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Brigit Forsyth
Brigit Forsyth
1. 'Brigit Forsyth, who starred in sitcom Still Open All Hours, has died at the age of 83.
The Scottish actress passed away 'peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her family' in the early hours of Friday morning , her agent Mark Pemberton said.' dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
The Scottish actress passed away 'peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her family' in the early hours of Friday morning , her agent Mark Pemberton said.' dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
3. Dame Siân Phillips and Brigit Forsyth star in lez/bi short Time & Again diva-magazine.com/2020/02/28/scr…
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8. Brigit Forsyth was known particularly for the Likely Lads, Still Open All Hours and Doctor Who.
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10. Likely Lads star Brigit Forsyth has revealed her GP grandfather helped dying patients end their lives - and that she supports euthanasia. 👀chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…
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12. Brian Mills
Director (25 October 1933 to 2 June 2006)
'Mills' work on Coronation Street spanned 5 decades and included some of the soap's most memorable episodes, namely the Ken-Deirdre-Mike love-triangle of the early 80s. His time with Granada Television included episodes
Director (25 October 1933 to 2 June 2006)
'Mills' work on Coronation Street spanned 5 decades and included some of the soap's most memorable episodes, namely the Ken-Deirdre-Mike love-triangle of the early 80s. His time with Granada Television included episodes
of The Cuckoo Waltz (1976-77), Crown Court, First Among Equals (1986) and The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1988).'
bafta.org/heritage/in-me…
bafta.org/heritage/in-me…
13. Between 2013 and 2019, she joined the cast of 'Still Open All Hours', playing Madge alongside David Jason.
14. October 9th 1988
Only Fools And Horses Actors (clockwise from left) Roger Lloyd-Pack, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Kenneth MacDonald, David Jason, Buster Merryfield, Sue Holderness and John Challis on set.
Only Fools And Horses Actors (clockwise from left) Roger Lloyd-Pack, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Kenneth MacDonald, David Jason, Buster Merryfield, Sue Holderness and John Challis on set.
16. hmmmmmexpress.co.uk/showbiz/tv-rad…
17. via David Howey.
'Finchley!'
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23. Her daughter ..also in the play ..Zoe Mills (playwright/Sara) trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Her work in theater includes Macbeth- Directors Cut for Volcano Theatre Company; The Drowned Man for Punchdrunk/The National Theatre; Lost Lending Library for
Punchdrunk; Hweol for LASTheatre; Great Expectations, Dry Rot,and Bedroom Farce for Theatre By The Lake; Brazil and Back to the Future for Secret Cinema; and many others. She has also helped to develop and create work with numerous companies including Punchdrunk, Hope Theatre
Company, Fabler Theatre Company, Waking Exploits, Elan/Frantoio, and Baz productions. For TV, she has appeared in Emmerdale and the internet pilot Mindgames. Film work includes The Casimir Effect, Mr. Nice, and numerous short films. Zoe also enjoys work a professional voice
artist. KILLING TIME is her first play.
24. 'Brigit Forsyth (Hester) trained at RADA where she won the Emile Littler prize. West End credits include Dusa in Pam Gems hit play Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi and Mare in Calendar Girls. She has toured with The National Theatre in Alan Bennett's play People and recently enjoyed
working at the Arcola on Now This is Not the End. Brigit has a considerable television CV, and is best remembered as Thelma in Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? She can currently be seen as Madge in the long-running British sit-com Still Open All Hours. She recently appeared
on Holby City and the new drama The Rovers for Sky. She is also a musician, composes for the cello and sings with a band of actors called The Fircones. Brigit has done countless radio plays.'
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In blue and white.
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28. On the guest list...
Jacquetta May
Lee Warburton
Sue Jenkins
David Fleeshman
Malcolm Hebden
Julie Hesmondhalgh
Ian Kershaw
Malcolm - brother
Chris - brother
Reggie - sister
Ben - son
Zoe - daughter
Melanie Hill
Lorraine Ashbourne
Kelli Hollis
Olivia Caffrey
Chris Walker
Jacquetta May
Lee Warburton
Sue Jenkins
David Fleeshman
Malcolm Hebden
Julie Hesmondhalgh
Ian Kershaw
Malcolm - brother
Chris - brother
Reggie - sister
Ben - son
Zoe - daughter
Melanie Hill
Lorraine Ashbourne
Kelli Hollis
Olivia Caffrey
Chris Walker
Ralph Ineson
Tim Dantay
Stephanie Cole
Brian Mills
Kim Hartman
Tony Booth
Stephanie Booth
Patricia Cleveland-Peck
James Ellis
Elizabeth Spriggs
Filmed tributes:
Ricky Tomlinson
William Roache
Mrs Connell - mother
Annie Raitt
Margie Di Rollo
Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais
Tim Dantay
Stephanie Cole
Brian Mills
Kim Hartman
Tony Booth
Stephanie Booth
Patricia Cleveland-Peck
James Ellis
Elizabeth Spriggs
Filmed tributes:
Ricky Tomlinson
William Roache
Mrs Connell - mother
Annie Raitt
Margie Di Rollo
Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Paula Tilbrook
Paula Tilbrook
30. includes DYING for you..audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/listin…
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pedo swirl
32. Brigit Forsyth continued to appear on stage in productions such as The Norman Conquests and in theatre tours of the Far East with Derek Nimmo's company.
33. Derek Nimmo - 'Nimmo's hobbies included gardening, photography (particularly nature photography), birdwatching & collecting walnut furniture, porcelain and paintings. He was also a wine expert and wrote several books on the subject as well as a number of books on the theatre.
..Another interest was after dinner speaking, for which he was always in demand.
He received many awards, including the 1990 Benedictine After Dinner Speaker of the Year. He was made a Freeman of the City of London, and the University of Leicester recognised
He received many awards, including the 1990 Benedictine After Dinner Speaker of the Year. He was made a Freeman of the City of London, and the University of Leicester recognised
his contribution to entertainment with an honorary master's degree in 1996..'
34. Nimmo born in Liverpool.
35. Nimmo 'became an impresario, taking his own productions of (to him) acceptable plays with star casts to 30 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and Dubai. He wrote several books and enjoyed his clubs, which included the Garrick..
He picked a sack of garlic as his Desert Island Discs luxury because of its health properties.
He was awarded the Royal Television Society's silver medal and the Variety Club Show Business Personality of the year. Also, the Benedictine After Dinner Speaker Of The Year Award.'
He was awarded the Royal Television Society's silver medal and the Variety Club Show Business Personality of the year. Also, the Benedictine After Dinner Speaker Of The Year Award.'
36. Derek Nimmo, actor, author and impresario, born September 19, 1930, died February 24, 1999.
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Obituary.
39. 'On 2 December 1998, Nimmo attended a National Treasures celebrity lunch in the boardroom of the Daily Express newspaper along with Sir Peter O'Sullevan, Joan Collins, Dame Beryl Bainbridge, Dickie Davies and Sue MacGregor amongst others...
He had recently returned from a Middle East tour of Run For Your Wife and was in sparkling form during the lunch. After lunch he asked to be driven to the Garrick Club for further refreshment, and then returned to his Kensington (Lexham Gardens) home.
He and his wife later went out to dinner. On their return, Nimmo was checking an external alarm when he lost his footing and fell down a stone staircase into the basement.
He suffered head injuries and was taken to the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital where he remained in a coma until the end of December. While still recovering in hospital, Nimmo contracted pneumonia and died on 24 February 1999.'
40. "Accidental deaths from falls" ..just a few 🤨 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:…
41. Annie Raitt & Brigit Forsyth (British actress and cellist) – Angel Of The North - discogs.com/artist/4589049…
42. Brigit Forsyth, Rodney Bewes and James Bolam in Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads. BBC TV.
43. Brigit Forsyth was born on 28 July 1940 in Malton, Yorkshire, England, UK.imdb.com/name/nm0287027/
44. Leo Sheffield(1873-1951) was also born in the same town Malton, Yorkshire, England, UK ...a SHEFFIELD..(Birth name Arthur Leo Wilson). imdb.com/name/nm0790793…
45. His mother was Alice, née Sheffield (1844–1911)
46. People from Malton, North Yorkshire - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:…
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48. Dressed as Peter Pan..
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50. Word Mills Productions is a Theatrical production company founded by Brigit Forsyth and Zoe Mills.facebook.com/wordmills/
51. Zoe Mills on her mum Brigit Forsyth..
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55. 'Proud to be partnering with DEATH CAFE' - hmmm
in a play called Killing Time - and we know her father was a GP involved in End of Life Care....
in a play called Killing Time - and we know her father was a GP involved in End of Life Care....
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61. 'The little roundhouse, where our death cafes will be taking place' - what is really going on here? 🧐
63. Deer...
68. final fling 66- nice Y - no thanks!
I shall not be booking...!
I shall not be booking...!
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