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Post by ARENA on Dec 8, 2018 7:55:38 GMT
Terence Ivor Grant Morgan (8 December 1921 – 25 August 2005) was an English actor in theatre, cinema and television. He was the nephew of British character actor Verne Morgan. He played many "villain" roles in British film but is probably best remembered for his starring role in the TV historical adventure series Sir Francis Drake. Terence Morgan was born in Lewisham, London.He appeared in 20 films; other notable roles included the villainous brother of the mummy (Rameses VIII) in Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) and the 1967 shocker The Penthouse where he is an estate agent who is forced to watch as his girlfriend is abused by thugs. The Lifetaker in 1976 had him back as the bad guy again where as a wealthy business man he plans ritualistic revenge on his wife and her lover. In 1986 he appeared in a series, King and Castle and in 1993, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. As roles dried up, Morgan bought a small hotel in Hove, Sussex, and ran it for some years before becoming a property developer.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2018 11:11:23 GMT
Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was an Austrian-born Swiss film and stage actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film Judgment at Nuremberg, his second acting role in Hollywood. Born in Austria, his parents were involved in the arts and he grew up surrounded by acting and literature. While he was a child, his family fled to Switzerland in 1938 when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany, and they settled in Zurich. After World War II ended, Schell took up acting or directing full-time. He appeared in numerous German films, often anti-war, before moving on to Hollywood.
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Post by ARENA on Dec 8, 2018 11:47:59 GMT
Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was an Austrian-born Swiss film and stage actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film Judgment at Nuremberg, his second acting role in Hollywood. Born in Austria, his parents were involved in the arts and he grew up surrounded by acting and literature. While he was a child, his family fled to Switzerland in 1938 when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany, and they settled in Zurich. After World War II ended, Schell took up acting or directing full-time. He appeared in numerous German films, often anti-war, before moving on to Hollywood.
View Attachment Good one Jimmy. He had slipped my memory.
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Post by ARENA on Dec 9, 2018 7:26:37 GMT
Alfred Ernest Marples, Baron Marples PC (9 December 1907 – 6 July 1978) was a British Conservative politician who served as Postmaster General and Minister of Transport. After his retirement from active politics in 1974, Marples was elevated to the peerage. His life ended in ignominy, however, after he fled the country to escape various legal and taxation difficulties.When Lord Denning made his 1963 investigation into the security aspects of the Profumo Affair and the rumoured affair between the Minister of Defence, Duncan Sandys, and the Duchess of Argyll, he confirmed to Macmillan that a rumour that Ernest Marples was in the habit of using prostitutes appeared to be true. The story was suppressed and did not appear in Denning's final report.
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Post by themanwhoknewnothing on Dec 9, 2018 9:27:52 GMT
I never knew that.
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Post by ARENA on Dec 10, 2018 5:49:07 GMT
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2018 14:28:15 GMT
Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for appearing in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. The glamourous one of the Hope/Crosby/Lamour trio, object of many a young mans fantasies
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Post by ARENA on Dec 11, 2018 7:21:06 GMT
Michaela Tabb (born 11 December 1967, in Bath, England) is a Scottish professional snooker and pool referee who has established significant milestones for female officials in cue sports. In 2002, Tabb became the first woman to referee at a professional ranking snooker tournament. In 2007, she became the first female referee to take charge of a world-ranking snooker final Although Tabb was born in the south-west of England, her family moved to Scotland when she was three years old. Tabb studied chemistry, biology, and sociology at the University of Glasgow, although she dropped out before receiving her degree. Before becoming a full-time professional referee, she worked as an advertising salesperson and as a job recruitment agent. She was also a sales representative for the Ann Summers lingerie retailer. Tabb resides in Dunfermline, Scotland, with her husband, pool player Ross McInnes, and their two children
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2018 11:14:01 GMT
Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley; December 11, 1944) is an American performer and the top-charting solo female vocalist of the 1960s. She sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s, and is ranked fourth in that decade surpassed by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry", and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", which has become a Christmas standard.
At 4 ft 9 inches tall (approximately 145 cm), she received the nickname Little Miss Dynamite in 1957 after recording the song "Dynamite" and was one of the earliest pop stars to have a major contemporary international following.
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Post by ARENA on Dec 12, 2018 7:07:19 GMT
Denise Coffey (born 12 December 1936, Aldershot, Hampshire) is an English actress, director and playwright. After training at the Glasgow College of Dramatic Art, Coffey began a career in repertory at the Gateway Theatre in Edinburgh, then moved to the Palladium Theatre there. She later worked for the BBC as a radio interviewer, before appearing in London's West End.
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Post by aubrey on Dec 12, 2018 10:17:32 GMT
Denise Coffey (born 12 December 1936, Aldershot, Hampshire) is an English actress, director and playwright. After training at the Glasgow College of Dramatic Art, Coffey began a career in repertory at the Gateway Theatre in Edinburgh, then moved to the Palladium Theatre there. She later worked for the BBC as a radio interviewer, before appearing in London's West End.
I used to love her Do Not Adjust Your Set programme - proto-Python, wit the Bonzos. I must have been about 10.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 10:21:00 GMT
Francis Albert Sinatra (/sɪˈnɑːtrə/; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian Americans, Sinatra began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Sinatra found success as a solo artist after he signed with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the "bobby soxers". He released his debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, in 1946. Sinatra's professional career had stalled by the early 1950s, and he turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best known residency performers as part of the Rat Pack. His career was reborn in 1953 with the success of From Here to Eternity, with his performance subsequently winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sinatra released several critically lauded albums, including In the Wee Small Hours (1955), Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956), Come Fly with Me (1958), Only the Lonely (1958) and Nice 'n' Easy (1960).
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Post by ARENA on Dec 13, 2018 7:31:50 GMT
Lillian Barbara Board, MBE (13 December 1948 – 26 December 1970) was an athlete from Great Britain. She won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and two gold medals at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. Her career was cut short in 1970 when she developed the colorectal cancer that would claim her life within months. In 1956, the family moved to Ealing, west London, where Lillian and Irene, then aged 7, started studying at Drayton Green School.They were my neighbours in the 60s.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2018 10:33:21 GMT
I remember the sad news about Lilian Board. Shows how the treatment of such condition has progressed , today she would probably have survived
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Post by ARENA on Dec 14, 2018 7:31:57 GMT
Rosemary Sutcliff CBE (14 December 1920–23 July 1992) was a British novelist, and writer for children, best known as a writer of historical fiction and children's literature. Although she was primarily a children's author, the quality and depth of her writing also appeals to adults; Sutcliff herself once commented that she wrote "for children of all ages from eight to eighty-eight".
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