English Former Female Politian - 'Member of Parliament
for Blackburn' (1950-55), 'Member of the European Parliament
for Greater Manchester West' (1979-84), 'Member of the House of Lords' (1990-02), 'Member of Parliament' (1945 to 1979)
British Stage/Film/TV Actor - Films: Shadowlands, Glass Mountain, My Brother Jonathan (title role), Landfall. UK TV: Boyd QC (title role '56-'64), Howard's Way ('87-'90), Blood Money, Skorpion, Cold Warrior. Married to actress Dulcie Gray ('39-'98)
Actor: The Good Companions, Secret Agent, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Assignment to Kill, Lost Horizon, Murder on the Orient Express, Caligula, The Elephant Man, Lion of the Desert, Arthur, Gandhi, Scandalous, War and Remembrance, Shining Through
British Actress - Separate Tables (AA win), A Man For All Seasons (AA nom), Pygmalion (AA nom), Toys In The Attic (GG nom), The Elephant Man, Murder On The Orient Express, Sailor Of The King, Major Barbara, Sons & Lovers, Voyage Of The Damned, Clochemerle
British Actor - Ryan's Daughter (AA win), Gandhi, Hobson's Choice, Waterloo Bridge, Goodbye Mr. Chips, End Of The Affair, The Clalk Garden, King Rat, War & Peace, Dunkirk, Zulu Dawn, Swiss Fam. Robinson, Tiger Bay, The Family Way, Chuka, Quatermass
Author/Playwrite/Film Script Writer (Works include 'Rumpole of the Bailey; Voyage Around my Father; Brideshead Revisited; Tea with Mussolini; Cider with Rosie; etc)
Much loved eccentric British actress. Miss Marple in four 1960s films. Blithe Spirit, The VIPs, Passport to Pimlico, The Mouse On the Moon, The Happiest Days of Your Life, I'm Alright Jack, The Runaway Bus