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A Masculine Ending
''A Masculine Ending'' is a novel by Joan Smith. It was first published in 1987 by British firm Faber and Faber. 1992 Television Adaptation The story was adapted for television in 1992. The cast included: * Janet McTeer – Loretta Lawson *Imelda Staunton – Bridget Bennet * Paul Brooke – Humphrey Morris *Suzanna Hamilton – Veronica Puddephat *Joanna McCallum – Miriam Morris * Kevin McNally – Andrew Gardner * Bill Nighy – John Tracey * Clarke Peters – Theo Sykes *Greg Wise – Jamie Baird *Buki Armstrong - Bethany Edwards *Charlotte Cornwell – Insp. Parkinson *Matyelock Gibbs - Elizabeth Grant *Peter Lovstrom - Arthur Goodchild *Andrew Seear - Coroner * Richard Vernon – Miriam's father *Phillip Anthony - Mr Koogan * Yves Aubert as French porter * Nigel Bradshaw - Hugh Puddephat * Lucy Briers - Student *Lolita Chakrabarti - Sue *Sophia Diaz - Sylvie *Jennifer Gibson - Melanie Gandell * Toby Whithouse - Student *Harry Davenport, Kate McEnery, Simon Owen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarke Peters
Peter Clarke (born April 7, 1952), known professionally as Clarke Peters, is an American-British actor, writer, and director. He is best known for his roles as Lester Freamon in the television series ''The Wire'' (2002–2008) and Albert Lambreaux in the television series '' Treme'' (2010–2013). Peters is also known for his roles in the films ''Endgame'' (2009), ''John Wick'' (2014), '' Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' (2017), '' Harriet'' (2019), and ''Da 5 Bloods'' (2020), the lattermost of which earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Early life Peters was born Peter Clarke, the second of four sons, in New York City, and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. At the age of 12, he had his first theater experience, in a school production of ''My Fair Lady''. He began to have serious ambitions to work in the theater at the age of 14. He graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1970. Career Shortly before he left for Paris, Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Crime Novels
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, 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 *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 British Novels
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Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon (company), Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate McEnery
Julie May Peasgood (born 28 May 1956 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) is an English actress, television presenter, author and voiceover artist known for her distinctive voice. She is best known for her role as Fran Pearson in the television soap ''Brookside'' (1991–93). She later played Jo Steadman in ''Emmerdale'' in 1997 and Jacqui Hudson in ''Hollyoaks'' from 2001 to 2002. Biography Peasgood was born to working-class parents from Northern England. Her mother had started work as a tightrope walker and juggler in Bertram Mills Circus. There she had met her father, who was a welfare officer for the Grimsby Dock Labour Board. Peasgood was educated at Grimsby's Wintringham School. After leaving school she worked in a fish and chip shop in Cleethorpes before training at the Arts Educational School in Golden Lane, London. She left the school shortly before her course finished to take the title role in 'Cherryripe and the Lugworm Digger', which was the first in the series 'Seven Face ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Whithouse
Toby Lawrence Whithouse (; born 5 July 1970) is an English actor, screenwriter and playwright. His highest-profile work has been the creation of the BBC Three supernatural television series '' Being Human''. He also created the Channel 4 television comedy-drama series ''No Angels'', the BBC America/BBC Two espionage drama series '' The Game'' and has written seven episodes for BBC One's ''Doctor Who''. His work on ''Doctor Who'' was primarily for the Doctors played by Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi. Early life After initially attending art college (SEEVIC) in Benfleet to become a book illustrator, Whithouse decided to drop out of the course and turn to acting as a profession, training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He was a regular in the cast of the early 1990s BBC One drama series ''The House of Eliott'' and had a small role in the 1993 film '' Shadowlands''. Whithouse also appeared on stage in the West End, co-starring with Gene Wilder in ''Laughter on the 23r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lolita Chakrabarti
Lolita Chakrabarti (born 1 June 1969) is a British actress and writer. Early life Chakrabarti was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, to Bengali Hindu parents from India on 1 June 1969. She grew up in Birmingham, where her father worked as an orthopaedic surgeon at Selly Oak Hospital. Career Acting Chakrabarti graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1990. From 1993 to 1996, she presented the BBC children's educational programme ''Numbertime.'' Her screen credits include ''Vigil'', ''Showtrial'', ''The Wheel of Time'', '' Criminal: UK'', ''Riviera'', '' Delicious'', ''Defending the Guilty'', '' All Is True'', '' Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands'', ''The Casual Vacancy'', ''My Mad Fat Diary'', ''Jekyll and Hyde'', '' Intruders'', ''Bodies'', '' Vera'', '' Outnumbered'', '' Hustle'', ''Born to Kill'', '' Forgiven'', '' Extras Christmas Special'', ''William and Mary'', '' Fortysomething'', ''Holby City'', ''Silent Witness'', and as WPC Jamila Blake in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Briers
Lucy Jane Briers (born 19 August 1967) is an English actress. Her film, stage and television roles have included appearances in '' Pride & Prejudice'' (1995) and sitcom '' Game On''. Early life Briers was born on 19 August 1967 in Hammersmith, London. She is the daughter of the actor Richard Briers and actress Ann Davies. She wanted to be an actress from an early age. Briers attended St Paul's Girls' School, London (1978–85); Lancaster University (where she studied theatre and sculpture); and then a three-year acting course at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and she was a member of the National Youth Theatre.Maureen Pato"Lucy Briers: 'Emphysema robbed my father of his laughter’", telegraph.co.uk, 2 November 2013 As well as acting, Briers plays both the piano and flute. Career Briers played Mary Bennet in the BBC's television adaptation of '' Pride & Prejudice'' (1995). She has narrated the documentary ''The Riddle of Pompeii'', the 2001 series ''Nurses'' and ''Ladett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Bradshaw
Nigel William Bradshaw (born 8 May 1951) is a British-born actor, who is best known for his role as in the Australian television series '' Prisoner'' as Officer Dennis Cruickshank. Career Bradshaw apart from appearing in '' Prisoner'', played Samuel Povey in the (BBC Television) adaptation of Arnold Bennett's ''The Old Wives' Tale'', renamed for television as ''Sophia and Constance''. In the late 1980s he also had a small role in the British soap opera, '' Brookside'' and followed this with a cameo in the Granada TV series, ''Coasting'' in 1990 and ''Peak Practice ''Peak Practice'' is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale—a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District—and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most ...'' in 1998. Filmography Film Television External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradshaw, Nigel Australian male film actors Australian male soap opera actors Livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Vernon
Richard Evelyn Vernon (7 March 1925 – 4 December 1997) was a British actor. He appeared in many feature films and television programmes, often in aristocratic or supercilious roles. Prematurely balding and greying, Vernon settled into playing archetypal middle-aged lords and military types while still in his 30s. He is perhaps best known for originating the role of Slartibartfast in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Other notable roles included Edwin Oldenshaw in ''The Man in Room 17'' (1965–67), Sir James Greenley, alias "C" in ''The Sandbaggers'' (1978–80) and Sir Desmond Glazebrook in ''Yes Minister'' (1980–81) and its sequel series ''Yes, Prime Minister'' (1987). Early life Vernon was born in Kenya in 1925 to British parents. Vernon and his parents moved to Britain in 1937 where Vernon attended Reading School and Leighton Park School (both in Reading, Berkshire). During the Second World War served in the Royal Navy. He trained as an actor at the Central S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Cornwell
Charlotte Cornwell (26 April 1949 – 16 January 2021) was an English actress, singer, and a celebrated teacher of acting on the faculty at the University of Southern California (2003-2012). She began her career as an actress in Richard Cottrell's Cambridge Theatre Company from 1971 through 1975 which was the resident repertory theatre company of both the Bristol Old Vic and the Cambridge Arts Theatre. In 1974 she made her screen debut as Sally Potter in the musical film '' Stardust''. She rose to fame for her portrayal of the drug addicted rock star Anna Wynd in the BAFTA award winning television drama ''Rock Follies'' (1976) in which she was part of a musical trio which also included Julie Covington as Dee and Rula Lenska as Q. The music the three women recorded for this television drama was released as a soundtrack album which reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. Afterwards Cornwell remained active as an actress in both British and American film, television, and the the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
