separated and she joined her mother and Imogene in Scarsdale, New York briefly before moving with them to Santiago, Chile. Upon returning to California, Jennifer attended The Bishop School in La Jolla and, after years of separation, she was able to reestablish a relationship with her brother; in fact, her first date was with Hal Roach Jr., Tim's roommate from Culver Military Academy.
Jennifer studied acting with Russian actress and teacher Maria Ouspenskaya her first year out of high school. She also studied music and wanted to be a singer. Later, she studied and performed at the Peterborough Players in New Hampshire for a year, appeared in productions of "The Babbitt", "The Far Off Hills" and "Our Town", supervised by playwright Thornton Wilder.
Finding few opportunities on Broadway, Jennifer returned to Hollywood. While visiting her brother Tim at a rodeo in Reno, Nevada, she met Jerry Colonna's agent, Bruce Geer, who was able to negotiate a deal with producer Harry Sherman of Colonna's services for a part in the Hopalong Cassidy film Stick to Your Guns (1941), she was billed as "Jacqueline Holt". Following its release, she signed a six-year contract with Universal Pictures using the professional name of "Jennifer Holt". In her film career, she starred with William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy), Russell Hayden, Rod Cameron, Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Eddie Dean and Lash La Rue.
In her later years, Jennifer attended events like the Raleigh Western Film Fair 1989 and Sierra Film Festival in Lone Pine, California 1992.
She died on a visit in Dorset, England, UK at age 77.- Writer
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Thomas Hardy was born on 2 June 1840 in Upper Bockhampton, Dorset, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Tess (1979) and Maiden No More. He was married to Florence Emily Dugdale and Emma Lavinia Gifford. He died on 11 January 1928 in Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK.- Actor
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Arnold Diamond was born on 18 April 1915 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), The Italian Job (1969) and The Saint (1962). He died on 17 March 1992 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK.- Billy Burden was born on 15 June 1914 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Are You Being Served? Again! (1992), Hi-de-Hi! (1980) and George & Mildred (1976). He died on 3 June 1994 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, UK.
- Dix Davis was born on 12 September 1926 in Beverly Hills, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Our Town (1940), The Singing Cowgirl (1938) and The Old Swimmin' Hole (1940). He was married to Gertrude "June" Dunn. He died on 6 January 2024 in Dorset, Vermont, USA.
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Oscar-winning cinematography Oswald Morris was one of the most outstanding directors of photography of the 20th Century, making his reputation by expanding the parameters of color cinematography. Born in November 1915 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, a month short of his 17th birthday, he became a factotum and clapper boy at Wembley Studios, which churned out quota quickies. The studio made one movie a week at a cost of one pound per foot of film. He left the studio in the spring of 1933 to go to work at British International Pictures at Elstree Studios, but soon returned to Wembley after it was taken over by Fox and became a camera assistant.
In World War II, he served as a Royal Air Force bomber pilot, flying missions over France and Germany before being transferred to transport planes. After being demobilized, Morris joined Independent Producers at Pinewood Studios in January 1946, where he became a camera operator for director of photography Ronald Neame. When Neame became a director, he was promoted to d.p. on Golden Salamander (1950) (1950). He soon made his name shooting Moulin Rouge (1952) (1952) for John Huston, which was famous for its use of color suggesting the palette of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the subject of the film. The British Society of Cinematographers awarded him its Best Cinematography Award for his work on the film.
"Ossie" Morris had a distinguished career as a director of photography for 30 years, working with some of the top directors in English-language film, including Huston, Stanley Kubrick and Sidney Lumet. He was nominated three times for an Academy Award, for Oliver! (1968), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and The Wiz (1978). He won an Oscar for "Fiddler" plus three BAFTA Awards and was honored with the International Award by the American Society of Cinematographers in 2000.- Writer
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Jack Hargreaves was born on 31 December 1911 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for How (1966), Playback (1965) and How (2020). He was married to Isobel Hatfield, Jeanette Haighler and Elisabeth Van de Putte. He died on 15 March 1994 in Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK.- Nicolas Chagrin was born on 26 November 1945 in Pancras, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Suite Française (2014), Great Expectations (1959) and Doctor Who (1963). He died on 26 August 2017 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, UK.
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Singer/songwriter Gerry Rafferty was born on April 16, 1947 in Paisley, Scotland. He was the third son of Irish miner and lorry driver Joseph Rafferty and Rafferty's Scottish wife Mary Skeffington. His abusive alcoholic father died when Gerry was only sixteen. Rafferty grew up in a council house on the town's Glenburn estate and attended St. Mirin's Academy. Inspired by his Scottish mother who taught him both Irish and Scottish folk songs and the music of Bob Dylan and the Beatles, Gerry started writing his own material. In 1963 he left St. Mirin's Academy and worked in a butcher's shop and as a civil service clerk while also playing with the local group Maverix on weekends. In the mid 60s Rafferty earned money busking on the London Underground. In 1966 he met fellow musician Joe Egan; they were both members of the pop band the Fifth Column. In 1969 Gerry became the third member of the folk-pop outfit the Humblebums which also featured comedian Billy Connelly. Rafferty and Connelly recorded two well-received albums on the Transatlantic label as a duo. In 1972 Gerry released his first solo album "Can I Have My Money Back?". That same year Egan and Rafferty formed the group Stealers Wheel. Stealers Wheel had a huge hit with the jaunty and witty song "Stuck in the Middle with You," which peaked at #6 on the Billboard pop charts. Stealers Wheel had a lesser Top 40 hit with "Star" ten months later and eventually broke up in 1975. In 1978 Gerry hit pay dirt with his second solo album "City to City," which soared to #1 on the Billboard album charts and sold over five million copies worldwide. The album also beget the hit song "Baker Street;" this haunting and poetic ballad was an international smash that went to #2 in America, #3 in the United Kingdom, #1 in Australia, and #9 in the Netherlands. Rafferty's third album "Night Owl" likewise did well. Moreover, Gerry had additional impressive chart successes with the songs "Right Down the Line," "Home and Dry," "Days Gone Down," and "Get It Right Next Time." Alas, a handful of albums Rafferty recorded throughout the 80s and 90s all proved to be commercial flops. Gerry sang the vocal on the song "The Way It Always Starts" for the soundtrack of the movie "Local Hero." Rafferty was married to Carla Ventilla from 1970 to 1990. He recorded his last album "Another World" in 2000 and released the compilation CD "Life Goes On" in 2009. Unfortunately, Gerry had problems with alcoholism that directly contributed to his untimely death at age 63 from liver failure on January 4, 2011; he's survived by his daughter Martha, granddaughter Celia, and brother Jim.- Writer
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John Fowles was born on 31 March 1926 in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Collector (1965), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) and Bilanggo sa dilim (1986). He was married to Sarah Smith and Elizabeth Whitton. He died on 5 November 2005 in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, UK.- Actor
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Paul was born 7 March 1977 in St Albans, England. His first big break was when Paul landed a part in a local performance of West Side Story. He then enrolled on a performing arts course, joined the National Youth Music Theatre's production of Pendragon and then took an acting and musical theatre course at Mountview Drama School. In the evenings he sung with a rock band. Then when he was 22 he joined the pop group S Club 7.- Writer
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Jeremy Paul was born on 29 July 1939 in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Fighting with My Family (2019), The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) and Journey to the Unknown (1968). He was married to Patricia Garwood. He died on 3 May 2011 in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK.- T.E. Lawrence was born on 16 August 1888 in Tremadoc, Caernarvonshire, Wales, UK. He was a writer, known for Sabaton: Seven Pillars of Wisdom (2019), With Lawrence in Arabia (1927) and T. E. Lawrence 1888-1935 (1962). He died on 19 May 1935 in Clouds Hill, Dorset, England, UK.
- Victor Brooks was born on 11 November 1918 in Woolwich, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Goldfinger (1964), Department S (1969) and The Day of the Triffids (1963). He died on 19 January 2000 in Dorset, England, UK.
- Philip Brack was born on 27 February 1927 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Man for All Seasons (1966), Look and Read (1967) and The Silver Sword (1971). He was married to Paddy Frost. He died on 29 July 1979 in Sherborne, Dorset, England, UK.
- Barry Howard was born on 9 July 1937 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hi-de-Hi! (1980), Doctor Who (2005) and The ITV Play (1968). He died on 28 April 2016 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK.
- Bridget Turner was born on 22 February 1939 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Pride and Prejudice (1995), Under Milk Wood (1971) and Resurrection (1968). She was married to Frank Cox. She died on 27 December 2014 in Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK.
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Keith Floyd was born on 28 December 1943 in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Floyd on Fish (1985), Floyd on Food (1986) and Floyd on Africa (1996). He was married to Theresa Mary Smith, Shaunagh Floyd, Julie Hatcher and Jesmond Ruttledge. He died on 14 September 2009 in Bridport, Dorset, England, UK.- Mavis Clair was born on 9 April 1905 in St Annes-on-the-Sea, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Mayor of Casterbridge (1921), Battle for Music (1943) and Rogues of the Turf (1923). She died on 24 December 1979 in Ferndown, Dorset, England, UK.
- Geoffrey Francis Murray Wilkinson 1889-1955 was born in Staines, Surrey to Henry and Amy Wilkinson. His father was a stockbroker. The 1891 census shows them living in Weir House at Cookham, Berkshire. The 1901 census shows the family living at 17 Durham Villas, Kensington, London.
As early as 1915 he lists his occupation as an actor, apparently traveling with a troupe. One travel record shows him arriving back in England with other actors from a trip to the West Indies in 1915. His address at this time was Marlow Church Walk, Thames Ditton.
In 1916 he enlisted in the British Army, serving as a Private in the Army Service Corps, primarily as a packer and loader of artillery shells being sent to the front. He served behind the lines as he was not in good physical shape, having a slightly deformed back and being blind in his left eye due to cataracts. He was demobilized in 1919 and resumed acting.
Several times from at least 1928 to 1947 he traveled to the US and Canada as an actor. Apparently most of this was in Shakespearean troupes; indeed, he gives his address in 1928 as Stratford-upon-Avon. Later dates he had various addresses in SW London. In 1947 he is listed as performing on Broadway in various Shakespeare plays staged by Donald Wolfit. He died at Poole, Dorset in late 1955. Apparently he never married.
It is thought he was just found during a casting call or search of stage actors, and because of his old age and bad eye, he was seen as perfect for Old Ben Gunn. - Toni Gilpin was born in 1935 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Danger Man (1960), Some Will, Some Won't (1970) and The Avengers (1961). She was married to Richard Carr. She died on 25 October 2016 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK.
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Joan Harris was born on 26 March 1920 in London, England, UK. She was an actress and producer, known for The Killing Fields (1984), The Red Shoes (1948) and The Manhattan Project (1986). She was married to Alan Carter. She died on 28 August 2020 in Christchurch, Dorset, England, UK.- Ken Richmond was born on 10 July 1926 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Night and the City (1950), Fast and Loose (1954) and World of Sport (1964). He was married to Valentina. He died on 3 August 2006 in Christchurch, Dorset, England, UK.
- Born in Devon, Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart broke into broadcasting with a job at Radio Hong Kong working as a sports commentator, announcer and, finally, as a disc jockey. He returned to Britain in 1965 and joined the pirate station Radio London, before moving on to BBC Radio. He was one of Radio 1's original team of presenters, but is much remembered presenting Junior Choice on Radio 2 for 11 years. He also became a familiar face on British television, presenting Top of the Pops and the children's programme Crackerjack! (1955). Ed made radio history in 1995 when he broadcast his Radio 2 show live from the summits of Ben Nevis and Snowdon, in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
- Christopher Mellows was born on 13 November 1947 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Silent Witness (1996), Midsomer Murders (1997) and Foyle's War (2002). He died on 17 November 2013 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK.
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Cheryl Molineaux was born on 19 March 1946 in Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Doctor Who (1963), Silent Playground (1963) and The Cuckoo Patrol (1967). She died on 8 March 2012 in Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK.- Sound Department
Gordon K. McCallum was born on 26 May 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is known for Superman (1978), Fiddler on the Roof (1971) and Jesus Christ Superstar (1973). He died on 10 September 1989 in Dorset, England, UK.- Director
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Kevin Billington was born on 12 June 1934 in England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970), Reflections (1984) and The Light at the Edge of the World (1971). He was married to Rachel Billington. He died on 13 December 2021 in Dorset, England, UK.- Bryan Coleman was born on 29 January 1911 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Crying Game (1992), My Friend Charles (1956) and Chaplin (1992). He died on 4 July 2005 in Dorset, England, UK.
- David Conville was born on 4 June 1929 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. He was an actor and writer, known for Surgical Spirit (1989), The Fourth Protocol (1987) and Softly Softly (1966). He was married to Philippa Gail and Jean Margaret Bury. He died on 24 November 2018 in Dorset, England, UK.
- June Powell was born on 1 July 1929 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Flesh and the Fiends (1960), Billete para Tánger (1955) and Don't Do It Dempsey (1960). She died in 2007 in Ferndown, Dorset, England, UK.
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Harry Corbett was born on 28 January 1918 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Sooty (2011), The Sooty Show (1968) and Sooty: Learn the Alphabet (2015). He was married to Marjorie Corbett. He died on 17 August 1989 in Child Okeford, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, UK.- Marika Rivera was born on November 13, 1919, in Paris, France. Her father was Diego Rivera, then an aspiring Cubist artist from Mexico, living in Paris. Her mother was the Russian born artist, named Marie Vorobieff, also known under her artistic name as Marevna. Shortly after her birth her father left to live with another woman, and later married artist Frida Kahlo.
Young Marika Ribera was raised by her Russian mother, Marevna, and was educated as a dancer and actress. She also had a surrogate father, a Russian-Jewish artist Chaim Soutine, who formed a common-law family with her mother, Marie Vorobieff (Marevna). They lived in the artistic community of La Rouche (The Beehive) in Monparnasse. In 1938, Marika married the French painter Jean Paul Brusset by whom she had a son, Jean Brusset. Her second husband was Rodney Philips, who was the owner of Athelhampton House in Dorset, England. There Marika had her second son, David Philips, born in 1949. After the break-up of her second marriage, Marika lived with her mother and two sons in her own home in suburban London. She played bit parts in several films, of which the best known was 'The Fiddler on the Roof', and adaptation of 'Tevie the Milkman', a book by Sholom Aleichem.
Marika Rivera also tried a career of a playwright, her play titled 'Marika's Cafe Theatre' (1980) was produced by Lyric Studio, Hammersmith, London, in 1980. She is living in retirement in a suburb of London. - Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Smith (née Stanley; 24 April 1906 - 6 December 1991) was the maternal aunt and parental guardian of the English musician, John Lennon. Mimi Stanley was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, England the oldest of five daughters. She became a resident trainee nurse at the Woolton Convalescent Hospital, and later worked as a private secretary. On 15 September 1939, she married George Smith, who ran his family's dairy farm and a shop in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool.
After her younger sister, Julia Lennon, separated from her husband, Julia and her son, young John Lennon, moved in with a new partner, but Mimi contacted Liverpool's Social Services and complained about him sleeping in the same bed as the two adults. Julia was eventually persuaded to hand the care of Lennon over to the Smiths. Lennon lived with the Smiths for most of his childhood, and remained close to his aunt, even though she was highly dismissive of his musical ambitions, his girlfriends, and wives. She often told the teenage Lennon: "The guitar's all right John, but you'll never make a living out of it".
In 1965, Lennon bought her a bungalow in Poole, Dorset, where she lived until her death in 1991. Despite later losing touch with other family members, Lennon kept in close contact and telephoned her every week, until his death in 1980. The Smiths' house in Liverpool was later donated to The National Trust. - Composer
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John Tavener was born on 28 January 1944 in Wembley, London, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Children of Men (2006), Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) and Savages (2012). He was married to Maryanna Schaefer and Victoria Maragopoulou. He died on 12 November 2013 in Child Okeford, Dorset, England, UK.- Actor
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Freddie Stevens was born on 29 March 1934 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Tin Men (1987), Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show (1984) and Emu's World (1982). He died on 26 January 2016 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK.- Writer
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Dave Martin was an English author of thrillers, children's books and teleplays. A self-described 'working-class grammar school boy', he began his career late in life, having variously spent time building pylons, working in hospitals and in advertising. He was also attracted to the stage and worked for a spell as a stagehand at the Bristol Old Vic. In 1968, Martin struck up a famous friendship with the animator Bob Baker, which led to a successful screenwriting collaboration, commencing with Z Cars (1962). Their most popular contribution consisted of eight instalments of the Doctor Who (1963) franchise, including the classic "The Three Doctors" chapter, for which they created the villainous Time Lord Omega (initially named 'OHM', a reverse of 'Who', to reflect the character as an opposite of the Doctor). Nicknamed 'the Bristol Boys', by producers Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks, Baker and Martin conjured up the scripts for a total of 34 episodes, roughly spanning the Jon Pertwee - Tom Baker era, 1971 to 1979. The idea of creating the mechanical dog K-9 came to Martin after his own dog was killed by a car. He later penned four books aimed at young audiences about the exploits of a robotic hound. After the team split up at the end of the decade, Baker went on to individual fame as writer for the animated "Wallace & Gromit" adventures, while Martin authored several crime novels. He was credited as co-creator of the spin-off series K9 (2009), which was launched two years after his death.- Arwen Holm was born on 30 October 1947 in Purley, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Final Conflict (1981), Flickers (1980) and Heartland (1979). She died on 9 August 2003 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK.
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Ken Norris was born on 15 November 1921 in Cuckfield, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Too Scared to Scream (1984), Bizarre (1970) and Little House on the Prairie (1974). He died on 1 October 2005 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK.