Lou Gish (27 May 1967 – 20 February 2006) was an English

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, film and television actress.

Biography

She was born Louise Mikel Henrietta Marie Curram in 1967, the elder daughter of actors Sheila Gish and

Roland Curram Roland Kingsford Bernard Curram (6 June 1932 – 1 June 2025) was an English actor and author. Career Curram was educated at Brighton College and has had a long film, television and theatre career. His appearances include Julie Christie's trave ...

. She was raised in London and originally wanted to be an artist rather than an actor. She trained in

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and earned a bachelor's degree at the Camberwell College of Arts. A role in a play in Paddington brought her to the attention of an agent, and this convinced her to follow her family into a career in the theatre, taking roles on stage, in television series, and in film. She appeared with her sister, Kay Curram, in ''

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'' at the

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in 2005. Gish was in a relationship with actor Nicholas Rowe from 2000 until her death from cancer at the age of 38 in February 2006. Her death came less than a year after that of her mother, who also died of cancer. Both she and her mother are buried on the eastern side of

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Film and television career

* '' Amazed'' - "Kara Smith" (1983) * '' Game On'' - "Bruce Willis & Robert De Niro Holding a Fish" (1996) * '' Holding the Baby'' (1997) * '' Bent'' (1997) * '' Microsoap'' (1998) * '' Hope and Glory'' (1999) * ''

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'' - "Blood Brothers" (2000) * ''

Without Motive ''Without Motive'' is a British crime drama series broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV, starring Ross Kemp as the protagonist, Detective Constable Jack Mowbray, a born and bred Bristol detective whose world is turned upside down when he is assign ...

'' (2000) * '' Where the Heart Is'' - "Runaways" (2001) * ''

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'' (2001–2002) * '' The Vice'' - "One More Time" (2002) * '' Wire in the Blood'' - "Shadows Rising" (2002) * ''

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'' - "High Anxiety" (2004) * ''

'' - "Love's Labours ... Lost" (2004) * ''

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'' (2004–2005) * ''

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'' (2005)

Theatrical career

* ''Tejas Verdes'' (Gate Theatre 2005) * ''

'' (

2005, as Goneril)

References

External links

* 1967 births 2006 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery English stage actresses Deaths from cancer in England English television actresses English film actresses Actresses from London {{England-actor-stub