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Olivia Cooke was born and raised in Oldham, a former textile manufacturing town in Greater Manchester, North West England. She comes from a family of non-actors; her father, John, is a retired police officer, and her mother is a sales representative. Cooke attended Royton and Crompton Secondary School and studied drama at Oldham Sixth Form College, leaving before the end of her A-levels to star in Blackout.
At a young age, Cooke practiced ballet and gymnastics. She started acting when she was 8 years old at an after-school drama programme in her hometown, called the Oldham Theatre Workshop. For years, Cooke performed only as part of the ensemble, until she was 17, when she starred as Maria in Oldham Sixth Form College's production of West Side Story. Soon after, Cooke landed her first and last leading role for the Oldham Theatre, in Prom: The Musical, a remake of Cinderella.- Ricky was born in Oldham, Lancashire. His father was in the Royal Air Force which meant travelling the world to different bases. Ricky was scouted to play as a professional footballer for Arsenal and Celtic football clubs but this was thwarted by injury and instead he went to Southampton University to read Law. Whilst there he began modeling and became the Face of Reebok for 2000. He then moved into acting, with his first lead role in the football drama 'Dream Team'. In 2007 he left to play in another British soap, as P.C. Calvin Valentine in the award winning soap 'Hollyoaks'. In 2010, Ricky took his talents to Los Angeles immediately booking a lead in Sony romantic comedy Austenland before gaining several TV roles in mistresses, NCIS,single ladies amongst others. His versatility and nuance depicted as Lincoln in sci fi Netflix drama The100 before his breakout role and critically acclaimed portrayal as shadow Moon in the award winning American Gods ,streamed worldwide on Amazon
- Siobhan Finneran was born on 27 April 1966 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Downton Abbey (2010), Boy A (2007) and Happy Valley (2014). She was previously married to Mark Jordon.
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Sarah Lancashire was born on 10 October 1964 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Happy Valley (2014), Yesterday (2019) and Clocking Off (2000). She has been married to Peter Salmon since 22 August 2001. They have one child. She was previously married to Gary Hargreaves.- Art Director
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Ray Chan was born on 1 December 1967 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He was an art director and production designer, known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Children of Men (2006). He was married to Lindsay. He died on 23 April 2024 in Wales, UK.- Actress
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Jo (Joanne) Victoria Hartley is an English actress born in Oldham, Lancashire.
Her acting debut was playing Gretl Von Trapp in a theatre production of 'The Sound Of Music'.
In 2002 Shane Meadows cast Jo as Marie in the Film4 cult classic movie 'Dead Man's Shoes', starring Paddy Considine and Toby Kebbell. She reunited with Shane for the award winning movie 'This Is England' and critically acclaimed BAFTA award winning TV show 'This is England 86, 88 and 90' to play Cynthia.
She starred alongside Hugh Jackman, Taron Egerton and Christopher Walken as Janette Edwards in Dexter Fletcher's 'Eddie the Eagle', joined Alice Lowe and the cast for 'Prevenge', starred alongside Heather Graham and Stephen Mangan in David Cross's TV comedy 'Bliss', played the rebellious Angela in hit TV show 'Not Safe for Work' starring Zawe Ashton.
In 2015 Jo was cast as Pauline Gray in Ricky Gervais's hit movie 'David Brent-Life on the Road', she collaborated with Ricky once again to play June, in the award winning TV show 'After Life' for Netflix, then In 2019 Jo played Trina, a woman living with bi-polar disorder, in the Bafta award winning TV show (Best Drama), 'In My Skin' for the BBC and HULU.
Jo was nominated for a British Independent Film Award (Best Supporting Actress) for her role as Tina in Marley Morrison's multi-award winning British coming of-age movie 'Sweetheart' in 2021.
In 2022 she played Nicola Fishwick in 'Bank Of Dave' for Netflix, alongside Rory Kinnear, Joel Fry and Phoebe Dynevor and executive produced her first feature film, 'Swede Caroline', in which she plays the titular role of Caroline Shumpert.- Actress
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Most recognizable to international audiences for her lead role in Shaun of the Dead (2004), Kate Ashfield is a powerful British actress known for superlative and award-winning work in This Little Life (2003) (B.I.F.A. nomination, Best Actress), Late Night Shopping (2001) (B.I.F.A. Best Actress Award), and countless others. She has been seen in classical and contemporary television and film roles, and she continues to build a varied and exciting list of credits.- Actor
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Born September 30, 1952, in Royton, near Oldham, England, Jack Wild was discovered by talent agent June Collins, mother of rock star Phil Collins. His breakthrough came when he landed the role of Oliver in the London stage production of "Oliver!" When it came to casting the film, the role of the Artful Dodger went to Jack, a role that resulted in his getting an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Fresh from this success, Jack was offered the lead role in the American television series H.R. Pufnstuf (1969). This Sid Krofft and Marty Krofft production featured Wild as a boy marooned in an enchanted land with puppets and actors in elaborate costumes. The success of this program led to Wild reprising the role for the film version, Pufnstuf (1970). Other roles followed, including Melody (1971) and Flight of the Doves (1971). Around the same time, Wild released three albums ("The Jack Wild Album"; "Everything's Coming up Roses", featuring along with cover numbers a couple of new songs written by up-and-coming songwriter Lynsey de Paul; and "Beautiful World"). By 1972, however, he was already being demoted to the role of supporting actor for The Pied Piper (1972). He also appeared in Our Mutual Friend (1976). He returned to films in two small roles: the miller's son in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and a peddler in Basil (1998). Wild underwent surgery for oral cancer in July 2004, and had some vocal cords and part of his tongue removed. Unfortunately, the cancer proved untreatable and he died on 1 March 2006.- Actor
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Lancashire-born Warren Clarke was an actor of immense presence and considerable versatility who turned his wide-shouldered, robust appearance and lived-in, hangdog facial features into an asset. For more than two and a half decades he had toiled in a wide variety of supporting roles before finding international success as the often crude, irascible, heavy-drinking Superintendant Andy Dalziel in TV's Dalziel and Pascoe (1996). When the series began, Clarke had summed up Dalziel as 'a beer-swilling chauvinist pig', but the character evolved and became more complex and endearing (in a curmudgeonly sort of way) over the show's eleven-year duration. There were also commonalities between the actor and his creation: impatience, a reputation for not tolerating fools gladly; a humorous, irreverent nature and a shared dislike for political correctness. In private life, Clarke was passionate about football (a lifelong Manchester City supporter) and golf.
The son of a hard-working stained glass maker, Clarke developed his love for the performing arts while in his teens. A frequent visitor to the cinema for Saturday morning and matinée screenings ("Flash Gordon" seemed to have been a particular favourite), he was actively encouraged by his parents to follow his chosen vocation. He performed in amateur theatrics, meanwhile earning his money as a copy boy, running errands for the Manchester Evening News, then working in a fruit and vegetable market before securing his first acting gig with Huddersfield Rep at the age of eighteen. Clarke once recalled his first performance, as an elderly German academic, which was marred by a make-up malfunction when the self-raising flour he had put in his hair to make it appear white mixed with perspiration, turned to dough and ran down his face. He would eventually master the stage (enacting, among other parts, Caligula in John Mortimer's 1972 adaptation of "I, Claudius" and Winston Churchill in "Three Days in May" at the West End, a performance the reviewer of The Guardian described as "utterly persuasive").
From the late 1960's, Clarke found more or less regular television work, at first with Granada in series like The Avengers (1961) and Callan (1967). For years he remained a struggling actor, earning barely enough to make ends meet. He performed on stage at the Royal Court in London, and, to improve his situation, earned a second income as a van driver. He finally attracted attention on the big screen as a violent, bowler-hatted thug in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971). The turning point in Clarke's career was his role as a pig-headed manager of an engineering firm involved in a chalk-and-cheese relationship with a liberal-minded academic in Nice Work (1989). In the years between, his expressive features graced a succession of diverse leading and supporting parts in both comedy and drama: Churchill in ITV's Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974); Quasimodo in the 1976 television version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"; a mutinous Roman soldier in the epic miniseries Masada (1981); a surly East German STASI officer in the uproarious parody Top Secret! (1984); a pig-fixated Regency period industrialist in Blackadder the Third (1987); stalwart, bewhiskered Lawrence Boythorne in BBC's outstanding production of Bleak House (2005); "pathetically nice" market gardener Brian Addis in the first two seasons of Down to Earth (2000). Clarke's guest appearances were prolific: from Elsie Tanner's nephew in Coronation Street (1960) to a querulous diabetic patient in Call the Midwife (2012).
Always a welcome presence in period drama, he had been cast in Poldark (2015), a remake of the popular 1975 miniseries, based on the novels by Winston Graham. Filming had already begun in Bristol and Cornwall when Clarke died in his sleep at the age of 67.- Jack Deam was born in 1972 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Life on Mars (2006), The Life and Times of Henry Pratt (1992) and Father Brown (2013).
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An actor since the age of 14, Bernard Cribbins had become a major star on the London stage by his mid-20s, but it was another ten years before he became a national star by his success in film comedies and with a string of hit records. He appeared in several of the "Carry On" series, and also achieved a great degree of success doing voiceovers for cartoons and TV commercials.- Actor
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Mark wanted to be an actor after watching Steve McQueen movies as a child. While still at school he attended Oldham Theatre Workshop where he formed the Damned Busters and worked clubs, pubs and did street theatre to earn his Equity card. After a small part in a film 'Number One' Mark was cast as Ian on the BBC's much loved Seaview. Working mostly for Yorkshire television, Granada and BBC Manchester, Mark kept very busy for the next few years. With some theatre under his belt as well as commercials, noticeably as the door to door salesman in the award-winning Harp Lager campaign, he got the part of PC Phil Bellamy in ITV's Heartbeat. Mark made this character one of Britain's most-loved policemen but after sixteen years thought it time to hang up his uniform.
Mark set up a production company to produce his first short film To the Sea Again (2006) which he also directed. The film went on to play many festivals and took Mark to Hollywood for the final of Moondance 2007.- Actor
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'Eric Sykes' started as a radio scriptwriter but he soon found he could perform as well as write. The slight handicap of being very hard of hearing doesn't interfere with his wonderful comic timing. The spectacles he wears have no lenses but contain a bone conducting hearing aid.- Shobna Gulati is a British actress, writer, and dancer. Gulati is a soap star best known for playing Anita in Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies and Sunita Alahan in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street from 2001 to 2006, a role to which she returned at the end of 2009 and departed again in 2013. From 13 March 2013 to 30 May 2014, Gulati appeared as a panellist on the lunchtime chat-show Loose Women.
Gulati is also one of very few actors to have appeared in both Coronation Street and its rival series EastEnders (in 2000).
Gulati was born in Oldham, Lancashire to parents of Hindu Indian descent. She has a degree in Arabic and Middle Eastern politics from the University of Manchester.
One of Gulati's earliest appearances was as a dancer in the video for Boy George's 1991 single "Bow Down Mister." In the late 1990s, she received excellent reviews for her work in Victoria Wood's BBC sitcom Dinnerladies as a main character, this finished in 2000 after two years and she appeared in both series. She appeared as Ameena Badawi from October to December 2000, in EastEnders she is one of few to have appeared in both rival-soaps EastEnders and Coronation Street, also Gulati appeared in the crossover between both soap's (East Street) in 2010 as her main character, Sunita. In 2001, she appeared in the short film Shadowscan, directed by Tinge Krishnan, which won a Bafta Award; and, in 2004, Gulati was nominated for a Manchester Evening News theatre award for her work in the play Dancing Within Walls, which was staged at the Contact Theatre in Manchester.
Gulati has also appeared on the TV quiz shows Call My Bluff, Have I Got News for You, The Weakest Link, Russian Roulette and as Diana Ross in Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes. In early 2006, Gulati took part in the Reality TV series Soapstar Superstar.
After Gulati left Coronation Street initially in 2006, she played Nisha Clayton, a recurring role in the final series of Where the Heart Is and made appearances in New Street Law and the one-off comedy drama Magnolia which was written by Dave Spikey for BBC's Comedy Playhouse series.
In October 2006, Gulati appeared at the Royal Albert Hall as part of a short skit featured in The Secret Policeman's Ball. In the sketch, Gulati and co-star Nitin Ganatra play a holidaying couple who are under the mistaken belief Guantanamo Bay is a holiday resort. The sketch also starred American actors Chevy Chase and Seth Green.
Gulati has recently been seen as one of many storytellers in the CBBC revival of Jackanory and in the UK tour of the hit play Girls Night by Louise Roche. She also appeared on the Channel 4 special Empire's Children, tracing her family's history during the partition of India. In summer 2007, she appeared in Pretend You Have Big Buildings at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
In 2008, Gulati made her debut as a filmmaker, producing the short film Akshay for the Motiroti's 60x60 Secs.
During this same period, the actress returned to her Coronation Street role as Sunita Alahan, where she stayed for three years.
On 11 June 2009, Gulati appeared in the BBC1 programme Celebrity MasterChef. She did the first stage tour of Dinnerladies in early 2009 and she has appeared as a guest story teller for Bedtime Stories (CBBC). In November 2010, Gulati was a guest panellist on ITVs flagship show Loose Women, to celebrate fifty years of Coronation Street and in April 2012, to celebrate soap week and in June 2011, Gulati was a guest on Countdown. Upon announcing her departure from Coronation Street, the actress expressed her desire to write and perform more comedy than her soap-opera career permitted her time to do. In 2016, she appeared in the ITV/Netflix series Paranoid. Gulati also made a guest appearance on Casualty on 29th October 2016.
Gulati married the architect Anshu Srivastava in a Hindu ceremony on 10 November 1990 but the couple divorced in May 1994. - Neil Bell was born in 1970 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Dead Man's Shoes (2004), Dune (2021) and Enola Holmes (2020).
- Paul Hilton was born in 1970 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Lady Macbeth (2016), Wuthering Heights (2011) and Eternal Beauty (2019). He is married to Anastasia Hille. They have one child.
- Nicola Stephenson was born on 5 July 1971 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Rainbow (1989), Clocking Off (2000) and Casualty (1986). She is married to Paul Stephenson. They have two children.
- Angela Curran was born on 3 October 1948 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Iron Lady (2011), Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001) and Jane Eyre (2011).
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Adam Fogerty was born on 6 March 1969 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Gallows Pole (2023), Snatch (2000) and Legend (2015).- Thomas Flynn was born on 15 March 1993 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Bridgerton (2020), Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) and Masters of the Air (2024).
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Brian Cox was born on 3 March 1968 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Sunshine (2007), The Last Star and Absolutely Anything (2015). He has been married to Gia Milinovich since 2003. They have one child.- After his parents divorced, he became a wayward, rebellious teenager. Deciding he should instill himself with some discipline, he joined a naval training ship for two years. His first taste of acting came during ten years subsequent service in the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.
- Karen Henthorn was born in 1963 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Pulling (2006), Coronation Street (1960) and EastEnders (1985).
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Clive Rowe was born on 27 March 1964 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Beauty and the Beast (2017), Doctor Who (2005) and Paper Mask (1990).- Ian Kershaw grew up in Oldham and went to the Welsh College of Speech and Drama. As well as acting, he is also a fledgling playwright. He lives near Glossop, Derbyshire with his partner, the actress Julie Hesmondhalgh, and their daughter, Martha.
- Ian Mercer was born in 1962 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Boat That Rocked (2009) and The Legend of Tarzan (2016). He is married to Susan Fennwick.
- Laura Crossley was born on 29 August 1979 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Secret Garden (1993), Hollyoaks (1995) and Where the Heart Is (1997).
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Marlene Mc'Cohen was born in Oldham, England, UK. She is known for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005), Interstellar Wars (2016) and Captain Battle: Legacy War (2013).- Actor
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Christopher Biggins was born on 16 December 1948 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Masada (1981) and Revelations (2005). He has been married to Neil Sinclair since 30 December 2006. He was previously married to Beatrice Aston.- Naomi Radcliffe was born in 1971 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Three Girls (2017), Broken (2017) and Spotless (2015).
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Alan Rothwell was born on 9 February 1937 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Alan Partridge (2013), Nothing But the Best (1964) and Coronation Street (1960). He was previously married to Maureen Haydon and Marjorie Ward.- Cinematographer
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Barry Ackroyd was born on 12 May 1954 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Hurt Locker (2008), Captain Phillips (2013) and United 93 (2006).- Actor
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Edward Sinclair was born on 3 February 1914 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Dad's Army (1971), The Bells (1931) and Dad's Army (1968). He was married to Gladys Green. He died on 29 August 1977 in Cheddar, Somerset, England, UK.- Actor
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Robert Harper (Bobby Ball) and Thomas Derbyshire (Tommy Cannon) were both born in Oldham. They met in the early 1960s while working as welders in the same factory. Becoming friends, they formed a club act known as "Bobby and Stevie Rhythm", which became the Sherrell Brothers, then The Harper Brothers. Initially they were a vocal duo, but over time started to introduce more comedy into their act. They turned professional in the late 1960s, and eventually changed their name to Cannon and Ball.
Their first TV appearance was on "Opportunity Knocks" in 1968, where they came in last. Other early TV work included appearances on The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club (1974) during the 1970s. However, during this time their work remained predominantly in clubs and theaters. Their last TV series was in 1991, by which time tastes had changed and they were not as popular on TV. They continued their theatre summer seasons and pantomimes, where they still drew large audiences. Guest appearances on television continued.
Although things seemed to be going well in the 1980s, things off-stage were darker. Over the years they had gradually estranged to the extent that they no longer spoke to one another except when work demanded. Bobby was drinking heavily, womanizing, and had gained a reputation for violence. In 1986, Ball became a Christian, as did Cannon in 1992. During the 1990s and 2000s, the duo continued working, with theatre tours, summer shows, pantomimes and TV appearances keeping them busy. They performed regular Christian concerts and "evening with..." shows where they spoke about their lives and faith.- Actress
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Barbara was born in Oldham, Lancashire and left school at 15 to work as a post office telegraphist them in offices, factories and shops, After some amateur acting she joined Oldham Repertory and spent many years with them and touring companies plus work on radio and television. After quite a bit of television work she joined Coronation Street in 1972 playing Rita Fairclough- Actress
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Helen Fraser (born Helen Margaret Stronach; Oldham, Lancashire 15 June 1942) is an English actress, who has appeared in many television series since the early 1960s. For international audiences, she may be best known her roles in Billy Liar (1963) and Repulsion (1965). She is also well known for portraying the role of miserable warder Sylvia Hollamby in the prison drama series Bad Girls. She appeared in the series from the very first episode in 1999 to the very last in 2006.
She trained at RADA alongside Tom Courtenay and John Thaw, among others. She got her breakthrough role alongside Courtenay in Billy Liar (1963). They later played the parents of character Dave Best in the Christmas special of The Royle Family (2008).
She is best known to television viewers for her long-running role in the ITV women's prison drama Bad Girls as unpleasant warder Sylvia Hollamby from the very first episode in 1999 to the very last in 2006. She reprised the role in the West End production of Bad Girls: The Musical in 2007.
She made her TV debut in the early 1960s and her credits include Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, The Likely Lads, Doctor in the House,The Dustbinmen, On the Buses, Rising Damp, Tales of the Unexpected, Duty Free, One Foot in the Grave and Casualty. She also worked on TV with comedians like Dick Emery and the Two Ronnies in the 1970s.
She has also appeared on stage, including with the Royal National Theatre, in the West End and in regional theatres across the country. In 2009 and 2010 she toured the UK as Mrs Fisher in a stage version of Billy Liar. In 2011 she joined the tour of Calendar Girls.
Fraser has appeared in the ITV soap Coronation Street twice - in 1998 as Magenta Savannah and again in 2013 as Doris Babbage.
In 2015 she appeared in an episode of the BBC daytime soap Doctors.
In 1964 she married the recording engineer Peter Handford, the couple had met on the set of Billy Liar. Handford died in 2007. Fraser resides in Eye, Suffolk.- Actress
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Keeley Forsyth was born in 1979 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Poor Things (2023) and X Anniversary (2019).- Dominique Jackson was born on 3 December 1991 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Ice Cream Girls (2013) and Buried Treasure (2001).
- Craig Gazey was born on 24 February 1982 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Criminal Justice (2008) and The Jeremy Kyle Show (2005).
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Alex Carter was born on 7 May 1982 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Dark Heart (2016), Cuffs (2015) and So Awkward (2015).- Jo-Anne Knowles was born in 1971 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Mile High (2003), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and The Bill (1984).
- Anne Kirkbride was born on 21 June 1954 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) and Coronation Street: Tram Crash (2010). She was married to David Beckett. She died on 19 January 2015 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK.
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Celebrated actress from Australia who has appeared in numerous stage productions. Has been featured in roles in such shows as "A Chorus Line", "Baby", "Oklahoma" and her most celebrated role as Velma Kelly in the Original Australian Revival cast of "Chicago: The Musical. ".- Actress
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Originally from England. Colette graduated with a B.A. Hons. degree in theatre. She then appeared in productions at Exeter, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford and Plymouth. She joined the New Vic Theatre of London under the direction or Royal National Theatre director Michael Bogdanov and toured England and the U.S. including a run Off Broadway in The Canterbury Tales and Dracula or a Pain in the Neck. She then went on to create the lead role of Reds in Alan Bleasdale's award winning Are You Lonesome Tonight opposite Martin Shaw, spending over a year in London's West End. Her British film and TV credits include leading roles in 1914 All Out (Yorks. TV), a film which received numerous awards at film festivals across Europe, Wall of Tyranny opposite Tony Danza (Columbia Pictures), Tears in the Rain (Yorks TV), the series Andy Capp (Thames TV) and recurring roles in All Creatures Great and Small (BBC), Brookside (Mersey TV) and Coronation Street (Granada TV).Since coming to Canada she has appeared in such films as Promise the Moon (CBC) opposite Henry Czerny, garnering a Best Actress Gemini nomination, The Arrow (CBC) opposite Dan Aykroyd,, Anne of Green Gable the Continuing Story (CBC) and Scales of Justice (CBC). She also spent over a year playing the lead in 44 episodes of Mysterious Island (Alliance Ent). She has made guest appearances on such series as Forever Knight, Psi Factor, Earth:Final Conflict, Doc, MythQuest, The Fifth Quadrant, Adventure Inc., Mutant X, Tarzan, Ken Finkleman's Newsroom, This is Wonderland, Transporter (HBO) and a leading role in the new independent film Burning, Burning.- Actor
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Phillip Schofield was born on 1 April 1962 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Killing Clovis Dardentor and Extras (2005). He has been married to Steph Schofield since 29 March 1993. They have two children.- Actress
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Karen Elson was born on 14 January 1979 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Still Alice (2014), Dumplin' (2018) and Moonshot (2022). She was previously married to Jack White.- Sean Cernow was born on June 3rd 1977 in Oldham. In 1993 he attended Oldham's Higginshaw School of Performing Arts before going onto study theatre at Tameside College of Performing Arts in Ashton and the North West College of London. In 1998 he enrolled on Salford University's Media Performance Course. In 2002, Sean made his film debut as the gunman, Little Pel in Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People and his television debut in World Productions' ultra realistic, 2003 BAFTA winning prison drama, Buried alongside Lennie James and Stephen Walters. Sean has since become known as a versatile character actor with an often flawless ability in creating some truly frighteningly realistic characters, such as the brutal drug dealer Tapper in Prisoner's Wives (2012), the fundamentalist Christian Terrorist Tommy Denning in Baptism directed by Phil Hawkins (2013) and, Felix in The Musketeers opposite Jason Flemyng and Luca Pasqualino and directed by Toby Haynes. During his career Sean has worked with; Mark Hamill, Stephen Walters, Lennie James, Ben Miles, Hugh Bonneville, David Harewood, Archie Panjabi, Renu Setna, Jane Horrocks, Noel Clarke, James D'Arcy, Richard Madden and Andrew Tiernan.
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Michelle Marsh was born on 30 September 1982 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Clubbed (2008), Life (2007) and The Nuts Babe Search 2008 (2008). She has been married to Will Haining since 2 June 2007. They have one child.- Actor
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Jeff Hordley was born in 1970 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Emmerdale: The Dingles - For Richer for Poorer (2010) and Bring Back My Bonnie (2022). He has been married to Zoë Henry since 3 August 2003. They have two children.- Lally was educated at Hulme Grammar School in Oldham and worked as a secretary before walking-on and understudying at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. As a professional actress, she appeared in hundreds of stage productions, films and television programmes and rep at Manchester, Sheffield, Southport, Guilford, Liverpool, Birmingham and the Bristol Old Vic. Her London debut came in 1944 and her many West End successes included 'Dinner With the Family' (for which she won a Clarence Derwent award in 1957), 'Difference of Opinion', 'The Killing of Sister George', 'Dear Octopus' and 'The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B'. Lally worked constantly until her death.