Early Life The actress Celia (Elizabeth) Johnson was born on 18 December 2008 at 46 Richmond Hill, Richmond, Surrey. Nicknamed “Betty”, she was the second of the three children of John and Ethel Johnson. John Johnson was a doctor and the physician of the Duke (the future George VI) and Duchess of York. Between 1919…
Early Life The actor Trevor Howard was born Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith in Cliftonville, Margate, Kent on 29 September 2013. Later in life, he claimed to have been born in 1916 but his school records and other sources show otherwise. He was the son of Mabel and Arthur Howard-Smith, an insurance underwriter for Lloyd’s of London….
Early Life The comedy character actress Margaret Rutherford was born Margaret Taylor Rutherford-Benn on 11 May 1892 in Balham, South London. She was the only child of William and Florence Rutherford-Benn. Shortly after the couple married in 1882, William had a nervous breakdown and was sent to a mental institution. A few months later, just…
Early Life and Career The Welsh actor Stanley Baker was born William Stanley Baker on 28 February 1928 in Ferndale, Glamorganshire. He was the youngest of the three children of John Henry Baker, a miner, and his wife Elizabeth Louisa. At school, by Baker’s own admission, he had little interest in learning. However, he did…
Early Life The character actor George Edward Cole was born in Tooting, London on 22 April 1925. Aged just 10 days old he was adopted by local council worker George Cole, and his wife Florence, who worked as a cleaner. He attended Morden secondary school but left, aged 14, to become a butcher’s boy. However,…
Early Life and Career The British film actress and singer Jean (Merilyn) Simmons was born on 31 January 1929 in Islington, London. She was the youngest of the four children of Charles and Winifred Simmons. During WW2, the whole family was evacuated to Winscombe, Somerset. During her time in rural Somerset that Simmons she got…
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