Early Life The comedy actress Barbara Windsor was born in Shoreditch, London on 6 August 1937. Christened Barbara Ann Deeks, she was the only child of John Deeks, a bus driver, and his wife Rose, a dressmaker. Aged 6, Windsor was evacuated to Blackpool after a friend was killed in a Luftwaffe bombing raid. She…
Early Life The character actress Joan Sims was born on 9 May 1930 in Laindon, near Basildon in Essex. She was the only child of John Henry Sims, the local stationmaster, and his wife Gladys, and christened Irene Joan Marion Sims. She showed an interest in acting from an early age, taking up local amateur…
Early Life Peter (Seamus) O’Toole was born at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds, England on 2 August 1932. His Irish-born father Patrick Joseph O’Toole, was a metalworker, footballer, and later, a bookmaker. His mother, Constance Jane, was a Scottish nurse. He grew up in the Leeds suburb of Hunslet, along with his older sister…
Are You a Believer? Do you believe in monsters and/or mythology? Or, do think it’s all just a load of nonsense? Whether we believe in it or not, none of us can deny that the folklore surrounding myths and monsters is entertaining. Through the medium of the spoken word, books, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and…
Early Life The actor Robert (William) Hoskins, better known as Bob Hoskins, was born in Bury St. Edmund’s, Suffolk on 26 October 1942. He was the only child of Robert William Hoskins Sr., a lorry driver, and his wife Lillian, a nursery school teacher. He was brought up in Finsbury Park, London, and attended Stroud…
Early Life and Career The actor and comedian Leslie Townes Hope, better known as ‘Bob’ Hope, was born on 29 May 1903, in Eltham, London. He was the fifth of seven sons of William Henry Hope, a stonemason, and his Welsh wife, Avis, a light opera singer. The family initially settled in Barry, Wales before…
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