Aidan Gillen
Aidan Gillen TCM Overview Aidan Gillen is quietly building up a very impressive resume of roles on film, television and stage. On TV he has created such memorable chara
Anne-Marie Duff
Anne-Marie Duff was born in London in 1970 to Irish parents. She first became known to the general UK public with her role as Fiona Gallagher in the TV series “Sh
Wendy Hiller
Wendy Hiller obituary in “The Guardian” in 2003 Wendy Hiller who has died aged 90, was stage-struck from the word go. It was the atmosphere, the teamwork – being there wa
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith has won two Academy Awards for her performances in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and “California Suite”. She has acted on stage i
Edward Judd
Edward Judd was born in Shangai in 1932. His career peak was in the mid 1960’s. He starred in one classic science fiction “The Day the Earth Cau
Ian McShane
Ian McShane (Wikipedia) Ian McShane is known for his television performances, particularly the title role in the BBC series Lovejoy (1986–1994) and as Al
David Kelly
David Kelly obituary in “The Guardian” in 2012 David Kelly had a long theatrical career before he starred in some early RTE television series. In 1980 he
Burt Reynolds
The Guardian obituary. In 1972, the year of his breakthrough in Deliverance, widely regarded as his best work, he became America’s first male centrefold, appearing nude
Carroll Baker
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Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken. TCM Overview TCM Overview: Christopher Walken has to be included in the Top Ten Favourite Actors of any self respecting movie buff. He continues to
Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson. TCM Overview. Brendan Gleeson has the unique distinction of playing both the great Irish hero Michael Collins and his often times adversary British Prime Minister
Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda was born in Nebraska and began his career on the New York stage. He made his first film “The Faromer Take a Wife” in 1935 and over the years had
Irene Papas
Irene Papas (Wikipedia) Papas won Best Actress awards in 1961 at the Berlin International Film Festival for Antigone and in 1971 from the National Board of
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman won three Oscars, “Gaslight”, “Anastasia” and “Murder on the Orient Express. She began her career in her native Sweden and became a
Dorothy Malone
Dorothy Malone obituary from “The Guardian” in 2018. The Hollywood star Dorothy Malone, who has died aged 92, appeared in only a handful of works of distinction in a fairly len
Brenda Fricker
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Frankie Vaughan
Frankie Vaughan obituary in “The Guardian” in 1999. Frankie Vaughan hailed from Liverpool where he was born in 1928. He started his career as a pop singer and had s
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford has starred in two of the greatest film series of all time. He is Han Solo in the “Star Wars” and of course Indiana Jones in the quartet