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Tony Gardner was born on 10 January 1964 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Last Tango in Halifax (2012), My Parents Are Aliens (1999) and Fresh Meat (2011).- Actor
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Brian Wilde was born on 13 June 1927 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doing Time (1979), Last of the Summer Wine (1973) and Porridge (1974). He was married to Eva Stuart. He died on 20 March 2008 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Actress
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This feisty and very funny British comedienne and musical revue vet with the trademark 60s brunet page-boy haircut, pronounced jaw, and arguably the largest, Bette Davis-like eyes in London was born Shirley Anne Broadbent in Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire on September 14, 1935. The daughter of Hubert Howath Broadbent, an accountant, and wife Connie (Pyke) Broadbent, who greatly prodded her young daughter into becoming a performer, Amanda was named after the Depression-era child star Shirley Temple. Her grandfather was a theatre owner in Ashton-under-Lyne, and young Shirley made her very first appearance there at the age of 3 as a Christmas Tree Fairy.
Not long after this she began training earnestly in singing and in dance, particularly ballet. As a youngster she won a talent-judging contest singing "I'm Just a Little Girl Who's Looking for a Little Boy". She then went on to attend school at St. Anne's College in St. Anne's-on-Sea and later studied acting at the Cone-Ripman School.
After her parents' divorce, the teenager ran away from home and off to London where she lived at the Theatre Girls Club and subsequently found work as a chorus girl. By 1958 she had changed her marquee name to "Amanda Barrie" and made her TV debut with the comedy team of Morecambe and Wise in which her skirt accidentally fell off on live TV. She then took her first West End curtain call in a 1961 production of "Babes in the Wood". Eventually Amanada decided to set her sights beyond a dancing career, and moved more into musical revue work in the hopes for good comedy parts. Finding work as a dancer in cabaret shows and the revue "On the Brighter Side", she also trained at the Bristol Old Vic but did not perform in repertory.
Throughout the 1960s Amanda focused on her musical talents in the West End, and sparkled in a number of comedy shows. In the early part of the decade she hit solid notices with the revues "Six of One" (1963) with Dora Bryan and "See You Inside (1963)". Other stage work (which included occasional drama) came in the form of "Cabaret" (as Sally Bowles), "Private Lives", "Hobson's Choice, "Any Wednesday", "A Public Mischief", "She Loves Me" (replacing Rita Moreno in London), and "Little by Little". She also worked as the TV hostess on "Double Your Money" with Hughie Green and appeared in a number of comedy films: Operation Bullshine (1959), her debut in an unbilled bit, A Pair of Briefs (1962), Doctor in Distress (1963)and I've Gotta Horse (1965). She appeared to very good advantage in two of the slapstick "Carry On..." film series. She played a female cabbie in the Carry on Cabby (1963) and Cleopatra herself (with a sexy lisp) in Carry on Cleo (1964).
After her film peak Amanda continued to show resiliency on stage and TV. Theatre endeavors included "Absurd Person Singular", the musical "Stepping Out" with Julia McKenzie, "The Mating Game", "Blithe Spirit (as Elvira) and "Twelfth Night". Occasional movie work came in, including the addled comedy One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) with Helen Hayes. Of the countless sitcoms Amanda has been involved in, she became a soap opera favorite beginning in 1981 with her participation as Alma Sedgewick in Coronation Street (1960). Her appearances were infrequent until the character became a regular in 1989. She retired the role after 11 years in 2001 in an effort to spread her wings once again and seek other work. The producers actually killed off her popular character in quick fashion with a rapid case of cervical cancer.
In 1967 Amanda married actor and theatre director Robin Hunter and the twosome appeared occasionally on stage together, including the pantomime "Aladdin" in late 1967 and 1968 in which Amanda had the title role. The couple separated in the 1980s, however, but remained good friends and never divorced. Hunter died in 2004. In 1997 Amanda battled a serious optic disease in which she eventually lost the sight of her left eye. She has continued to perform, however, and more recent work has included the pantomimes "Jack and the Beanstalk" (2006) and "Cinderella" (2007), in which she played the Fairy Godmother. In her popular and highly candid autobiography "It's Not a Rehearsal," a best seller published in 2003, Amanda opened up for the first time about her bisexuality.- Actress
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Sue Devaney (born Susan Barber) is an English actress. She is known for television roles in Coronation Street (1984-1985), Jonny Briggs (1985-1987), Casualty (1994-1997) and dinnerladies (1998) (1998-2000). Her extensive stage career includes roles in London productions of When We Are Married (1987), The Wind in the Willows (1990) and The Land of the Living (1993). In 2014, she starred in the musical Mamma Mia! for a 10-week summer season at the Blackpool Opera House.
Devaney has played various roles on British television including; Debbie Webster in Coronation Street, Rita Briggs in Jonny Briggs, Liz Harker in Casualty and Jane in Dinnerladies. In the early 1990s she appeared TV adverts for Gateway and Somerfield supermarkets. In 2009 she played the role of Peggy in hit Channel 4 drama Shameless, and lent her voice to the role of Jane in Carol Donaldson's BBC Radio 4 play Normal and Nat. Devaney performed at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury as the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, Friday 2 December 2011 - Sunday 22 January 2012. In January 2013 she appeared in the ITV comedy drama series Great Night Out as Linda. In 2013, she played Carmel in the BBC comedy-drama Being Eileen.
On stage, she has appeared in numerous productions, including A Taste of Honey, Beggars Opera, The Wizard of Oz, Love's Labours Lost, When We Are Married, The Wind in the Willows and The Land of the Living. In 2014, she starred as Rosie in the musical Mamma Mia! for a 10-week summer season at the Blackpool Opera House, in the Winter Gardens from 20 June to 31 August. This was the only UK tour date of the musical in 2014.- Actor
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Ronald Fraser, the British movie and television character actor, was born on April 11, 1930 in Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire, England. He began his professional acting career in 1954 and began appearing in small roles in movies and television in 1957. His first major movie credit was as a soldier, Lance Corporal 'Mac' Macleish in Jungle Fighters (1961). He specialized in playing nasty, brutish types, such as the piggish Private Campbell in Robert Aldrich's World War II drama Too Late the Hero (1970), who robs a corpse, kills a fellow British solder, and deserts his compatriots to surrender to the Japanese before being strung up like a slaughtered hog by the enemy. He also appeared in Aldrich's The Killing of Sister George (1968) and gave a memorable performance as Sergeant Watson in the original The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), also directed by Aldrich. He was versatile enough as an actor to occasionally break type, such as his turn as Colonel Pickering in the 1981 Pygmalion (1981), which starred Twiggy as Eliza Dolittle.
Ronald Fraser died on March 13, 1997, a month shy of his 67th birthday.- Harry Markham was born on 31 December 1906 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Yanks Go Home (1976), Coronation Street (1960) and Soldier and Me (1974). He died in December 1981 in Bolton, England, UK.
- Sean Wilson was born on 4 April 1965 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Crown Court (1972) and Silent Witness (1996).
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Philip Lowrie was born on 20 June 1936 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Andy Capp (1988) and East Lynne (1976).- Writer
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Doug Naylor was born on 31 December 1955 in Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Red Dwarf (1988), Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups (1994) and Comedy Playhouse (1993). He is married to Linda Glover. They have two children.- Actor
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Scott is a National Television Award nominated actor, musician and producer.
Over the years Scott has gained several notable acting credits on television. Scott appeared in over 160 episodes of Granada television's Coronation Street. Over the years he has appeared regularly on British television in C4's Shameless, Emmerdale and BBC's Doctors to name but a few. Added to this he played the title role in Merlin Film Internationals Tristan. Scott has been a regular in ITV's Crossroads and played a guest lead in BBC1's Casualty. Outside television Scott has appeared in several notable number one national Theatre Tours including Bill Kenwrights adaptation of The Shawshank Redemption.
Scott recently appeared in ITV1's Midwinter of the Spirit, playing Anna Maxwell Martins' husband Sean Watkins. It also starred David Threlfall. In 2018 Scott started filming 'The Two Wolves' alongside Sir Derek Jacobi, James Cosmo, Francis Barber and David O'Hara
Scott first displayed his singing talents nationally on Celebrity Stars in their Eyes and has since gone on to share the stage with multi-million selling artists such as David Cassidy, Alexander O'Neil and Motown legends Martha Reeves, Candi Staton and New Kids on The Block star Jordan Knight to name but a few. Scott also plays guitar, piano and harmonica.- Dawn Acton was born on 15 March 1977 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), ITV Telethon (1988) and Family Fortunes (1980).
- Stuart Hall was born on 25 December 1929 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Ashes to Ashes (2008), The Full Monty (1993) and Lenny Goes to Town (1998). He has been married to Hazel Bennett since 1 March 1958. They have three children.
- Geoff Hurst was born on 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Payback Season (2012), Embedded (2016) and Kicking Off (2015).
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Stephen Thrower was born on 9 December 1963 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He is a producer and composer, known for Zibahkhana (2007), The Angelic Conversation (1985) and Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977).- John Colclough was born on 23 March 1942 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Freewheelers (1968), The Onedin Line (1971) and Warship (1973).
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Gloria Day was born on 12 June 1906 in Woodhouses, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Down Melody Lane (1943), You're Next to Closing (1939) and The Saturday Show (1955). She was married to Ernest Arnley. She died on 5 September 1972 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK.- Bill Lawton was born on 4 June 1920 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK. He was married to Dora Bryan. He died on 14 August 2008 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
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Graeme Hamilton was born on 18 February 1907 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He was an editor, known for The Beachcomber (1954), Valley of the Eagles (1951) and The Stranger in Between (1952). He died in 1976 in England, UK.- Ashley Thewlis was born in 1987 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Cheeky (2003), Bob & Rose (2001) and Blood Strangers (2002).
- Gwyneth Fleetwood was born in 1933 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), Dickens of London (1976) and Downwardly Mobile (1994). She died on 23 September 2016 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK.
- George Formby was born James Booth in 1875 in Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire. He began his career, as a singer, in 1899 as one half of the Brothers Glenray. Three years later when his voice was changing, he added comedy to the act. While waiting for a train to an engagement, he noticed a passing freight with a number of cars labelled Formby, the name of a small town for which they were bound. Booth liked the sound of the name, added George & became George Formby star of the British Music Halls. The same year that he began his career, he met & married Eliza Hoy who bore him a son in 1904 who took the name of George Hoy. Formby made his first recordings in 1907 but, unlike other Music Hall stars of the day, he found no trouble in performing for just the microphone & no audience. He even conversed with the microphone as if it were a living person.
In 1914, he made his only screen appearance in 'No Fool Like an Old Fool' & the following years his son made his screen début in 'By the Shortest of Heads' as George Formby Jnr. Formby was plagued with ill health early in life which led to one of his opening lines, 'I'm coughing better today' & 'It's not the coughin' that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in!' Few people were aware that he had been stricken with consumption. In 1920, while performing in a Xmas pantomime in Newcastle, George Formby collapsed. He was taken to his hôme in Warrington where he died on February 8, 1921. He was survived by his wife & son. - Emmeline Ormsby was born in 1853 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Life of Lord Byron (1922). She died on 31 December 1937 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK.
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Albert Marland was born in 1904 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK. He is known for Here's to the Next Time (1956), Sunshine in Soho (1956) and Face the Music (1953). He died in 1976 in Croydon, Greater London, England, UK.- Sam Rosbottom was born on 4 December 1993 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Drop Dead Gorgeous (2006).
- Michael Clegg was born on 3 July 1977 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Kids Clinic (1998), FozCast - The Ben Foster Podcast (2021) and Manchester United: Beyond the Promised Land (2000).