She attended Manley Park Municipal School and Chorlton Central School in Manchester. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. She appeared as Veronica, the wife of Rigsby, in Rising Damp, for one episode, and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth’s friend, in 11 episodes of In Loving Memory. Bunnage was a member of Joan Littlewood‘s Theatre Workshop company at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in A Taste of Honey, her first West End role when the play transferred to Wyndham’s Theatre, and also a role in Oh, What a Lovely War! at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham’s Theatre. When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by Danny La Rue. Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in Christopher Bond‘s play Sweeney Todd (the basis for the Sondheim musical), and the title role in a play about the music hall legend Marie Lloyd. In the early years of Coronation Street she played Lucile Hewitt’s auntie. She was in the musical Billy at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, playing the mother of ‘Billy Liar‘. She played Golda inFiddler on the Roof, opposite Alfie Bass, at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London.
Murray Seafield Saint-George Head (born 5 March 1946)[1] is an English actor and singer, most recognised for his international hit songs “Superstar” (from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar) and “One Night in Bangkok” (the 1985 single from the musical Chess, which topped the charts in various countries), and for his 1975 album Say It Ain’t So. He has been involved in several projects since the 1960s and continues to record music, perform concerts and make appearances on television either as himself or as a character actor. Among his movies are “The Family Way” on 1966 and “Sunday Bloody Sunday” in 1970.
The character she played in The Woman He Loved (1988), Thelma Morgan, Lady Furness, was the identical twin sister of the character she played in Little Gloria… Happy at Last (1982), Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt.
She’s the eldest daughter of Bernard Hugh Gutteridge by his marriage to Nabila Farah Karima Halim, the daughter of H.H. Prince Muhammad Said Bey Halim of Egypt and his British second wife, Nabila Malika
Has a daughter with her ex-husband Andrew Hawkins – Alice Isabella Valentine Hawkins (b.1979).
Penelope Wilton was born on June 3, 1946 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England as Penelope Alice Wilton. She is an actress, known for Match Point (2005), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and Shaun of the Dead (2004). She was previously married to Ian Holm and Daniel Massey. Penelope Wilton enjoyed enormous success in the TV series “Downton Abbey”, She was made a Dame in the New Yer’s Honours List 2016.
Langley was born to Australian parents in Somerset, but grew up in Buxton, Derbyshire.[ He attended Harpur Hill Primary School and Buxton Community School. He trained at the North Cheshire Theatre School[ in Heaton Moor. Along with his sisters he was a member of a number of junior string orchestras in which he played the cello.
From 2001 to 2004, Langley played the character of Todd Grimshaw in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. As the first openly gay character on the show, Langley developed a large gay following. He also appeared in Coronation Street on 4 August 2000 as Danny, then boyfriend of Candice.
He returned to Coronation Street for a twelve episode guest stint in 2007]
In April 2011 Langley returned to Coronation Street for a one episode appearance.[
In June 2013 it was announced that Langley was returning to Coronation Street as a regular character.Todd Grimshaw returned in the episodes screened on Monday, 4 November.
In the summer of 2005, Langley made his stage debut in an acclaimed run of Romeo and Juliet opposite fellow ex-soap actress Scarlett Alice Johnson at Stafford Castle. Taking on the role of Romeo, The British Theatre Guide described Langley as, ‘immediately comfortable with the verse, finding no difficulty in being the lovesick youngster before he’s gripped with passion for Juliet. Later he convincingly shows a tantrum-like immaturity at his banishment.’
In the spring of 2006, Langley appeared in Life Imitates Art at the Camden People’s Theatre, Camden.[ Also in 2006 he was seen in a production of A Taste of Honey, taking on the role of repressed gay art student, Geoffrey. In his role as Geoffrey, Langley was described as, ‘quietly impressive, poignantly conveying Geoffrey’s unending loyalty with ease.’[14] The production toured the UK extensively and played a short run at the Richmond Theatre.
Beginning in May 2008, he appeared in the premiere stage run of the new musical Sleeping Beauty starring opposite fellow Coronation Street alumna Lucy Evans at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin.
Langley also appeared in the stage show Flashdance the Musical.[16] with Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Bernie Nolan and Noel Sullivan. Langley received positive reviews for his role as Jimmy Kaminsky, with What’s On Stage stating, ‘Bruno Langley also fares well as Jimmy, particularly when he has the chance to showcase his fine voice in the second act.’ [17] and Lindsay Corr stating in the Edinburgh Guide that, ‘Bruno Langley as Jimmy shows acting doesn’t have to take a back seat in musical theatre, as he twitches about the stage in his grey hoodie and delivers his number, ‘You Can’t Keep Me Down’, with understated aplomb.’
In 2010-11 he joined the tour of Calendar Girls,[19] in the role of the young photographer, Lawrence. In reviewing the Liverpool Empire Theatre production of the show, Liverpool Sound and Vision said Langley, ‘gave outstanding moments of beautiful comic timing as young photographer Lawrence that it’s no wonder he was asked back to reprise his role from last year.’
Langley played the cello until the age of 16 when he decided to pursue a career as an actor. In addition, he plays the piano. In 2010 he formed a band, Bruno Langley and the Wonderland Band. In a 2011 interview with Dianne Bourne of the Manchester Evening News, he stated, “I’ve been acting on and off ever since the age of 17, but always in between jobs I’d sit at the piano and write songs, and sing different songs. A year and a half ago I got a band together, we had a few rehearsals, I had fun doing it and it’s gone from there really.” The band performs songs from the 1950s as well as taking modern tracks and arranging them into jazz, blues and swing styles. Langley has stated he does the arrangements himself.
Connor McIntyre was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Pu-239 (2006) and Visiting Hour (2014).
Philippa Bevans was born on February 10, 1913 in London, England. She was an actress, known for The World of Henry Orient (1964), The Notorious Landlady (1962) and The Group (1966). She died on May 10, 1968 in New York City, New York, USA.
