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- Augustus Montague Toplady was born on 4 November 1740 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK. Augustus Montague died on 11 August 1778 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Watts Phillips was born on 16 November 1825 in Hoxton, London, England, UK. Watts was a writer, known for The Dead Heart (1914). Watts was married to Mary Elizabeth Mariner. Watts died on 2 December 1874 in Brompton, Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, UK.
- Leslie Stephen was born on 28 November 1832 in Kensington Gore, London, England, UK. He was married to Harriet Marian Thackeray and Julia Prinsep Jackson. He died on 22 February 1904 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Soundtrack
Bessie Bellwood was born on 30 March 1856 in London, England, UK. Bessie was married to John Nicholson. Bessie died on 24 September 1896 in West Kensington, London, England, UK.- Actor
Lord Lyveden was born on 29 December 1857 in Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, England, UK. He was an actor. He died on 25 December 1926 in Kensington, London, England, UK.- Writer
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rudolph De Cordova was born on 10 June 1859 in Kingston, Jamaica. He was a writer and actor, known for A Daughter of the Old South (1918), Romeo and Juliet (1916) and Whoso Findeth a Wife (1916). He was married to Alice Ramsey. He died on 11 January 1941 in Kensington, London, England, UK.- Jack Jellico was born on 5 December 1859 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK. He died on 20 November 1935 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Frederick de Lara was born on 15 August 1860 in Boulogne, France. He was an actor, known for The Charlatan (1916). He died on 13 September 1940 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Austin Fryers was born on 13 October 1861 in Dunleer, County Louth, Ireland. He was a writer, known for The Charlatan (1916) and The Pauper Millionaire (1922). He died in October 1931 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Hayden Coffin was born on 22 April 1862 in Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for School for Scandal (1930), It's Always the Woman (1916) and Queen of My Heart (1917). He was married to Adeline Hayden Coffin. He died on 8 December 1935 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Adeline Hayden Coffin was born on 20 June 1862 in Gräfrath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Sands of Time (1919), The Manxman (1916) and Don Quixote (1923). She was married to Hayden Coffin and Alberto Randegger. She died on 31 March 1939 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- J. Nelson Ramsay was born on 19 November 1862 in Tradeston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was married to Gwynne Herbert. He died on 5 April 1929 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Victoria Mountbatten was born on 5 April 1863 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, UK. She was married to Prince Louis of Battenberg. She died on 24 September 1950 in Kensington Palace, London, England, UK.
- Frank Atherley was born on 20 May 1863 in Fort William, Calcutta, India. He was an actor, known for Betrayal (1932), Carry On! (1927) and Sexton Blake, Gambler (1928). He was married to Katie Marian Bell and Jessie Tenniel. He died on 8 May 1947 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Simeon Stuart was born on 15 May 1864 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. He was an actor, known for Rob Roy (1922), The Vortex (1928) and The Scourge (1922). He died on 25 November 1939 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- John Kelt was born on 16 June 1865 in Barnsbury, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921), The Bridal Chair (1919) and The Man Who Won (1918). He died on 9 March 1935 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Travers Humphreys was born on 4 August 1867 in Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England, UK. He was married to Zoë Marguerite Neumans. He died on 20 February 1956 in South Kensington, London, England, UK.
- H.O. Nicholson was born on 5 January 1868 in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was an actor, known for The Cornor House Burglary (1914) and Richard III (1911). He died on 22 September 1940 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Florence Wood was born on 18 October 1868 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Incomparable Mistress Bellairs (1914), The Law Divine (1920) and A Gentleman of Paris (1931). She was married to Ralph Lumley. She died on 30 May 1943 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- George Butler was born on 28 December 1869 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Q Planes (1939), The King's Highway (1927) and When It Was Dark (1919). He was married to Dulcebella Lawrence. He died on 15 April 1947 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Rachel Macnamara was born on 16 January 1870 in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. She was a writer, known for Tell Your Children (1922). She died on 18 October 1947 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Constance Walton was born on 8 December 1870 in Islington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Idol of Paris (1914). She died on 4 January 1954 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Writer
Horace Hunter was born on 9 February 1871 in Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Under Suspicion (1919). He died in 1957 in Kensington, London, England, UK.- Edward Hemmerde was born on 13 November 1871 in Peckham, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for A Butterfly on the Wheel (1915) and Scandal in Paris (1928). He was married to Lucy Elinor Colley. He died in 1948 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Actress
Lilian Decima Moore was born in Brighton, where her father was the county analytical chemist for Sussex. She had four sisters, all of whom were on the concert platform or the stage as singers. Her preferred roles were in musical comedy and light drama. Moore made her debut in London, aged 17, at the Savoy Theatre on 7 December 1889, playing "Casilda" in the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, "The Gondoliers". It was a hit and more work followed. Two of her roles mentioned by George Bernard Shaw in his book, "Our Theatres in the Nineties", were in "The White Silk Dress" and "Lost, Stolen and Strayed". In 1901, Moore was playing in both "A Diplomatic Theft" at the Garrick Theatre, London and "The Swineherd and the Princess" at the Royalty.
In 1894, in Richmond, New York, whilst touring in the show "The Gaiety Girl", Moore married a fellow cast member, 'Cecil Ainslie Walker-Leigh'. Later, in 1896, to please her mother, she had a church wedding in London. A son was born in 1898, but Moore subsequently divorced her husband for adultery and cruelty, the divorce being finalised in 1902. She later married Brigadier General Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, governor and commander-in-chief of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) and British Guiana.
Moore continued to act in the theatre until 1914, after which she was engaged on war work in France, for which she was awarded a CBE in 1918. She later held various official positions including, in the 1920s, that of Honorary Exhibition Commissioner for the Gold Coast at the British Empire Exhibition. She was also a member of the Actress' Freedom League and the International Woman's Franchise Club. In 1931, Moore appeared in the film Nine Till Six (1932).- Edyth Olive was born on 15 March 1872 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Sons of Martha (1907). She was married to Arthur Applin. She died on 6 November 1956 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Grace Noble was born on 16 June 1872 in Islington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Sons of Martha (1907). She died in 1944 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Sydney Fairbrother was born on 31 July 1873 in Southwark, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Down Our Street (1932), Don Quixote (1923) and The Temperance Fete (1932). She was married to Trevor Lowe (Charles Montague Trevor Lowe) and Percy Buckler (Thomas Percy Warr Buckler). She died on 4 January 1941 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Son of a master watchmaker and jeweller, Frank Penrose Cawse was born on 11 November 1873 in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. Shortly after the birth his parents had a change of mind and re-registered him as Charles Penrose Dunbar Cawse. He began his career as an apprentice to the jewellery trade, eventually rising to the position of jewellery shop manager. However, at the age of 18, he enjoyed such a success with his innovative laughing songs at local concert parties that he was invited to join a theatrical tour. This led to music hall and the West End, and he was particularly popular in Tonight's the Night (1915) at the Gaiety Theatre, London. Although he had married architect's daughter Harriet Lewcock in 1899, it was his second wife, songwriter Mabel Anderson, who proved to be his most important collaborator. Mabel, who was 14 years younger than Charles and 18 years younger than Harriet, gave birth to their son Peter Charles Penrose-Cawes in 1920. Two years later Charles, using the pseudonym "Charles Jolly," made the first recording of his extraordinary song The Laughing Policeman, the composition of which is officially credited to wife Mabel under the pseudonym "Billie Grey." It should be noted, however, that Charles devised the technique of the laughing song some years before Mabel was born. The Penroses wrote numerous other laughing songs (The Laughing Major, Curate, Steeplechaser, Typist, Lover, etc), but only Policeman is remembered today, having sold over a million records. Both Charles and Mabel applied for membership of the Performing Right Society in 1943 and registered the additional pseudonyms "Fred D. Arthurs," "Billie Penrose" and "Charles Eric Tann." Charles was one of the first comedians to star on BBC radio, and he was memorable as Sgt. Bob Evergreen in the wartime series The Pig and Whistle. He also became a character actor in a number of films. Sadly, Charles Penrose died of heart disease on 17 November 1952 at the Princess Beatrice Hospital, Kensington, age 79. Mabel Penrose died of lung cancer on 18 August 1972 at the Middlesex Hospital, St. Marylebone, age 84. In accordance with show business tradition, both Charles and Mabel had reduced their real ages for publicity purposes, and their obituary ages were announced as 76 and 70 respectively.- Laurence Leyton was born on 20 November 1873 in Mile End Old Town, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Whoso Is Without Sin (1915), Patricia Brent, Spinster (1919) and Where's Watling? (1918). He died in 1952 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Bertram Wallis was born on 22 February 1874 in Camberwell, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Cost of a Kiss (1917), Chips (1938) and The Wandering Jew (1933). He died on 11 April 1952 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Margery Fry was born on 11 March 1874 in Panras, London, England, UK. She died on 21 April 1958 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Lord Athlone was born on 14 April 1874 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was married to Princess Alice. He died on 16 January 1957 in Kensington Palace, London, England, UK.
- Howard Carter was born on 9 May 1874 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He died on 2 March 1939 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Alfred Ollivant was born on 11 May 1874 in Woolwich, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Owd Bob (1924), Boy Woodburn (1922) and Thunder in the Valley (1947). He died on 19 January 1927 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Lola Duncan was born on 2 October 1874 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for The Man Who Won (1932), Self Made Lady (1932) and Once a Thief (1935). She died on 17 February 1968 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Robert English was born on 2 December 1874 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Four Feathers (1921), A Lost Leader (1922) and The Crimson Circle (1922). He died on 18 August 1941 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Frank Stayton was born on 25 December 1874 in Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, UK. He was a writer, known for A Woman in Pawn (1927), The Inferior Sex (1920) and A Gamble in Lives (1920). He died on 29 January 1951 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Writer
- Actress
Nell St. John Montague was born on 27 June 1875 in Jabalpur, Central Provinces, British India. She was a writer and actress, known for All Living Things (1939) and All Living Things (1955). She died on 22 August 1944 in Kensington, London, England, UK.- Ella Daincourt was born on 1 December 1876 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Shooting Stars (1928), She Was Only a Village Maiden (1933) and Cyrano de Bergerac (1938). She died on 24 September 1940 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Kathleen Russell was born on 13 February 1878 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for A Daughter of Romany (1913), Stanton's Last Fling (1914) and The Antique Brooch (1914). She was married to Oswald Tilson Dinnick. She died on 30 October 1930 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Janet Alexander born in 1880 in Surrey became a well-known classical stage actress she later starred in a number of drama films, first under the direction of Cecil Hepworth in 'A Fallen Star' starring opposite music hall performer Albert Chevalier for the Hepworth Film Company in 1916, followed by playing many distinguished characters until the late silent era. She failed to make the transition to sound and was seen in smaller roles in few early talkies. married actor Lauderdale Maitland.
- Although he made nearly 60 films in a 50-year acting career, it is for the two he made with director James Whale that Ernest Thesiger will be best remembered. Born Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger in London on January 15, 1879, he was the grandson of the first Baron of Chelmsford. Educated at Marlbrough college and the Slade, he originally hoped to become a great painter. Greatness proved elusive, however (though he remained an accomplished watercolour artist), and he quickly turned to the theatre, making his first appearance on stage in a production of "Colonel Smith" in 1909. He put his career on hold when, in 1914, he enlisted as a private in the British army when World War I broke out (he originally hoped to join a Scottish regiment because he wanted to wear a kilt). He did see some action in the trenches but had to be sent home after being wounded (he was quoted afterwards as saying of these experiences, "My dear, the noise! And the people!"). He made his first film appearance in 1916 with The Real Thing at Last (1916) and then returned to the theatre with "A Little Bit of Fluff",' which ran for over 1200 performances and led to him appearing in a film adaptation (A Little Bit of Fluff (1919)).
In 1925 he appeared in Noël Coward's production of "On With the Dance", in which he got to show off his knack for camp performances by playing one of two elderly women sharing a boarding house. In the early 1930s his old friend, actor-turned-director James Whale (who had moved to Hollywood and was enjoying huge success with Frankenstein (1931)), requested that his friend join him there to play the role of Horace Femm in Whale's upcoming production of The Old Dark House (1932). Thesiger agreed and, along with co-star Eva Moore, stole the film, which became a huge success. He returned to Britain to make The Ghoul (1933) with Boris Karloff. Whale requested Thesiger's services in Hollywood again, this time to appear in his sequel to Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Thesiger was given the role of the sinister Dr. Pretorious, after Whale had refused the studio's suggestion of Claude Rains for the role. With help from Whale's direction, some classic dialogue ("Have some gin. It's my only weakness . . .", "To a new world of gods and monsters") and expert camera work (which helped accentuate his skeletal frame), Thesiger stole the show once more. He returned to Britain and, unfortunately, never worked with Whale again. He appeared in the Alexander Korda-produced The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) and had a memorable role in the thriller They Drive by Night (1938). He appeared with Will Hay in My Learned Friend (1943) and Don't Take It to Heart! (1944). His other notable films of the 1940s include Henry V (1944) and The Winslow Boy (1948). He returned briefly to America to appear in "As You Like It" on Broadway and afterwards divided his time between theatre and film. Notable later films include Last Holiday (1950) (as Sir Trevor Lampington, discoverer and eponym of Lampington's disease), Laughter in Paradise (1951), A Christmas Carol (1951) and The Man in the White Suit (1951) (as an elderly industry magnate). He made his last film appearance in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) and his last stage performance, opposite Sirs Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, in a production of "The Last Joke". He passed away shortly afterwards, on the eve of his 82nd birthday, at his home on Gloucester Road in Kensington, London. - Actor
- Writer
John Henry was born on 3 September 1879 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Oscillation (1936), Home Construction (1926) and Broadcasting (1927). He died on 14 May 1934 in Kensington, London, England, UK.- Lady Lavery was born on 14 March 1880 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for One Family (1930). She was married to Sir John Lavery (artist) and Edward Livingston Trudeau Jr. She died on 3 January 1935 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Hugh Lethbridge was born on 26 October 1880 in Sandgate, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Wishbone (1933). He died in 1953 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Howard Carr was born on 26 December 1880 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. Howard died in 1960 in Kensington, London, England, UK.- Actor
- Writer
Clifford Seyler was born on 4 January 1881 in Hackney, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Tons of Money (1926) and Squibs (1921). He died on 20 July 1930 in Kensington, London, England, UK.- Renee De Vaux was born on 17 February 1881 in Kensington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Hundred Years Old (1938), She Stoops to Conquer (1939) and A Night at the Hardcastles (1939). She died on 29 March 1961 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Alice Gachet was born on 25 May 1882 in France. She was an actress, known for Bedelia (1946), Katy's Love Affair (1947) and Doctor Knock (1938). She died on 27 October 1960 in Kensington, London, England, UK.