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Letters From Baghdad
''Letters from Baghdad'' is a 2016 documentary film about the life and work of Gertrude Bell. It was executive produced by Tilda Swinton, who also provides voiceover work as Bell. Cast Voice-overs * Tilda Swinton as Gertrude Bell (older) * Rose Leslie as Gertrude Bell (younger) * Paul McGann as Henry Cadogan (son of Frederick William Cadogan) * Pip Torrens as 'Dick' Doughty-Wylie * Robert Ian Mackenzie as Winston Churchill * Richard Poe as Standard Oil Man * Nicholas Hunt as British ambassador to Turkey Louis du Pan Mallet * Peter Day as Lord Cromer Talking heads * Eric Loscheider as T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) * Helen Ryan as Lady Florence Bell * Rachael Stirling as Vita Sackville-West * Christopher Villiers as Sir Leonard Woolley * Lucy Robinson as Lady Molly Trevelyan * Elizabeth Rider as Lady Elsa Richmond * Michael Higgs as Brigadier Sir Gilbert Clayton * Joanna David as Janet E. Courtney * Jürgen Kalwa as German ambassador Friedrich Rosen * Tom Chadbon as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilda Swinton
Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked her as one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Swinton began her career by appearing in the experimental films ''Caravaggio'' (1986), '' The Last of England'' (1988), ''War Requiem'' (1989), and '' The Garden'' (1990). Swinton won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Isabella of France in ''Edward II'' (1991). She next starred in Sally Potter's ''Orlando'' (1992), for which she was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in '' The Deep End'' (2001). That followed with appearances in ''Vanilla Sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Bell (writer)
Dame Florence Eveleen Eleanore, Lady Bell, (née Olliffe; 9 September 1851 - 16 May 1930) was a British writer and playwright. Biography Bell was born in Paris, France in 1851, the youngest of four children of Irish-born Joseph Francis Olliffe (later Sir Joseph Olliffe) and Laura Cubitt. She was the second wife of Sir Hugh Bell, 2nd Baronet Bell of Rounton Grange, and was styled Lady Bell. The couple had three children: * Hugh Lowthian Bell (21 October 1878 – 2 February 1926) * Florence Elsa Bell (c. 1880 – 3 May 1971, married Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond) * Mary Katherine Bell, OBE (c. 1882 - 8 October 1966, married Charles Philips Trevelyan) Bell was the stepmother to her husband's children from his first marriage: British explorer and key political figure in the Middle East, Gertrude Bell (1868–1926) and Maurice, 3rd Baronet (1871–1944). In 1918 she was appointed as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). She died on 16 May 1930 at her home, 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Havill
Andrew Havill (born 1 June 1965) is an English actor. With an extensive career on screen and stage beginning in the late 1980s, Havill has appeared in more than 40 films and 50 plays. After training in Oxford and London, he began his career in repertory theatre in 1989 and made his screen debut in 1993. Havill has since become a character actor of British costume dramas, with recent work including several credits in Bollywood cinema. Education Havill attended the University of Exeter, where he read English and Drama. He spent four years with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, with roles in London theatre productions including Christopher Short's ''For Those in Peril'' at the Shaw Theatre, ''As You Like It'' at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, and ''Reynard the Fox'' on the Drum Theatre Plymouth and south-west tour. At the Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre, Havill was in ''Henry V'', ''Twelfth Night'', and Ed Kemp's ''A Proper Place''. He spent a further four years wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David George Hogarth
David George Hogarth (23 May 1862 – 6 November 1927), also known as D. G. Hogarth, was a British archaeologist and scholar associated with T. E. Lawrence and Arthur Evans. He was Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford from 1909 to 1927. Hogarth was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the First World War, and served with the Naval Intelligence Division. During 1916, he was the acting director of the Arab Bureau, and was later responsible for delivering the Hogarth message. Early life and education D. G. Hogarth was the son of Reverend George Hogarth, Vicar of Barton-upon-Humber, and Jane Elizabeth (Uppleby) Hogarth. He had a sister three years younger, Janet E. Courtney, an author and feminist. In one of his autobiographical works, Hogarth claimed to be an antiquary who was made so, rather than born to it. He said, "nothing disposed me to my trade in early years." Those years included a secondary education, 1876–1880, at Winchester College, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Chandler
Simon Chandler (born 1953) is a British film, television and theatre actor. He often plays senior establishment figures such as Members of Parliament and senior civil servants. Biography Born in 1953 and educated at Bedford School, Chandler's acting career began in 1976. His first film role was as Private Simmonds in Richard Attenborough's 1977 film '' A Bridge Too Far'' and he provided the voice of Merry in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings''. His most prominent recent film work includes roles in ''Vera Drake'' (2004), '' Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'' (2006), ''The King's Speech'' (2010) and '' The Iron Lady'' (2011). He starred as Ade Rutter in the first series of ''House of Anubis'' and he has taken leading roles in ''Judge John Deed'' and other television dramas, as well as prominent theatre roles. With an acting career spanning almost forty years, his other film and television credits include roles in ''Angels'', '' Another Bouqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentine Chirol
Sir Ignatius Valentine Chirol (28 May 1852 – 22 October 1929) was a British journalist, prolific author, historian and diplomat. Early life He was the son of the Rev. Alexander Chirol and Harriet Chirol . His education was mostly in France and Germany. Growing up in France with his parents, Chirol lived in the city of Versailles, where he also finished secondary school. In 1869, the young Chirol, already bilingual, moved to Germany, residing in a small town near Frankfurt am Main. By 1870, the Franco-Prussian War had broken out, which Chirol experienced from both sides. He returned to Paris in 1871, just in time to see the Germans enter the city. Thanks to his good French and German, he was able to come and go easily passing for a citizen of either side, and he began to acquire his taste for adventure and politics. Given the chaos in France, the Chirols returned to their family home in Hove. In April 1872, Chirol joined the Foreign Office where he worked for until sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Chadbon
Tom Chadbon (born 27 February 1946, in Luton) is an English actor who has spent much of his career appearing on British television. Although principally a character actor, he has occasionally had leading or recurring roles. Chadbon starred in all 10 episodes of '' Crown Prosecutor'' (1995), playing Lenny Monk, and he had substantial recurring roles in ''Chancer'', ''The Liver Birds'', '' Where the Heart Is'', ''Wire in the Blood'', and the 23rd series of ''Casualty'' (as Professor Henry Williams). Chadbon is also recognisable from his featured appearances on many British television shows, including: ''Out of the Unknown'', ''The Stone Tape'', '' Softly, Softly'', ''Blake's 7'', ''Special Branch'', '' Tales of the Unexpected'', ''Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady'', ''The New Statesman'', '' Between the Lines'', ''Peak Practice'', ''Casualty'', ''Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'', ''Silent Witness'', ''The Bill'', ''Holby City'', ''Heartbeat'', ''Foyle's War'', ''Midsomer Murde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Rosen
Friedrich Rosen or Fritz Rosen (Leipzig, August 30, 1856 – November 27, 1935, Beijing) was a German Orientalist, diplomat and politician. From May to October 1921 he was the Foreign Minister of Germany. Background Friedrich Rosen's grandfather, Friedrich Ballhorn-Rosen, was Chancellor of the Principality of Lippe; his father, Georg Rosen, an orientalist, published writings on Islam. However, Georg Rosen decided to enter the diplomatic service of Prussia. He was active as a consul in the Middle East and the Balkans. Friedrich's mother Serena Anna, daughter of Ignaz Moscheles, came from a British scholarly family of Jewish faith (who had converted to Christianity). Early years In this cosmopolitan atmosphere, Friedrich Rosen was born in 1856 in Leipzig. However, he grew up in Jerusalem, where his father was consul. Friedrich Rosen enjoyed an education in four languages (German, English, Arabic and Turkish). He early decided to study modern and oriental languages, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet E
Janet may refer to: Names * Janet (given name) * Janet (French singer) (1939–2011) Surname * Charles Janet (1849–1932), French engineer, inventor and biologist, known for the Left Step periodic table * Jules Janet (1861–1945), French psychologist and psychotherapist * Maurice Janet (1888–1983), French mathematician * Paul Janet (1823–1899), French philosopher and writer * Pierre Janet (1859–1947), French psychologist, philosopher and psychotherapist * Roberto Janet (born 1986), Cuban hammer thrower Other uses * Janet, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet * Janet (airline), a military transport fleet known for servicing the US Air Force "Area 51" facility * JANET, a high-speed network for the UK research and education community * ''Janet'' (album), by Janet Jackson * ''Janet'' (video), a video compilation by Janet Jackson * Janet, a character in the TV series ''The Good Place'' * Hurricane Janet, 1955 * Janet, a character in the video game ''Brawl Stars ''Brawl Stars'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna David
Joanna David (born Joanna Elizabeth Hacking; 17 January 1947) is an English actress, best known for her television work. Life David was born in Lancaster, England, to Davida Elizabeth (''née'' Nesbitt) and John Almond Hacking. In 1971, she began a relationship with Edward Fox, with whom she has two children: Emilia (born 1974) and Frederick "Freddie" (born 1989). They married in 2004. She is a vice-president of the Theatrical Guild. Career Her first major television role was as Elinor Dashwood in the BBC's 1971 dramatisation of ''Sense and Sensibility'' followed a year later by ''War and Peace'', in which she played Sonya. David also appeared in the TV series ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (BBC), and in two episodes of ''Colditz'', ("Missing, Presumed Dead" and "Odd Man In", 1972) as Cathy Carter, the wife of Flt. Lt. Simon Carter (played by David McCallum). In 1975, she played Theo Dane in the BBC's television adaptation of ''Ballet Shoes'' by Noel Streatfeild. 32 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Clayton
Brigadier-General Sir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton (6 April 1875 – 11 September 1929) was a British Army intelligence officer and colonial administrator, who worked in several countries in the Middle East in the early 20th century. In Egypt, during World War I as an intelligence officer, he supervised those who worked to start the Arab Revolt. In Palestine, Arabia and Mesopotamia, in the 1920s as a colonial administrator, he helped negotiate the borders of the countries that later became Israel, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Early life Born in Ryde, Isle of Wight, Clayton was the eldest son of Lt. Col. William Lewis Nicholl Clayton, and his wife, Maria Martha Pilkington. He was educated at the Isle of Wight College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He become an officer in the Royal Artillery in 1895. He was part of the forces sent to the Sudan during the closing stages of the Mahdist War, seeing action in the Battle of Atbara (1898). He then served in Egypt, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Higgs
Michael Higgs (born 14 February 1962) is an English actor best known for prominent roles in two long-running television series: Eddie Santini in ITV1's ''The Bill'' and Andy Hunter in ''EastEnders'', in addition to an 8-episode stretch as Dr Thomas Waugh in '' Bad Girls''. In 2012–2014 Higgs played Michael Clarke in the BBC sci-fi fantasy series ''Wizards vs Aliens''. Personal life He is married to actress Caroline Catz, whom he met on the set of ''The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused on ...''. They have a son who was born in 2001 and a daughter who was born in 2006. Filmography Films TV Stage References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Higgs, Michael 1962 births Living people People from Birmingham, West Midlands English male soap opera acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
