- Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 - 11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. Olivier's Academy acknowledgments are considerable—fourteen Oscar nominations, with two wins for Best Actor and Best Picture for the 1948 film "Hamlet", and two honorary awards including a statuette and certificate. He was also awarded five Emmy awards from the nine nominations he received. - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. Lloyd Webber has enjoyed great popular success, with several musicals that have run for more than a decade both on Broadway and in the West End. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. He has also gained a number of honours, … - Cameron Mackintosh
Sir Cameron Mackintosh (born 17 October, 1946) is a successful British theatrical producer. Born in Enfield, London to a Scottish father and a Maltese mother, Mackintosh was raised in his mother's Roman Catholic faith and educated at Prior Park College in Bath. His younger brother, Robert Mackintosh, also is a producer. After early productions such as "Anything Goes", "Side By Side By Sondheim", "The Card", … - Connie Fisher
Connie Fisher (born June 17,1983) is an actress and singer, who won the BBC One talent contest, "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?" Fisher was delighted to be named Maria: "I feel on top of the world, thanks very much. I won't let you down. Every night will be an opening night. Thanks for making my dreams come true." On 15 November 2006, she opened to good reviews in the part of Maria von Trapp in "The Sound of Music" in the West End, … - Bill Kenwright
Bill Kenwright CBE (born 4 September, 1945, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is an actor and producer. He attended Booker Avenue County Primary School, and then Liverpool Institute High School 1957 to 1964 and appeared in school productions (including Shylock in Merchant of Venice) on the stage in the Mount St. building (predecessor to LIPA. He was also treasurer of the Christian Union at school. As a young man, he became an actor. - Lee Hall
Lee Hall (born 1966) is an English playwright and screenplay writer. Hall's most commercially successful work is "Billy Elliot", the story of a young boy in the north of England who, in the face of opposition from his family and community, aspires to be and ultimately becomes a ballet dancer. Initially a film (1999) directed by Stephen Daldry for which Hall wrote the screenplay, and for which he received an Oscar nomination, … - Jonathan Kent
Jonathan Kent (born 1946, South Africa) is an English theatre director and opera director. He is most well known as one of the director/producer partners of London's Almeida Theatre between 1990 to 2002. After an upbringing in South Africa, where he went to school at Diocesan College, he came to London in the 1970s and trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Working under Giles Havergal and Phillip Prowse at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre, … - Maria Friedman
Maria Friedman (born Switzerland, 1960) is a musical theatre actress who has worked on both the Broadway and West End stages as well as television. - Darius Danesh
Darius Danesh (born 19 August 1980 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a songwriter, platinum recording artist and acclaimed West End stage actor, well-known from the British TV hit shows "Popstars", and "Pop Idol", the latter being the model from which "American Idol" was born. His first, self-penned single, "Colourblind", entered the UK singles chart at number one, … - Summer Strallen
Summer Strallen is a British actress who has performed various roles on stage and screen. She is currently performing inWest End production of "The Drowsy Chaperone" which opened on June 14, 2007. She will play the role of Janet van de Graaff originally created by Sutton Foster in the original production on Broadway. Summer is the sister of fellow actress Scarlett Strallen who is currently playing Mary Poppins in the west end and the niece of Bonnie Langford. - Ruthie Henshall
Valentine Ruth Henshall (born March 7, 1967), known as Ruthie Henshall, is a British singer, dancer and actress. She was born in Bromley, London, England. Henshall's early ambition was to be a ballet dancer, but she lacked the necessary physique. At the age of 19, after studying at the Laine Theatre Arts drama school in Epsom, … - Willy Russell
William Martin Russell (born 23 August 1947 in Whiston, Merseyside) is a British playwright, author, lyricist and composer. - Janet McTeer
Janet McTeer (born May 8, 1961) is an award-winning British actress from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts Janet McTeer began her successful theatrical career with the Royal Exchange Theatre. Her television work includes the BBC production of Nigel Nicolson's book "Portrait of a Marriage" in which she played Vita Sackville-West and the popular ITV series "The Governor" written by Lynda La Plante. - Denise van Outen
Denise van Outen (born Denise Outen on May 27, 1974) is an English television host and stage actress. Her most famous roles have been as a presenter for "The Big Breakfast" and as Roxie in the musical "Chicago" on both West End and Broadway. - Arlene Phillips
Arlene Phillips OBE (born 1944 in Manchester, Lancashire, England) is a British choreographer working in many fields of dance. Phillips trained as a dancer at the Muriel Tweedy School of Dance. She is the creator of Hot Gossip (1975), a group which changed the style of dance on British television. Responsible for the original choreography of many West End and Broadway shows, numerous music videos, commercials and TV shows. - Ivor Novello
David Ivor Davies (January 15, 1893 - March 6, 1951), better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the early 20th century. - Douglas Hodge
Douglas Hodge (born 1960 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK) is a British actor. Some of his TV appearances include leading roles in "Bliss", "Middlemarch, "The Uninvited", "The Scold's Bridle", "Shockers: Dance", "The Law", "The Russian Bride", "Capital City" and "Red Cap". Hodge has also achieved great success on stage as a performer recently in the work of playwright Harold Pinter (e.g., … - Kerry Ellis
Kerry Ellis (born May 6, 1979) is an English stage actress who is currently starring in the lead role of Elphaba in the West End production of the musical "Wicked" after taking over the role from Idina Menzel, for whom she originally served as standby. Among her previous notable roles are as Fantine in the West End production of "Les Miserables" and as Meat in the original London production of "We Will Rock You". - Alexander Hanson
Alexander Hanson is a British stage actor who is currently starring in the high-profile West End revival of "The Sound of Music" as Captain Georg Von Trapp. He was brought in to replace Simon Shepherd, who bowed out of the show during previews. Alexander had previously originated the role of Khashoggi in London's "We Will Rock You" but left the production after seven months. Alexander is an alumnus of Guildhall School of Music and Drama. - John Gordon Sinclair
John Gordon Sinclair (born 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish actor most famous for playing Gregory in "Gregory's Girl" (1981), when he was 19 years old. He reprised the role nearly two decades later in "Gregory's Two Girls". He has continued to act on stage and screen. Other roles include parts in "Goodbye Mr Steadman", "Mad About Alice" and "Roman Road". - Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw, CBE (Hon) (born 10 July, 1955 or 1958) is a leading Irish actress who regularly appears in London theatre, although to international audiences she is probably most familiar for her minor role in the "Harry Potter" films. She has been regarded as one of the finest classical actresses of her generation. Shaw was awarded an honorary CBE in 2001. - David Horovitch
David Horovitch (born 11 August 1945) is an English actor best known for playing the character of Inspector Slack in "Miss Marple". David Horovitch trained at the Central School for Speech and Drama in the 1960's. He has played many roles on popular british TV shows in the past 40 years including: "The New Avengers", "Hold the Back Page", "Bulman, "Boon, "Agatha Christie's Poirot", "Love Hurts", "Westbeach", … - Linzi Hateley
Linzi Hateley (born October 23, 1970 in Birmingham) is an English stage actress who is currently starring as one of the leads in the West End production of the musical "Mamma Mia!". Her performance as Donna started on March 5, 2007. As a child Hately attended Italia Conti Academy. She appeared as one of the orphans in the stage musical Annie and on television in several episodes of the BBC children's series Grange Hill. - Steven Pacey
Steven Pacey (born 5 June 1957 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire) is an English actor, best known for his role as Del Tarrant in the third and fourth seasons of the sci-fi series Blake's 7. Other notable television appearances include "Heartbeat", "Lovejoy", " M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team", "Murder in Mind", "Pie in the Sky" and "Spooks". - Adrian Noble
Adrian Keith Noble (born 19 July 1950) was the Artistic Director and Chief Exectutive of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1990 to 2003. After he graduated from the Chichester High School he studied at the university of Bristol. He began his professional career as a director at the London Drama Centre. In 1976 he moved on to the Bristol Old Vic and working at the same time for the TV. From 1980 till 1981 he worked at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, … - David Haig
David Haig (September 20, 1955) is an English actor and writer. He is known for his versatility, having been successfully cast in dramatic, serio-comic and comedic roles, playing characters of varied social classes. He has appeared in stage productions all over the West End and has done numerous TV and film roles over the past 20 years. - Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (November 5 1913 - July 8 1967) was an English actress. She won two Academy Awards for playing "southern belles": Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (1939) and Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), a role she had also played in London's West End. She was a prolific stage performer, frequently in collaboration with her husband, Laurence Olivier, who directed her in several of her roles. - John Napier
John Napier (born 1 March, 1944 in London) is a Tony Award-winning set designer for Broadway and London theatrical performances. - Ray Cooney
Ray Cooney (born 1932) is an English playwright and actor, sometimes known as "the master of farce". His biggest success, "Run For Your Wife", lasted nine years in London's West End and is its longest-running comedy. He has had 17 of his plays performed there. - Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford, OBE (born Michael Patrick Dumble-Smith, 19 January 1942 in Salisbury, Wiltshire), is an English actor and singer. He has won critical acclaim and numerous awards during his career, which includes radio, television and stage (including appearing on stage in the West End in London, and on Broadway in New York). Although he most often appears on stage, in musicals such as "Phantom of the Opera" and "Barnum", … - Brian Friel
Brian Friel (born 9 January 1929) is a playwright and director from Northern Ireland. Born in Omagh, County Tyrone, he received his college education at St. Columb's College in Derry and, briefly, the seminary at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, as well as in Belfast. He taught at various schools in and around County Londonderry from 1950 to 1960. - Alan Bates
Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (February 17, 1934 – December 27, 2003) was an English actor. - Binkie Beaumont
Hugh "Binkie" Beaumont (1908-1973) was a British theatre manager. He was one of the most successful manager-producers in the West End during the middle of the 20th century; indeed, the director Tyrone Guthrie commented that, in his prime, Beaumont had the power to make or break just about any theatrical career in London. - Martin Sherman
Martin Sherman (b. 1939, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a screen writer and playwright, the son of Joseph T. Sherman and Julia Shermanof. He is openly gay, and has lived in London since 1980. Sherman attended the Boston University College of Fine Arts, and received a BFA in dramatic arts in 1960. His most successful film was adapted from the original script, Alive and Kicking/Indian Summer, which he authored himself. For Broadway and West End he is best known for Bent, … - Gertrude Lawrence
Gertrude Lawrence (July 4 1898 - September 6 1952) was an actress and musical performer popular in the 1930s and 1940s, appearing on stage in London and on Broadway, and in several films. She is particularly associated with the light comedy of Noel Coward. She was born Gertrude Alexandria Dagmar Lawrence-Klasen, of English and Danish extraction, in London, England, and was a professional performer by the age of ten. - Amanda Holden
Amanda Louise Holden (born 16 February 1971 in Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire) is an English actress. She made her television debut as an unsuccessful contestant on the long-running ITV series "Blind Date". Amanda trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. - Sam Kelly
Sam Kelly (born 19 December 1943 in Manchester) is an English actor. He appeared in "On The Up" as Tony Carpenter's (Dennis Waterman) butler and has had innumerable roles in British sitcoms such as "'Allo 'Allo!" (Captain Hans Geering), "Porridge" (Bunny Warren) and "We'll Think of Something" (Les Brooks). From 1995 to 2003, he played Barbara's husband Ted in sitcom "Barbara". - Gavin Lee
Gavin Lee (born October 15 1972) is a British actor currently starring as Bert in "Mary Poppins" at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway, which began previews in October 2006 and officially opened on November 16, 2006. He was chosen for this role because of his critically-acclaimed performance as Bert in the West End production of "Mary Poppins" at Prince Edward Theatre. - Scarlett Strallen
Scarlett Strallen is a British actress who is currently playing the title role of the West End production of "Mary Poppins". This is her second run in this musical, as she had previously been involved in the show from the end of 2005 to replace Laura Michelle Kelly, but left in November 2006 to join the The Royal Shakespeare Company's musical production of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" in Stratford. She returned to "Mary Poppins" on May 21 2007. - Preeya Kalidas
Preeya Kalidas (born 1980) is a British actress and musical theatre performer. Born in Twickenham, Middlesex, she started ballet classes at the age of three and tap at five, and then trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London. After a number of parts in films and on television, including "East is East","The Bill", "My Family" and "Casualty", …
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