|
|||||
|
Birth Name: Born, Irene Joan Marion Sims Actress Joan Sims was born on 9 May 1930 in Laindon, Essex, where her father was the stationmaster. Known to millions for her roles in the Carry On movies, she died at the age of 71. “To me she was the last of the great Carry On’s. She was there [...] Continue reading this article Joan Sims Margaret Rose Mount (Peggy Mount) – born in Leigh on Sea, Essex – 2nd May 1916 – 13th November 2001. She had an unhappy and poverty stricken childhood. Peggy and her sister were brought up by their mother, after her father died when she was tem. She later described her mother as “not a nice woman”. [...] Continue reading this article Peggy Mount Dame Helen Mirren DBE was born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov on July 26, 1945, in Ilford, Essex, England. Helen’s grandfather Piotr Vasilievich Mironoff was a Tsarist (White Russian) aristocrat who was in London negotiating an arms deal for the World War I when the 1917 Russian Revolution stranded him there. His wife and son (Helen’s father) [...] Continue reading this article Helen Mirren Denise van Outen was born Denise Outen in 1974 and lived in Basildon, Essex. She added the ‘van’ later on to make her name more interesting and also because she has Dutch roots. She is a television host and stage actress, with her most famous roles being a presenter for ‘The Big Breakfast’ and as [...] Continue reading this article Denise van Outen Jamie Huggins, 25, of Barncombe Close, Benfleet, is a former Appleton School pupil. He plays a medieval peasant in Helen Mirren’s latest film, ‘Inkheart’. As all the main actors had already shot their parts, he was stunned when she visited the set at Shepperton Studios, Middlesex. She had made the trip to see the rest [...] Continue reading this article Helen Mirren visit Helen Mirren won two Golden Globes for The Queen and Elizabeth I and also won two SAG awards the same year for the same roles. This makes her the third actress to win two Golden Globes in the same year, and the first ever to win for both leading roles in TV and film in [...] Continue reading this article Helen Mirren's Golden Globes Essex girl Danniella Westbrook visited her home county, Chelmsford, yesterday to sign copies of her new book ‘The other side of Nowhere’. The book was published on Monday and portrays her successful fight against cocaine addiction Thursday 30th March 2006. Share this: April 2001 saw Denise Van Outen first play Roxie Hart of the hit West End show, ‘Chicago’ at the Adelphi Theatre. She did a 20 week run and the show was a sellout – Denise very much suited the sexy show and was a hit. She then played the part over in Broadway for 5 [...] Continue reading this article Denise van Outen in Chicago |
|||||
|
Copyright © 2012 Sandra M Dean - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
