Anne Bancroft
“Hollywood, in the fallow 60s, was suddenly blessed with a group of talented ladies in their middle years, actresses who literally bridged the gap between the new ingenues an
Anna Kashfi
Anna Kashfi obituary in “The Telegraph” in 1980 It was thought that Anna Kashfi was from India but she was in fact born Joan O’Callaghan in 1934 in Cardiff in Wales. 
Barry Sullivan
Barry Sullivan has starred in over 100 movies in a wide variety of film genre – Westerns, film noir, war movies and melodramas. He was born in 1912 in New York Ci
Valerie Hobson
“Valerie Hobson was- to her disadvantage- ineffably ladylike. The British film industry of the 30s and 40s was a man’s world and the female stars got short
Brenda Bruce
Brenda Bruce was born in Manchester in 1918. She acted with the Brimingham Repertory Company from 1936 until 1939 and then went on to act with the Royal Shakespe
Kitty Kallen
Kitty Kallen was born in 1921 in Philadelphia. She was one of the top vocalists during the big band era and sang with the Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey orchestras.&nbs
Harriet Andersson
Harriet Andersson was born in 1932 in Stockholm. She is associated with the films of the great Ingmar Bergman. Her films with him include “Smiles of a
Lila Kedrova
Lila Kedrova was born in Russia in 1918. She joined the Moscow Art Theatre in 1932. She made many French films in the 1950’s and in 1964 she replaced Simone Signoret
Anna Sten
Anna Sten was hailed as a successor to Greta Garbo. It did not happen but she was a good actress and her Hollywood films are worth checking out. She was born in the Ukraine
Brian Deacon
Brian Deacon was born in Oxford in 1949. He trained with the Oxford Youth Theatre. In 1972 he made his film debut with a leading role with Glenda Jackson and Oli