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Iris Ashley
Iris Blanche Stafford-Northcote (26 December 1909 – 5 January 1994), known as Iris Ashley, was an Irish-born British stage and film actress. Biography She was born in Trellis Cottage, Rushbrooke, Queenstown (now Cobh), County Cork, to English-born parents, Captain Leonard Augustus Stafford Northcote and Lilian Cora Van Praagh. She grew up in England.''1911 England Census'' Her mother was of Dutch descent and her father was a member of the aristocratic Northcote family. Her parents divorced in 1912 after her father abandoned the family and moved to Australia with another woman. Leonard wrote to his wife, "I have cut myself entirely adrift from my former life and thrown in my lot with some one else. Try and not take it too badly, because you will be far better off as regards money, and your only deficiency will be myself. I do not think I shall be much missed.". She made an appearance on the BBC's television game show ''Call My Bluff'' in 1968. Filmography * '' An Obvious Sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotlight (company)
Spotlight is a Casting (performing arts), casting resource in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1927, it has actors, actresses, presenters, dancers, and voice over artists in its database. It is used by thousands of production companies, broadcasters, advertisement agencies, and casting directors. It also hosts a publicContacts Listings section, which lists a variety of professionals which provide services to the entertainment industry. Spotlight has been at the forefront of film, television and theatre casting since 1927. History Spotlight was founded in 1927, when stage manager Keith Moss came up with the Spotlight Directory to connect theatre directors and casting directors with actors. His first directory featured 236 performers and 2 dogs. Rodney Millington joined Spotlight as the managing director, and thanks to his leadership, Spotlight was a casting staple by World War II. It was judged as so essential to this industry (which in itself was significant due to how it b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Song You Gave Me
''The Song You Gave Me'' is a 1933 British musical film directed by Paul L. Stein, and starring Bebe Daniels, Victor Varconi, and Frederick Lloyd. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. p. 79. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Mead. It was distributed in America by Columbia Pictures. It was based on a play by Walter Reisch which had previously been adapted into the 1930 German film '' The Song Is Ended''. Cast *Bebe Daniels as Mitzi Hansen *Victor Varconi as Karl Linden * Frederick Lloyd as Baron Bobo *Claude Hulbert as Tony Brandt *Lester Matthews as Max Winter *Iris Ashley as Emmy * Eva Moore as grandmother *Stewart Granger as waiter *Victor Rietti Victor Rietti (29 February 1888 – 3 December 1963) was an Italian-born actor and director who emigrated to the United Kingdom. He became known through his work in television, especially through the many live television productions of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Stage Actresses
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Irish Film Actresses
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British Film Actresses
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** British Isles, an island group ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** British Empire, a historical global colonial empire ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) * British Raj, colonial India under the British Empire * British Hong Kong, colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 Births
Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escapes death by fleeing across drift ice, ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * January 9 – The British Nimrod Expedition, ''Nimrod'' Expedition to the South Pole, led by Ernest Shackleton, arrives at the Farthest South, farthest south reached by any prior expedition, at 88°23' S, prior to turning back due to diminishing supplies. * January 11 – The International Joint Commission on US-Canada boundary waters is established. * January 16 – Members of the ''Nimrod'' Expedition claim to have found the magnetic South Pole (but the location recorded may be incorrect). * January 24 – The White Star Liner RMS Republic (1903), RMS ''Republic'' sinks the day after a collision with ''SS Florida'' off Nantucket. Almost all of the 1,500 passengers are rescued. * January 28 – The last United States t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amazing Quest Of Ernest Bliss
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Man's Bluff (1936 Film)
Blind man's bluff or Blind Man's Buff may refer to: * Blind man's buff, a children's game related to tag Film and television * ''Blind Man's Bluff'' (1936 film), a British film * ''Blind Man's Bluff'' (1952 film), a 1952 British film directed by Charles Saunders * "Blind Man's Bluff", an episode of the TV series ''All Grown Up!'' * "Blind Man's Bluff", a season 5 episode of the TV series ''Little House on the Prairie'' * "Blind Man's Bluff", two episodes of the TV series ''Gunsmoke'', in season 8 (1963) and season 17 (1972) Paintings * ''Blind Man's Bluff'' (Fragonard, 1750) * ''Blind Man's Buff'' (Fragonard, 1775–1780) * ''Blind Man's Bluff'' (Goya), 1789 * ''Blind-Man's Buff'' (Wilkie), 1812 Other uses * Blind man's bluff (poker), a version of poker * '' Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage'', a 1998 nonfiction book * ''Hasche-Mann'' (Blind Man's Buff), an 1838 piano piece from ''Kinderszenen ' (, "Scenes from Childhood"), Opus nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Give My Heart
''I Give My Heart'' (US-Title: ''The Loves of Madame Dubarry'') is a 1935 British historical film adapted from the stage operetta ''Gräfin Dubarry, The DuBarry'' by Carl Millöcker and arranged by Theo Mackeben. Directed by Marcel Varnel, and produced by Associated British Picture Corporation, British International Pictures (BIP). It is based on the life of Madame Du Barry. Plot Jeanne is a milliner courted by aristocrats. She first has an affair with René, a young writer for Count du Barry. She then marries the Count in order to become Louis XV's mistress. Cast *Gitta Alpar as Madame du Barry *Patrick Waddington as René *Owen Nares as Louis XV of France *Arthur Margetson as Count Du Barry *Margaret Bannerman as Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu, Marechale *Hugh Miller (actor), Hugh Miller as Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, Choiseul *Gibb McLaughlin as De Brissac *Iris Ashley as Margot *Hay Petrie as Cascal *Cicely Paget-Bowman *Philip Ridgeway Critica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me And Marlborough
''Me and Marlborough'' is a 1935 British comedy film, directed by Victor Saville, and starring Cicely Courtneidge, Tom Walls, Barry MacKay, Peter Gawthorne, Henry Oscar and Cecil Parker. Plot Sergeant Cummings searches Kit Ross's pub for a deserter drummer boy. When he finds the lad, Kit leads the pub patrons in attacking the sergeant's men, and the young man gets away, for which she is put in stocks. While there, she plans her impending wedding to Dick Welch. However, Cummings gets his revenge. On the night of the wedding, he tricks Dick into taking a shilling, which means he has enlisted in the army. She watches as a ship takes him to the fighting. Undaunted, she disguises herself as a man named Simon and joins up with the Duke of Marlborough's army in Flanders to find her missing husband. Cast Reception Writing for ''The Spectator'', Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
