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Early Life The actor James Robertson Justice was given the name James Norval Harald Justice at birth. He was born in Lewisham, South East London on 15 June 1907. His parents were Edith and James Norval Justice, a Scottish mining engineer. He was educated at Marlborough College in Wiltshire. After leaving school he studied science…
Early life The actor Kenneth (Gilbert) More was born on 20 September 1914 at Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire. He was the only son of Edith and Charles More, a civil engineer. More spent much of his childhood in the Channel Islands where he attended Victoria College in Jersey. After leaving school, More followed the family…
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…
Early Life The British character actor Claude Rains was born William Claude Rains on 10 November 1889 in Clapham, London. His father, Frederick William Rains was a boilermaker turned stage actor. His mother Emily Eliza (nee Cox), a housewife, was plagued with ill health. He was one of twelve children though only three of his…
Early Life The English actor John Le Mesurier was born on 5 April 1912 in Bedford. He was christened John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley by his parents, Charles Elton Halliley, a solicitor, and Amy Michelle (née Le Mesurier). The affluent Halliley family settled in Bury St Edmunds whilst John was still a young child. He…
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…
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