Tag: DBE

Edith Evans

(1888–1976) Dame Edith Mary Evans, DBE Filmography as Actress: Tom Jones 1963 Director: Tony Richardson Starring: Albert Finney, Susannah York     The Madwoman of Chaillot 1969 Director: Bryan Forbes Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer   Born February 8 1888 Pimlico, London (England) Died October 14 1976…

Julie Walters

(1950) Dame Julia Mary Walters, DBE Filmography as Actress: Educating Rita 1983 Director: Lewis Gilbert Starring: Michael Caine, Julie Walters   Born February 22 1950 Edgbaston, Birmingham (England) Occupation Actress Awards BAFTA Emmy Awards Golden Globe Laurence Olivier Award Title Dame Commander…

Emma Thompson

(1959) Dame Emma Thompson, DBE Filmography as Actress: The Remains of the Day 1993 Director: James Ivory Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson   Born April 15 1959 Paddington, London (England) Husband (1989-1995) Kenneth Branagh (1960) Occupation Actress Screenwriter Writer Awards Academy Award BAFTA Awards Emmy…

Sybil Thorndike

(1882–1976) Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike, CH, DBE Filmography as Actress: Major Barbara 1941 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison     The Prince and the Showgirl 1957 Director: Laurence Olivier Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier   Born October 24 1882 Gainsborough (England) Died June…

Penelope Wilton

(1946) Dame Penelope Alice Wilton, DBE Filmography as Actress: Match Point 2005 Director: Woody Allen Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson     Born June 3 1946 Scarborough (England) Husband Daniel Massey (1933-1998) Sister-in-law Anna Massey (1937-2011) Husband Ian Holm (1931-2020) Occupation Actress Award Laurence…

May Whitty

(1865–1948) Dame Mary Louise Webster, DBE née Mary Louise Whitty Filmography as Actress: Suspicion 1941 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine     Gaslight 1944 Director: George Cukor Starring: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman   Born June 19 1865…

Joan Plowright

(1929) Dame Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier, DBE Filmography as Actress: Equus 1977 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Richard Burton, Peter Firth     Stalin 1992 Director: Ivan Passer Starring: Robert Duvall, Julia Ormond     Surviving Picasso 1996 Director: James Ivory Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Natascha…

Siân Phillips

(1933) Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips, DBE Filmography as Actress: Clash of the Titans 1981 Director: Desmond Davis Starring: Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom     The Age of Innocence 1993 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer   Born May 14 1933…

Eileen Atkins

(1934) Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBE Filmography as Actress: Equus 1977 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Richard Burton, Peter Firth     The Dresser 1983 Director: Peter Yates Starring: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay     Born June 16 1934 London (England) Occupation…

Diana Rigg

(1938–2020) Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, DBE Filmography as Actress: Julius Caesar 1970 Director: Stuart Burge Starring: Charlton Heston, Jason Robards     Evil Under the Sun 1982 Director: Guy Hamilton Starring: Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith     Witness for the Prosecution 1982…