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Wymark
Wymark is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Jane Wymark (born 1952), English actress *Olwen Wymark (1932–2013), American playwright *Patrick Wymark (1926–1970), born Patrick Carl Cheeseman, an English stage, film and television actor See also *Wymark, Saskatchewan Wymark is a hamlet in Swift Current Rural Municipality No. 137, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 144 in the Canada 2006 Census. The hamlet is located on Highway 628 about ..., hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan * Wymer {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Wymark
Patrick Wymark (11 July 192620 October 1970) was an English stage, film and television actor. Early life Wymark was born Patrick Carl Cheeseman in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. He was brought up in neighbouring Grimsby and frequently revisited the area at the height of his career. He was educated at St Mary's Catholic School and Wintringham Boys' Grammar School in Grimsby, before joining the Royal Navy and serving as a midshipman in the Mediterranean. On leaving the navy, he received a government grant to study at University College London, where he read English and performed in the university's dramatic society. Career Wymark dropped out of university to train at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and making his first stage appearance in a walk-on part in ''Othello'' in 1951. He toured South Africa the following year and then directed plays for the drama department at Stanford University, California. After moving to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Wymar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olwen Wymark
Olwen Margaret Wymark (née Buck, 14 February 1932 – 14 June 2013) was an American writer and playwright. Biography Olwen Margaret Buck was born on 14 February 1932 in Oakland, California, the daughter of Philip W. (a professor of political science) and Barbara (Jacobs) Buck, and the granddaughter of English author W. W. Jacobs. She attended Pomona College from 1949–51 and University College, London from 1951–52. Her most successful play was ''Find Me'' (1977), about mental illness, which is still used as a set text for drama qualifications in UK schools. Others included ''Gymnasium'' (1972), ''Loved'' (1980), ''Best Friends'' (1984), ''Strike Up The Banns'' (1990), and ''Mirror Mirror'' (1992). She also wrote dozens of BBC radio play adaptations, including her 2001 version of Thomas Mann's ''The Magic Mountain''; one of her last works, it starred Paul Scofield in one of his greatest radio roles. Personal life She was married to British actor Patrick Wymark, whom she met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Wymark
Jane Wymark (born 31 October 1952) is an English actress. The daughter of English actor Patrick Wymark (1926–1970) and the American writer and playwright Olwen Wymark, she is best known for playing Morwenna Chynoweth Whitworth (Morwenna Carne by the close of the series) in the 1970s BBC television period drama ''Poldark'' (1977), and more recently as Joyce Barnaby (1997–2011) in the ITV detective series ''Midsomer Murders''. She has appeared in television dramas such as ''The Bass Player and the Blonde'', ''A Touch of Frost'', '' Dangerfield'', ''Lovejoy'' and '' Pie in the Sky''. She also appeared as Jill Mason in the Birmingham Rep Birmingham Repertory Theatre, commonly called Birmingham Rep or just The Rep, is a producing theatre based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England. Founded by Barry Jackson, it is the longest-established of Britain's building-based theatre ... production of '' Equus''. External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wymark, Jane 1952 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wymark, Saskatchewan
Wymark is a hamlet in Swift Current Rural Municipality No. 137, Saskatchewan, Canada. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 144 in the Canada 2006 Census. The hamlet is located on Highway 628 about 2 km north of Highway 363, and 15 km south of Swift Current. Etymology Wymark was named after William Wymark Jacobs, an English writer best known for his 1902 story ''The Monkey's Paw''. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wymark had a population of 148 living in 54 of its 57 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 138. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. See also * List of communities in Saskatchewan * Hamlets of Saskatchewan In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
