Joseph Tomelty
Joseph Tomelty was a gifted actor and writer who hailed from Portaferry in Co. Down. In 1938 he became part of the Northern Ireland Players. He wrote many n
Jean Kent
Jean Kent obituary in “The Independemt” in 2013. Jean Kent was one of the four Gainsborough Ladies made famous for a series of British period films made in the 1940’s.&nb
George Hamilton
George Hamilton was born in Memphis in 1939. “Whwrw the Boys Are” released in 1960 ith Dolores Hart and Connie Francis was his first film lead role to achieve ma
Claire Bloom
“For someone whose career began with such lustre, Claire Bloom has had a difficult path. Overlauded at first as the most winsome thing on four wheels, it later seemed
Phyllis Kirk
Phyllis Kirk obituary in “The Independent”. The actress Phyllis Kirk will always be associated with her role as the dark-haired heroine in the 3-D horror movie House of Wax (19
Sandra Dee
Sandra Dee obituary in “The Guardian” in 2005. In the nostalgic musical Grease (1978), about growing up in a fantasised America of the 1950s, there is an appropriately evocativ
Jon Voight
Jon Voight is now a very prolific character actor. However he has some very impressive leading roles on film. He burst onto the cinema screens as Joe Buck in “Midnigh
David Straithairn
David Straithairn. TCM Overview. David Straithairn is a very gifted actor with a very profilic career to his credit. He was born in San Francesco in 1949. D
John Leyton
John Leyton. IMDB. John Leyton was born in 1939 in Frinton-on-Sea, England. He starred as Ginger in the TV series “Biggles” in 1960. He had a ca
Joyce Redman
Joyce Redman was born in Co. Mayo in 1918. She was trained in acting in Londan at RADA. She had great success on the stage in the West End in such plays as