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Lynsey Baxter was born on 7 May 1959 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978) and Real Life (1984).

Linda Henry was born on 24 August 1963 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Beautiful Thing (1996), EastEnders (1985) and Bad Girls (1999). She has been married to Stavros Valiris since July 1992. They have one child.

Terry Kilburn was born on 25 November 1926 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), A Christmas Carol (1938) and Lolita (1962).

Angela and her actress sister Hermione were born of a wealthy family with Angela making her stage debut at the age of 8 as a little orphan girl in The Dawn of Happiness. One night a police officer said that she was too young and wouldn't allow her to perform, The following year she auditioned at The Old Vic Theatre, When she was 10 a newspaper called her 'a consumate little actress, at 11 she was appearing in Shakespeare, as a teenager she was singing and dancing in musicals and pantomimes and became the 'toast of London. She retired briefly when she was18. She appeared in many plays but most enjoyed those by Emlyn Williams - Night Must Fall, The Winslow Boy, Morning Star and The Light of Heart, which he wrote for her, She was married to theatre producer Glen Byam Shaw 1931 -75 and was awarded a CBE for services to the theatre

Was born in London but moved to France when she was only 3 weeks old. Parents Anne and Louis Duchene moved the family back to England in 1962/1963 to the seaside town of Brighton. Kate went onstage at the age of 14 and loved acting from that moment on. She read French & Spanish at Trinity College at Cambridge University.

She then spent a year teaching English in Spain. Kate received no formal training in Drama but she wrote and performed her own material with Cambridge Footlights Company before joining Mikron in 1983. She is best known for her acting in the children's TV show The Worst Witch as Miss Constance Hardbroom. The show ran from 1998 to 2001.

Kate has 2 children: Anna Charlotte Fitzgerald Duchene Hickson born on April 15th 2006 & Daughter Born in late May / early June 2009.

Prolific and ubiquitous British bit player and dancer Pauline Lesley Chamberlain was born on October 2, 1932 in West Ham, Essex, England. The daughter of a piano player father, Pauline attended a French convent school in Palmers Green as well as learned ballet and tap at a local dance school. Chamberlain went on to attend the Aida Foster Stage School. Pauline and her twin sister Pamela were both featured as chorus girls in a 1948 production of the pantomime "Robin Hood and His Merry Men." The Chamberlain sisters went on to appear together in the pantomime "Robinson Crusoe" and did a tour of Great Britain in "Folies Bergere" for Bernard Delfont. Moreover, Pauline and Pamela were both members of Margaret Kelly's dancing troupe Bluebell Girls, appeared in revues at the London Palladium, and even performed in cabaret together in Brussels, Italy, Scotland, and Great Britain at the Dorchester as The Chamberlain Twins - What a Pair. A pretty brunette with a warm smile and a chipper disposition, Chamberlain first began appearing in films in uncredited minor roles while still in her teens in the late 1940's. Pauline could usually be spotted in movies cutting it up on the dance floor, as a guest at a party, or performing on stage (she was often cast as a showgirl). Chamberlain was featured in scores of films and a bunch of television shows in a career that spanned several decades. Pauline died at age 88 from complications of COVID-19 on January 14, 2021.

Glen Murphy was born in West Ham, London, he boxed for the famous West Ham and Repton boxing clubs, then started his acting career at the Half Moon Theater in 1980. It was 2 years of more London Theater before he got his break on film with Blake Edwards' Victor/Victoria. Glen was a London Champion in Boxing & Football & is a 3rd Dan karate black belt and still trains in the Kyokushin style martial art today with the 7th Dan Hall of Fame, Jamie O Keefe. In 1955 his father Terence was the first ever sportsman on ITV, His latest Film Lost in Italy (aka Lords of London) has won the New York Hells Kitchen Film Festivals World Cinema Best Film award.and he won the Abruzzo film festival "best actor" award in Italy. And is in pre-production with the feature film "Finger of Suspicion" due to shoot in 2019

James Culliford was born on 8 September 1927 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Quatermass and the Pit (1967), Doctor Who (1963) and The Trygon Factor (1966). He died on 23 March 2002 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.

Barbara Archer was born in 1934 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Horror of Dracula (1958), Up the Junction (1968) and Model for Murder (1959).

John Dearth was born on 16 October 1920 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1961), The Escape of R.D.7 (1961) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955). He died on 17 March 1984 in London, England, UK.

Victor Lucas was born on 12 July 1919 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), World's End (1981) and Testament of Youth (1979). He was married to Marjorie Sommerville. He died on 17 November 2000 in Barnet, London, England, UK.

John Rapley was born on 18 April 1935 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Elephant Man (1980), Jane and the Lost City (1987) and Goodnight Sweetheart (1993). He died on 18 April 2016 in Theydon Bois, Essex, England, UK.

Prolific and ubiquitous British background player George Hilsdon was born on April 25, 1907 in West Ham, London, England. Hilsdon first began appearing in films in often uncredited minor roles in the mid-1940's. A burly fellow with a gruff face and receding silver gray hair, George was frequently cast as policemen, news vendors, or security guards. Hilsdon died at age 75 on May 28, 1982 in Essex, England. Predeceased by his wife Ivy Lilian Benge, he was survived by two children.

Jenny Jones was born on 26 December 1943 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Front Page Story (1954), Raiders of the River (1956) and An Inspector Calls (1954). She was married to Reginald Winch. She died on 15 March 2018 in Great Totham, Essex, England, UK.

Anthony Simmons was born on 16 December 1922 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Four in the Morning (1965), Little Sweetheart (1988) and Black Joy (1977). He was married to Maria St Clare and Sheila Phillips. He died on 22 January 2016 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK.

Howard Pays was an English actor who gave up acting for representing thespians and other professionals in television and motion pictures, becoming one of England's most successful talent agents in the process. After being demobilized from the military after serving his National Service commitment, Pays became an actor. He made his television debut in the popular series Sixpenny Corner (1955) in 1955 where he met, and married, his co-star, Jan Miller.

In the early 1960s, Pays quit acting and opened the talent agency "CCA" in London. He and his partner, Freddie Vale, turned the agency into one of the most important in the U.K. and the English-speaking world. He was still a top agent at the time of his death, from cancer, in April 2002. He was 74 years old.

Maurice Browning was born on 11 May 1919 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Doctor Who (1963), The Avengers (1961) and The Cool Mikado (1963). He died on 4 December 1983 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.

Al Saxon was born on 18 July 1932 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Gonks Go Beat (1964), I'm All Right Jack (1959) and Captain Jokes Parrot's Adventures (2013). He died on 10 August 1997 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK.

Eunice Black was born on 23 October 1914 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Laughter from the Whitehall (1963), Love Is a Splendid Illusion (1970) and Holiday on the Buses (1973). She died on 27 August 2007 in London, England, UK.

Reginald Jessup was born on 8 February 1920 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), The Avengers (1961) and Curtain of Fear (1964). He was married to Janet Brandes. He died on 1 February 2000 in Kensington, London, England, UK.

Katherine Parr was born on 5 February 1921 in West Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Woman in White (1966), Softly Softly (1966) and Doomwatch (1972). She was married to Dennis Caldwell. She died on 20 September 2009 in Deal, Kent, England, UK.

Kenneth Alan Taylor was born in April 1937 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Hollyoaks (1995). He has been married to Judith Barker since 1964.

Peter Whitaker was born on 12 February 1921 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) and The Secret Rapture (1993). He died on 24 November 2002 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.

Ronald Nunnery was born on 31 August 1922 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Bergerac (1981), Crime Traveller (1997) and Dempsey and Makepeace (1985). He died on 20 January 2004 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK.

English stage and screen actress Barbara Hoffe born in England in around 1897. She became a well-known drama and comedy stage actress from the early 1910's. She starred in at least 6 movies under her real name Barbara Conrad under the direction of Wilfred Noy at the Clarendon Film Co between 1915-17, making her debut in a crime/drama 'The Verdict of the Heart' with Harry Welchman, her last film at Clarendon studios was 'The Lost Chord' in 1917. In 1920 she starred in her first film under the name of Barbara Hoffe in 'Five Pound Reward' a comedy directed by Adrian Brunel and co-starring a young Leslie Howard at the Minerva Film Co. Her most notable roles in 'Eugene Aram' in 1924 and in her last silent film 'Lieutenant Daring RN and the Water Rats' with Percy Moran in 1924. Barbara made a comeback in her only talkie in 1931 'The Woman Decides' directed by Miles Mander and starred Owen Nares at BIP studios. In a magazine interview in 1927 Barbara Hoffe confessing rather bizarrely that her favourite meal was mushroom omelette, also revealed that her favourite hobby was collecting 'first editions cheaply. In Australia in 1931 Barbara Hoffe was awarded £500 damages against Gordon Harbord, the theatrical producer for breach of contract. Miss Hoffe played the leading role in 'The Command to Love' at the Arts Club Theatre, but Yvonne Arnaud was substituted when the play was produced and ran at Daly's Theatre.