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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 Richard (Samuel) Attenborough was born on 29 August 1923 in Cambridge. He was the eldest of the three sons of Mary and Frederick Levi Attenborough. His father was a scholar and academic at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. While he was still a young child the family moved to Leicester. His mother, a…
Early Life Christopher Lee was born on 27 May 1922 in Belgravia, London. He was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Trollope Lee, and his wife, Countess Estelle Marie (née Carandini di Sarzano), who was born into Italian nobility. He had a sister, Xandra, who was 5 years older. Lee’s parents separated when he was…
Early Life The British actor, director, and producer John Mills was born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills on 22 February 1908 in North Elmham, Norfolk. Mills grew up in Felixstowe, Suffolk, where his father was a maths teacher, and his mother was a theatre box office manager. He had a sister, Annette, some 13 years older,…
Early Life and Career The actor, author, and theatre director, Anthony Quayle was born in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire on 7 September 2013. He was the only child of Arthur and Esther Quayle, who christened him John Anthony. His lawyer father, a big fan of the theatre, often took his son to see stage performances in…
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…
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