Early Life The blonde bombshell actress and singer Diana Dors was born Diana Mary Fluck on 23 October 1931 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. She was the only child of Winifred and Albert Fluck, a railway clerk. Her mother later admitted to having an affair around the time of becoming pregnant. It appears that Diana’s uncertain…
Early Life The character actor James Mason was born on 15 May 1909, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. He was the youngest of the three sons of John Mason and Mabel Hattersley. His father was a wealthy textile merchant, who travelled extensively to Europe on business. His well-educated mother had studied and worked in London as an…
Early Life The comedy actor Terry-Thomas was born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens on 10 July 1911 in Finchley, North London. He was the fourth of the five children of Ernest and Ellen Stevens (née Hoar). Ernest Stevens was the manager of a butchery business at Smithfield Market and an amateur actor in his spare time….
Early Years The famed horror actor Boris Karloff was born on 23 November 1887 at 36 Forest Hill Road, Dulwich, London, England. His parents, Edward and Eliza Pratt gave him the birth name William Henry Pratt. Edward, a high-flying diplomat of Indian extraction, met the frail and sickly Eliza, in India. Karloff’s maternal great aunt…
Early Life The comedian and character actor Will Hay was born William Thomson Hay at 23 Durham Street, Stockton, County Durham on 6 December 1888. He was the son of William Robert Hay, an engineer, and his wife, Elizabeth. William had four siblings, a brother, Harold and three sisters, Evelyn, Lizzie and Annie. When Hay…
Early Life George Formby was born George Hoy Booth on 26 May 1904 in Wigan, Lancashire. He was the eldest of the seven children of James and Eliza Booth (nee Hoy). George has six siblings, two brothers and four sisters. By the time George was born his father was already a successful music hall comedian…
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