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Hazel Malone Management
Hazel Malone Management was a British-based talent agency. It represented some of the top British actors and actresses from the 1960s to the 1980s. The agency was established in 1961, and was run by Hazel Malone herself until her death on April 2, 1995. Background Prior to establishing her agency, Hazel Malone had worked with her sisters, Rona and Muriel Knight, running a dance academy in Chiswick. One of their first major projects was forming the singing/dancing group the “Corona Babes” in the 1930s. She later married Danny Malone and had one son with him, Cavan Malone. In 1961, after returning from a world wide tour with her music group, Hazel established a talent agency for adults and all the young actors and actresses who had completed their education at the Corona Academy Stage School (which was run by her sister, Rona Knight). The agency quickly flourished, and eventually Hazel moved into the West End with her headquarters based in the Clarendon House on 11 Clifford Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It shares Anglo-Scottish border, a land border with Scotland to the north and England–Wales border, another land border with Wales to the west, and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, the largest city and the Capital city, capital. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic. It takes its name from the Angles (tribe), Angles, a Germanic peoples, Germanic tribe who settled du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard O'Sullivan
Richard O'Sullivan (born 7 May 1944) is an English comedy actor. He is known for his role as Robin Tripp in the TV sitcoms ''Man About the House'' (1973–1976) and '' Robin's Nest'' (1977–1981) and as the title character in the period adventure series ''Dick Turpin'' (1979–1982). He also starred in '' Doctor at Large'' (1971), '' Doctor in Charge'' (1972–1973), '' Alcock and Gander'' (1972), ''Me and My Girl'' (1984–1988) and '' Trouble In Mind'' (1991). Early life O'Sullivan was born in 1944 to John and Ellen O'Sullivan (née Fleming) in Chiswick, where he grew up with his younger brother. His early education was at St John the Evangelist's RC Primary School in Brentford, Middlesex. After a family holiday in Ireland as a boy, he returned with a strong Irish accent and was sent to the Corona Theatre School to soften it. He appeared in his first film at the age of eight. Career as child actor O'Sullivan's first film appearance was as an extra playing one of the childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Glendenning
Candace Glendenning (born 9 August 1953) is a retired English actress, known for her work in the horror film genre in the 1970s as a "scream queen". She also had a career in British television throughout the late 60s to early 80s. Career Glendenning began her career as a child actress in 1968 and made her final feature film appearance in the 1976 independent horror film, '' Satan's Slave''. This turned out to be her biggest starring role, an independent and spirited young woman who, having been orphaned in a car accident, is taken in by necromancer relatives who intend to use her as a human sacrifice. Glendenning's performance was well received by critics, but the film itself garnered mixed reviews and failed to turn a profit. She continued to steadily work in television roles throughout the 1970s. In 1980, she appeared on five episodes of the BBC series ''Flesh and Blood'', in which she played an elegant secretary. She was also reunited with Michael Jayston, who had played her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan George (actress)
Susan Melody George (born 26 July 1950) is an English film and television actress. She is best known for appearing in films such as '' Straw Dogs'' (1971) with Dustin Hoffman, '' Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry'' (1974) with Peter Fonda, and '' Mandingo'' (1975) with Ken Norton. In the early 1970s, George came to be associated with rather provocative, sometimes (as in ''Straw Dogs'') controversial roles and became typecast. Cinema writer Leslie Halliwell's rather terse summary of her career was: "British leading lady, former child actress; usually typed as sexpot". Her lighter side was apparent in some of her TV appearances, such as in an episode ("The Gold Napoleon") of ''The Persuaders'' (1971) with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis. In 1988, George marked her film-producing debut with '' Stealing Heaven''. Early life She was born in Surbiton, Surrey, to Billie and Norman George, with sister, Pamela Anne George. She has recalled many holidays at the caravan park in Font-y-Gary in South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Geeson
Sarah Louise Clouston Geeson (born 23 June 1950), known professionally as Sally Geeson, is an English actress with a career mostly on television in the 1970s. She is best known for playing Sid James's daughter, Sally, in '' Bless This House'' and for her roles in ''Carry On Abroad'' (1972) and ''Carry On Girls'' (1973). She also starred alongside Norman Wisdom in the film '' What's Good for the Goose'' (1969), and appeared with Vincent Price in two horror films, '' The Oblong Box'' (1969) and '' Cry of the Banshee'' (1970). Early life Geeson's father was an editor for the National Coal Board magazine while her mother worked in the box office at the London Coliseum cinema. Career Geeson studied at Corona Stage Academy from 1957 to 1966, during which time she played small non-speaking roles in several movies, including '' Expresso Bongo'' (1959), ''The Millionairess'' (1960), '' Spare the Rod'' (1961), '' The Young Ones'' and ''Carry On Regardless'' (1961). She played a schoolgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Geeson
Judith Amanda Geeson ( ; born 10 September 1948) is an English film, stage, and television actress. She began her career primarily working on British television series, with a leading role on '' The Newcomers'' from 1965 to 1967, before making her major film debut in ''To Sir, with Love'' (1967). She starred in a range of films throughout the 1970s, from crime pictures to thriller and horror films, including '' The Executioner'' (1970), '' 10 Rillington Place'' (1970), '' Fear in the Night'' (1972), '' Brannigan'' (1975), and '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1976). She played heiress Caroline Penvenen from 1975-1977 in the BBC series '' Poldark''. Geeson appeared in several stage productions in the 1980s, including two for the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as an Off-Broadway production of ''The Common Pursuit'' (1986). After relocating to the United States she returned to television, playing the recurring character of Maggie Conway in the American series '' Mad About You'' from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynne Frederick
Lynne Frederick (25 July 1954 – 27 April 1994) was an English actress and model. In a career spanning ten years, she made over thirty appearances in film and television productions. She often played the girl next door and performed in a range of genres, from contemporary science fiction to slasher horror, romantic dramas, classic westerns, and occasional comedies, although her greater successes were in period films and costume dramas. In 1980, after the death of her husband, Peter Sellers, she came to national attention over the nature of his controversial will, in which she was listed as the primary beneficiary. She was publicly criticised, ridiculed and perceived as a gold digger by the press and public. Her career and reputation never recovered from the backlash and she was subsequently blacklisted by Hollywood. She lived out the remainder of her years in California, and kept a low profile until her death in 1994. In the decades since her death, Frederick has steadily at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Dawn Cole
Julie Dawn Cole (born 26 October 1957) is an English actress and psychotherapist. She began her career as a child performer in the 1971 film ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'', playing Veruca Salt. Career Cole was raised in Guildford, Surrey. Cole was 12 when she was cast as Veruca Salt during Willy Wonka’s preproduction phase in the first half of 1970, which was filmed at the Bavaria Film Studios. The film debuted in New York City on 30 June 1971 and in London the following week, and Cole was chosen to present a bouquet of flowers to Princess Margaret at the Royal Premiere. The film's other preadolescent "leading lady", American Denise Nickerson ( Violet Beauregarde), and she had crushes on Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket), also an American, and alternated days spending time with him during breaks in filming.. IMDb The "I Want It Now" sequence was filmed on her 13th birthday and Cole was given three film props: a golden egg prop, a golden ticket, and an Everlasting G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Annis
Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is an English actress. She is known for television roles in '' Reckless'' (1998), '' Wives and Daughters'' (1999), ''Deceit'' (2000), and '' Cranford'' (2007). A six-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won the 1979 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the ITV serial '' Lillie''. Her film appearances include Macbeth (1971), '' Krull'' (1983), ''Dune'' (1984), '' The Debt Collector'' (1999), and '' The Libertine'' (2004). Early life and education Annis was born in Kensington, London, in 1945, to an English father, Lester William Anthony Annis (1914–2001), and a Brazilian-French mother, Mariquita (Mara) Purcell (1913–2009). Both were sometime actors and Mara a sometime singer. Mara was from a wealthy Brazilian family. The Annises moved to Brazil when Francesca was one year old, and spent six years there, returning to England when she was seven. In recollecting the years in Brazil, she described her parents as running "a nightclub on Copacabana b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Young (actor)
Nicholas John Young (born 11 June 1949) is a British actor. He is perhaps most well known for playing the role of John in the 1970s British children's science fiction TV series ''The Tomorrow People''. He played a different role, Prof. Aldus Crick, in the show's 2013 American remake. He also appeared as Franz Hoss in the BBC television series '' Kessler'' (1981). Career Young was cast as John, the lead role in the ITV children's science fiction series ''The Tomorrow People'' in 1973. He was the only cast member (other than Philip Gilbert) to remain with the series for its entirety. The series ended in 1979. Young's other roles include appearances in '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', ''Crown Court'', and '' Space: 1999'' (in the two-part episode " The Bringers of Wonder"). He had uncredited roles in the films '' To Sir With Love'' (1967) and '' The Day of the Jackal'' (1973). Forty years after he starred in the original series, Young had a guest role in the short-lived 2013 US re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Witty
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as "Chris", "Topher", and sometimes " Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. Within the United Kingdom, the name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland. Cognates in other languages *Afrikaans: Christoffel, Christoforus *Albanian: Kristofer, Kristofor, Kristoforid, Kristo *Arabic: كريستوفر (''Krīstafor, Kristūfar, Krístufer''), اصطفر (''ʔi� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman (24 February 1948 – 8 May 2022) was an English actor and singer. He was best known for his tough-guy leading roles in television series including ''The Sweeney'', ''Minder (TV series), Minder'' and ''New Tricks'', singing the theme tunes of the latter two. Waterman's acting career spanned 60 years, starting with his childhood roles in film and theatre, and adult roles in film, television and West End theatre. He was known for the range of roles he played, including drama (''Up the Junction (film), Up the Junction''), horror (''Scars of Dracula''), adventure (''Colditz (1972 TV series), Colditz''), comedy (''Fair Exchange (TV series), Fair Exchange''), comedy-drama (''Minder''), musical (''Windy City (musical), Windy City'') and sport (''The World Cup: A Captain's Tale''). He appeared in 29 films, the last being released in 2020. Early life and education Waterman was born on 24 February 1948, as the youngest of nine children to Rose Juliana (née Saunders) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
