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Post by aubrey on Apr 13, 2017 15:57:07 GMT
Yes yes yes!!! Anyway: Samuel Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. He is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century. He is the only Nobel Prize winner to be given an obituary in Wisden.  At Lords, watching England play Australia, a friend ventured that it was "the sort of day that makes you glad to be alive," to which Beckett replied: "Oh, I don't think I'd go quite so far as that." |
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Post by marispiper on Apr 13, 2017 16:11:31 GMT
I sat alongside Elspeth Gray in a restaurant a few years back. I really enjoyed eavesdropping - such a lovely voice!
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Post by marispiper on Apr 13, 2017 16:18:41 GMT
Conrad Phillips (born 13 April 1930) is a British film and television actor, born in London. His real name is Conrad Philip Havord. He studied at RADA and then appeared in repertory theatre and in the West End. He is best known for portraying William Tell in the popular ITV television series The Adventures of William Tell which ran for 39 episodes from 1958 to 1959.  Is it worth my while continuing this list?I thought that was a joke! It is one of my favourite threads, with lots of likes from me at least. That may not mean that it's worth your while though, if its a bit of a task ! Thanks anyway Arena for Remember. |
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Post by rondetto on Apr 13, 2017 16:32:59 GMT
I find it interesting. I like watching old b/w films from the 40's and 50's and always look on IMDB to see if any of the actors
are still living. I watched Halfway house the other day and saw that Glynis Johns is still alive at 93. She married Anthony Forwood the actor who after divorcing Glynis Johns lived with his partner Dirk Bogarde.
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Post by ARENA on Apr 14, 2017 7:55:29 GMT
Valerie Hobson (14 April 1917 – 13 November 1998) was a British actress who appeared in a number of British films during the 1940s and 1950s. She was born Babette Valerie Louise Hobson in Larne, County Antrim, Ireland. She appeared as Baroness Frankenstein in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive. After Profumo's ministerial career ended in disgrace in 1963, following revelations he had lied to the House of Commons about his affair with Christine Keeler, Hobson stood by him; and they worked together for charity for the remainder of her life, though she did miss their more public life.  |
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Post by aubrey on Apr 14, 2017 8:01:22 GMT
I'm an idiot, but I'd never made that link before - James Whale and Elsa Lanchester to Profumo. Thanks.
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Post by marispiper on Apr 14, 2017 8:04:03 GMT
I wonder why she chose Valerie over Babette? Maybe just our view of names of that age, eh?
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Post by clioseward on Apr 14, 2017 9:33:55 GMT
I read this column first, every day.
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Post by ARENA on Apr 15, 2017 8:18:36 GMT
Samantha Karen "Sam" Fox (born 15 April 1966) is an English dance-pop singer, actress, and former glamour model. In 1983, at the age of 16, she began her topless modelling career on Page Three of The Sun, and went on to become a popular pin-up girl. In 1986, she launched her pop music career with her debut single "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)", which became a Number 1 hit in 17 countries. On 2 August 2015, Fox's long-term partner, Stratton, died following a two-year battle with cancer. She was 60 years old. Fox announced the news via Twitter and Facebook: "It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Myra Stratton. She was Samantha Fox's partner and manager for the past 16 years.  |
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Post by ARENA on Apr 16, 2017 8:05:23 GMT
Vince Hill (born Vincent Hill, 16 April 1937, Holbrooks, Coventry, England) is an English traditional pop music singer, songwriter and record producer. Hill first sang professionally in a public house called The Prospect in Margate, Kent, when he was fifteen years old. But the decision to become a full time musician came after he had worked as baker, truck driver, and coal miner. In 2004, Hill was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent successful keyhole surgery. A year later, following a routine blood test, it was discovered he also had chronic myeloid leukaemia. Following extensive treatment, the illness was brought under control.  |
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Post by aubrey on Apr 16, 2017 8:10:47 GMT
Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, various short stories, radio and television scripts, along with works of social and literary criticism. In 2008, The Times ranked Kingsley Amis thirteenth on their list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. By Terence Donovan:  |
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Post by aubrey on Apr 16, 2017 8:13:16 GMT
Just beat me, Arena.
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Post by marispiper on Apr 16, 2017 8:38:23 GMT
I like his son's writing too 😃
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Post by aubrey on Apr 16, 2017 9:12:54 GMT
I like his son's writing too 😃 I like his non-fiction better than his novels, which I've never wanted to re-read. Kingsley's I feel I could read over and over. Kingsley is a virtuoso, same as Martin is, but he hides it. Martin's book Experience is really good though - I will definitely read that again. |
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Post by ARENA on Apr 17, 2017 8:17:23 GMT
Hayley Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, and sister of actress Juliet Mills, Mills began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising newcomer, winning the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for Tiger Bay (1959), the Academy Juvenile Award for Pollyanna (1960).On 18 April 2008, Mills was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had surgery and started, but quickly abandoned, chemotherapy after only three sessions due to the severity of side effects. Mills credits her survival to the alternative treatments she tried out, beating the disease into remission. She told Good Housekeeping magazine in January 2012 that she had fully recovered.  |
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