Entertainment News
Early Life The British comedy actor Jimmy Edwards was born in Barnes, Surrey on 23 March 1920. The son of a mathematics professor, he was christened James Keith O’Neill Edwards. He had eight siblings, four brothers and four sisters. He was schooled at St Paul’s Cathedral School in Wimbledon and later attended St John’s College…
Early Life The English-Australian actor Peter Finch was born on 28 September 1916 in London, England. He was given the birth name of Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch. His parents were George Ingle Finch, a chemist and noted mountaineer, and his wife Alicia, who he had married the previous year. However, his parents divorced in…
Early Life The character actor Ron Moody was born on 8 January 1924 in Tottenham, London. He was the son of Jewish parents of East European extraction, Bernard Moodnick, a studio executive, and his wife, Kate. In 1930, Bernard Moodnick changed the family name to the anglicised surname of ‘Moody’. Ron received a grammar school…
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 Charles Hawtrey was born George Frederick Joffre Hartree in Hounslow, Middlesex, on 30 November 1914. His parents were William John Hartree, a car mechanic, and his wife Alice. He started his entertainment career early, making records as a boy soprano. He also made his film debut as a child…
Early Life The actress Georgette Lizette Withers, professionally known as Googie Withers, was born on 12 March 1917 in Karachi, India (now Pakistan). Her father, Edgar Withers, was a captain in the Royal Navy. Her mother, Lizette Wilhelmina Katarina Withers, was of Dutch-German descent. The nickname “Googie” was given to her as a child by…
geoffv