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Julia Elizabeth Wells was born on October 1, 1935, in England. Her mother, Barbara Ward (Morris), and stepfather, both vaudeville performers, discovered her freakish but undeniably lovely four-octave singing voice and immediately got her a singing career. She performed in music halls throughout her childhood and teens, and at age 20, she launched her stage career in a London Palladium production of "Cinderella".
Andrews came to Broadway in 1954 with "The Boy Friend", and became a bona fide star two years later in 1956, in the role of Eliza Doolittle in the unprecedented hit "My Fair Lady". Her star status continued in 1957, when she starred in the TV-production of Cinderella (1957) and through 1960, when she played "Guenevere" in "Camelot".
In 1963, Walt Disney asked Andrews if she would like to star in his upcoming production, a lavish musical fantasy that combined live-action and animation. She agreed on the condition if she didn't get the role of Doolittle in the pending film production of My Fair Lady (1964). After Audrey Hepburn was cast in My Fair Lady, Andrews made an auspicious film debut in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Andrews continued to work on Broadway, until the release of The Sound of Music (1965), the highest-grossing movie of its day and one of the highest-grossing of all time. She soon found that audiences identified her only with singing, sugary-sweet nannies and governesses, and were reluctant to accept her in dramatic roles in The Americanization of Emily (1964) and Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Torn Curtain (1966). In addition, the box-office showings of the musicals Julie subsequently made increasingly reflected the negative effects of the musical-film boom that she helped to create. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) was for a time the most successful film Universal had released, but it still couldn't compete with Mary Poppins or The Sound of Music for worldwide acclaim and recognition. Star! (1968) and Darling Lili (1970) also bombed at the box office.
Fortunately, Andrews did not let this keep her down. She worked in nightclubs and hosted a TV variety series in the 1970s. In 1979, Andrews returned to the big screen, appearing in films directed by her husband Blake Edwards, with roles that were entirely different from anything she had been seen in before. Andrews starred in 10 (1979), S.O.B. (1981) and Victor/Victoria (1982), which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
She continued acting throughout the 1980s and 1990s in movies and TV, hosting several specials and starring in a short-lived sitcom. In 2001, she starred in The Princess Diaries (2001), alongside then-newcomer Anne Hathaway. The family film was one of the most successful G-Rated films of that year, and Andrews reprised her role as Queen Clarisse Renaldi in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004). In recent years, Andrews appeared in Tooth Fairy (2010), as well as a number of voice roles in Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), Enchanted (2007), Shrek Forever After (2010), and Despicable Me (2010).- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Costume Designer
Tony Walton was born on 24 October 1934 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He was a production designer and costume designer, known for All That Jazz (1979), Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and Mary Poppins (1964). He was married to Gen LeRoy and Julie Andrews. He died on 2 March 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Angela Browne was infatuated with cinema from early childhood, imagining herself in the the part of the screen heroine during her frequent visits to the pictures. Aged thirteen, she left her Catholic convent school to study at the Cone-Ripman Drama Academy in London. After four years, she earned herself a scholarship to RADA. She then joined repertory companies in Worthing, York and Scarborough, eventually making her West End debut as an uninhibited Swedish girl in the 1959 comedy, "The Marriage Go-Round", alongside John Clements and Kay Hammond. She was serious enough about her newly acquired craft to study the films of Ingmar Bergman in order to appear as 'authentically Swedish' as possible. By 1960, after further theatrical success in both comedy and drama, Angela came to be regarded as one of the most promising up-and-coming actresses of the stage.
A vivacious blonde of uncommon and exquisite beauty, Angela inevitably attracted the attention of television producers. After a few early bit parts she co-starred with Patrick McGoohan as the titular "Girl in Pink Pajamas" in the The Girl in Pink Pajamas (1960) episode of the cult series, Danger Man (1960). She got on extremely well with McGoohan who proved very supportive on the set. Years later, Angela jumped at the chance -- when offered -- to appear with him again in the aptly-titled A Change of Mind (1967) episode of The Prisoner (1967). Her role as "No. 86", a mind-control specialist tasked with 'rehabilitating' "No. 6" (McGoohan) by means of a pre-frontal lobotomy, has become the one for which she is best-remembered. In a later interview, Angela confessed that she never quite understood the intricacies of the plot and simply 'got on with it' by following an old axiom she had learned from Noël Coward: "learn your lines and don't bump into the furniture".
Gainfully employed within Britain's ITV network, Angela had a recurring part in the crime series Ghost Squad (1961) and made appearances in The Saint (1962) and The Avengers (1961). She was also the obligatory romantic interest in the Norman Wisdom farce Press for Time (1966), a rare role in a feature film. Guesting on television -- which meant a less rigorous schedule than either films or the stage -- became, for several years, her preferred means of deriving a living from her profession. After her marriage to actor Francis Matthews (best known as the urbane lead of Paul Temple (1969)), Angela took a step back from performing to raise a family, in essence eschewing any further chance of stardom. By the early 1970s, she had eased into character roles, turning up at auditions in deliberately un-glamorous attire in order to snare more interesting assignments. While her screen appearances became fewer, she remained active on the stage in plays by Noël Coward, Henrik Ibsen and Alan Ayckbourn. She retired from acting altogether in 1990 and devoted her sadly few remaining years to her family and to charity work. - Ellis Dale was born on 5 May 1930 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Eye of the Needle (1981), Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) and American Playhouse (1980). He died on 14 October 1991 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK.
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Paul Engelen was born on 30 October 1949 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He is known for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Gladiator (2000) and Phantom Thread (2017).- Claire Faulconbridge was born on 22 June 1952 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Menace (1970), Romance (1977) and One-Upmanship (1974).
- Composer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Luke Haines was born on 7 October 1967 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Swimming with Sharks (1994), Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (2000) and How to Build a Girl (2019). He has been married to Sian Pattenden since 2000. They have one child.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Tony White was born on 11 October 1923 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He was a director, known for Enemy Mine (1985), Department S (1969) and The Avengers (1961). He died in May 2001 in Harrow, London, England, UK.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Geoffrey Faithfull was born on 28 January 1893 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for For You Alone (1945), I'll Turn to You (1946) and Village of the Damned (1960). He died on 1 December 1979 in England, UK.- Editor
- Sound Department
- Editorial Department
Spencer Reeve was born on 10 December 1923 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He was an editor, known for Quatermass and the Pit (1967), The Invisible Man (1958) and Big Zapper (1973). He was married to Smith, Matilda (Hazel). He died on 15 December 1973 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.- Producer
- Actress
- Director
Born in Walton-on Thames , Surrey, Yvette Vanson escaped suburbia to study at drama school in Cardiff. An actress for several years in the 70s, in theatre and on TV, Yvette returned to study as a mature student and gained a BA. Hons.1st class in Social Science, before pursuing her career as an independent film maker with a job secured at the BBC. Then blacklisted from the BBC along with others, Yvette produced & directed via her independent production company Vanson Wardle Productions (VW) with Tony Wardle, journalist, many highly acclaimed training and promotional videos for major charities & NGOs, covering issues as diverse as disability, children in care and trade union rights, including the first Government film on the plight of carers. In the early 1980s she developed and managed the East Sussex Social Services Media Unit producing and directing ground breaking training videos for social services staff nationally and internationally. Finally returning to the BBC, Yvette produced a single documentary and a mini series. Later her award winning documentaries were made by VW with Tony Wardle, and later under the banner of her own company, Vanson Productions. Yvette produced and directed the vast majority of these films over a 20 years period from the mid-80s to 2000. She then returned to drama, as Executive Producer. Vanson Productions co-producing with Granada, The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, Bafta Winner Best Single Drama 2000. And Doomwatch, a feature length science thriller based on the cult 1970s TV series, with Working Title TV. Retiring from TV production, in 2004 Yvette first picked up a paintbrush at Putney School of Art & Design, and from 2013 had four successful London exhibitions, one in Yorkshire, and one in France. In the same period, she also became involved in co-writing and editing a number of books including a novel, The Inquest, with Tony Wardle, the best-selling Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer with Michael Mansfield QC, and Presumed Guilty the book of the documentary Yvette produced and directed for the BBC. She has just finished writing her memoir, the Simple Truth.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Felicity Mason was born on 14 December 1917 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2 (1950), A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 1/II (1951) and A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2/II (1951). She was married to Richard Mason and Henry Lyon Young. She died on 28 August 1993 in The London Lighthouse, Kensington, London UK.- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Stephen Leahy was born on 30 May 1949 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for Heaven Knows (1997), Cluedo (1992) and Watching the Detectives (2005).- Barbara Hepworth was born on 4 December 1904 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Rescued by Rover (1905), Pamela's Party (1912) and The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper (1908). She died on 22 July 1997 in Surrey, England, UK.
- Edward Thomas was born on 16 May 1918 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He was married to Ruth Dyson. He died on 22 January 1996 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.
- Frank Seton was born on 29 March 1918 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for BBC Play of the Month (1965), Strongroom (1962) and Adam Adamant Lives! (1966). He died on 28 February 2007 in Rosecare, Cornwall, England, UK.
- Writer Susan Ertz was born in England in 1887 to American parents. When she was still quite young her parents moved back to the US, settling in New York, but when Susan was seven they returned to England. They stayed there until Susan was 12, when they returned to the US, this time moving to a cabin in northern California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, where she lived until she was 18 (on a trip to San Francisco in 1906 she was caught in the earthquake that almost destroyed the city). At age 18 she traveled to New York City, staying there for a short while, then moved to England in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of World War I.
Her first novel, "Marie Claire", was published in 1922. It wasn't particularly successful at first, but eventually became quite popular. Many of her subsequent novels were about women's domestic issues--"Nina" is about a wife's love for her cheating husband, "After Noon" focuses on the problems of a married middle-aged man and "The Story of Julian" is about the difficulties a couple has with an adolescent son. Her novel "Now East, Now West" is a comparison of the differences between Britons and Americans, and "The Proselyte" details the hardships of the infamous Mormon journey westward. In 1932 she married a British army officer, Maj. J.R. McCrinkle.
Susan Ertz died in Kent, England, in 1985 at age 98. - Steve Anthony was born on 1 June 1968 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He is an actor, known for 2001: A Space Road Odyssey (2001), Kölcsönkapott idö (1993) and Dave's World (1993).
- Gail Trimble was born on 13 August 1982 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. She has been married to Tom West since August 2010. They have one child.
- Elizabeth Vaughan was born on 29 January 1904 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Hound of the Baskervilles (1931), Hawley's of High Street (1933) and The Loves of Ariane (1931). She died on 16 January 1990 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.
- Production Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Louise Lusby was born in 1945 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. She is a production designer, known for The Borrowers (1997), Music My Way (1973) and Oh, Father! (1973). She has been married to Keir Lusby since 1974.- Sarah Payne was born on 13 October 1991 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. She died on 1 July 2000 in Pulborough, West Sussex, England, UK.
- George Abecassis was born on 21 March 1913 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He died on 18 December 1991 in Ibstone, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.