Brian Aherne
Brian Aherne was born in Kings Norton, England in 1902. He made his talkie debut in 1931 in the British film “Madame Guillotine”. By 1935 he was in Hollywood where he m
Patricia Hodge
TCM Overview: A blonde actress with fine-boned, patrician features and a cool stately presence, Patricia Hodge remains best known outside the British Isles as the straying wife
Doris Day
Doris Day, who has died aged 97, was a singer who came out of the big-band boom of the 1940s to become one of Hollywood’s top box-office stars throughout the 50s and 60s. She had
Skip Homeier
SKIP HOMEIER OBITUARY IN “THE GUARDIAN” IN 2017 In 1943, a 12-year-old boy actor stunned Broadway audiences with his portrayal of a German youth indoctrinated into nazism. Brou
David Hemmings
The Guardian” obituary by Tim Pulleine: David Hemmings, who has died suddenly aged 62 following a heart attack while filming Samantha’s Child in Romania, had a long and varied
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
Pauline Stroud
GUARDIAN OBITUARY IN 2022. Olive SimpsonSun 4 Sep 2022 18.08 BST My friend Pauline Stroud, who has died of cancer aged 92, started her acting career with a starring role in the fil
Jan Michael Vincent
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Elizabeth Allen
Elizabeth Allen was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1929.She had a career on stage, screen and television. On the stage in 1965, Stephen Sondheim’s “Di I Hear A Waltz”
Sergio Franchi
Sergio Franchi was an Italian-American tenor and actor who enjoyed success in the United States and internationally after gaining notice in Britain in the early 1960s. In 1962,