British/UK Actors & Actresses
a chronological listing
by Eric Mroczkowski / butley@hotmail.com
resources
the alphabetical list
1873
(Sir) Gerald DuMaurier - 1934
1874
Franklin Dyall - 1950
1875
Lewis Casson - 1969
1882
Sybil Thorndike - 1976
1885
Philip Dunham - 1972
1887
(Sir) Archibald Batty
1888
Edith Evans - 1976
Will Hay - 1949 -
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1889
Charles Chaplin - 1977
1891
Ronald Colman - 1958
Margaret Rutherford - 1972
1892
(Lady) Diana Cooper
Basil Rathbone - 1967
1893
David Dunbar - 1953
1894
Fay Compton - 1978
1895
Nigel Bruce - 1953
1896
Ivy Duke
1899
Charles Laughton - 1962 -
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1900
Alastair Sim - 1976
1902
Max Adrian - 1973
(Sir) Ralph Richardson - 1983
(Sir) Donald Wolfit - 1968
1903
7/13 - Eric Portman - 1969
Alan Napier - 1988
1904
(Sir) John Gielgud - 2000
1905
Robert Newton - 1956
Sebastian Shaw
Emlyn Williams - 1987
1906
8/28 - Leslie Dwyer - 1986
Alan Webb - 1982
1907
Peggy Ashcroft - 1991
(Sir) Laurence Olivier - 1989 -
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1908
2/22 - Sir John Mills - 2005
11/8 - Dorothy Bartlam
Rex Harrison - 1990
Celia Johnson - 1982
Bernard Lee - 1981
Robert Morley - 1992
Michael Redgrave - 1985
1909
3/16 - Campbell Singer
6/20 - Errol Flynn - 1959
Jane Baxter
James Mason - 1984
1910
12/23 - Maurice Denham
Cyril Cusack
Jack Hawkins - 1973
Rachel Kempson
David Niven - 1983
1911
1/31 - Eddie Byrne - 1981
Harry Andrews - 1989
Terry-Thomas - 1990
1912
8/15 - (Dame) Wendy Hiller
Elspeth Duxbury - 1967
1913
10/19 - Rosamund John
Coral Browne - 1991
Peter Cushing - 1994
Stewart Granger
Vivien Leigh - 1967 -
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Anthony Quayle - 1989
1914
4/2 - (Sir) Alec Guinness - 2000 -
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9/20 - Kenneth More - 1982
Archie Duncan - 1979
1916
Noel Dyson
Peter Finch - 1977
Trevor Howard -
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Irene Worth
1917
3/22 - Paul Rogers
Michael Gough
1918
4/16 - Spike Milligan (Terence Alan M.)
1919
10/5 - Donald Pleasence - 1995
Penelope Dudley-Ward - 1982
1920
3/16 - Leo McKern
Michael Bates - 1978
Derek Bond
1921
4/16 - Peter Ustinov
Alfie Bass
Dirk Bogarde
Peter Dyneley - 1978
1922
1/11 - Kathleen Byron
Graham Crowden
Denholm Elliott - 1992
Christopher Lee
Paul Scofield
1923
11/6 - Donald Houston - 1991
Richard Attenborough
Glynis Johns
Peter Vaughan
1924
Geoffrey Bayldon
Tony Hancock - 1968
Patrick Magee - 1982
Ron Moody
1925
5/26 - Alec McCowen
Richard Burton - 1984
Harry H. Corbett - 1982
John Neville
Peter Sellers - 1980
1926
8/6 - Frank Finlay
Timothy Bateson
Lionel Jeffries
Warren Mitchell
1927
4/6 - Geoffrey Palmer
Stanley Baker - 1976
Richard Johnson
Freddie Jones
Christopher Plummer
Denis Quilley
Robert Shaw
1928
4/8 - Eric Porter - 1995
Joss Ackland
Christopher Hancock
Laurence Harvey - 1973
Roddy McDowall - 1998 -
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Roger Moore
1929
Nigel Hawthorne -
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Joan Plowright
1930
Colin Blakely - 1987
Sean Connery
Ronnie Corbett
Richard Harris
Rosemary Harris
Barbara Jefford
Andrew Sachs
Dorothy Tutin
1931
7/14 - (Sir) Robert Stevens - 1995
9/12 - Ian Holm -
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George Baker
Claire Bloom
Kenneth Haigh
1932
6/22 - Prunella Scales
Edward Hardwicke
Phyllida Law
Geraldine McEwan
Peter O'Toole
Elizabeth Taylor
Billie Whitelaw
1933
4/29 - Keith Baxter
7/13 - Patsy Byrne
Jeremy Brett - 1995
Michael Caine
Joan Collins
Elizabeth Seal
Dudley Sutton
Mary Ure - 1975
1934
12/28 - Maggie Smith
Alan Bates ---
(*)
Judi Dench
Roy Kinnear - 1988 -
(o)
Robert Lang
Sian Phillips
Ian Richardson -
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1935
4/19 - Dudley Moore
Julie Andrews
Richard Chamberlain
Hilary Dwyer
Julian Glover
Jeremy Kemp
Michael Williams
1936
5/9 - Albert Finney
Glenda Jackson
Michael Jayston
Edward Petherbridge
1937
4/13 - Edward Fox
12/31 - Sir Anthony Hopkins -
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Brian Blessed -
(*)
Peter Cook - 1995
Tom Courtenay
Gawn Grainger
Vanessa Redgrave
John Wood
1938
2/13 - Oliver Reed - 1999
10/22 - (Sir) Derek Jacobi -
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Diana Rigg
Terence Stamp
Nicol Williamson
1939
2/9 - Janet Suzman
Ann Bell
John Cleese
Samantha Eggar
Ian McKellen
1940
7/13 - Patrick Stewart
Julie Christie
Michael Gambon
John Hurt
Ronald Pickup
1941
3/2 - John Finch
Graham Chapman - 1989
Stephanie Cole
Tom Conti
Sarah Miles
Michael Palin
Simon Ward
David Warner
Susannah York
1942
1/3 - John Thaw -
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3/27 - Michael York
9/29 - Ian McShane
10/26 - Bob Hoskins
Anna Carteret
Michael Crawford
Matthew Guinness
Terry Jones
Rita Tushingham
1943
11/7 - Michael Byrne
Eric Idle
Ben Kingsley
Malcolm McDowell -
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Lynn Redgrave -
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1944
Jacqueline Bisset
Roger Rees
1945
2/7 - Pete Postlethwaite
2/17 - Brenda Fricker
Helen Mirren -
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Bob Peck
Charlotte Rampling
1946
2/21 - Alan Rickman -
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4/18 - Hayley Mills
Brian Cox
Tim Curry
Timothy Dalton -
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Charles Dance
Marianne Faithfull
Joanna Lumley
Diana Quick
1947
David Bowie
Ben Cross
Jonathan Pryce
1948
10/31 - Stephen Rea
Anthony Andrews
Jeremy Irons
1949
Simon Callow
1950
Robbie Coltrane
Pamela Franklin -
(*)
1951
2/15 - Jane Seymour
10/2 - Sting - Matthew Gordon Sumner
11/23 - David Rappaport - 1990
Phil Collins
Daniel Gerroll
1952
Jenny Agutter
Alexi Sayle
Mel Smith
1953
Pierce Brosnan
Griff Rhys-Jones
John Sessions -
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1954
Leslie-Ann Down -
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Peter Duncan
1955
Rowan Atkinson
1956
Juliet Stevenson
1957
Daniel Day-Lewis
Adrian Edmondson
Dawn French
Stephen Fry -
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1958
1/15 - Julian Sands -
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3/3 - Miranda Richardson -
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3/21 - Gary Oldman -
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Rik Mayall -
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Jennifer Saunders
James Wilby
1959
4/17 - Sean Bean -
(*)
Rupert Everett
Hugh Laurie -
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Emma Thompson -
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Tracey Ullman
1960
Robert Addie -
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Kenneth Branagh -
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Hugh Grant
Danny John-Jules
Kristin Scott Thomas ---
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1961
Tim Roth -
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Imogen Stubbs
1962
12/22 - Ralph Fiennes
Amanda Donohoe
1963
5/6 - Roma Downey -
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Rupert Graves -
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Natasha Richardson
David Thewlis -
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1964
Linus Roache
Joanne Whalley
1965
Elizabeth Hurley -
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1966
Helena Bonham-Carter -
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Sophie Ward -
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1967
10/29 - Rufus Sewell -
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1968
Julia Sawalha -
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1969
1/17 - Naveen Andrews
4/21 - Toby Stephens
1970
5/27 - Joseph Fiennes -
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Minnie Driver
1971
3/31 - Ewan McGregor
1972
12/29 - Jude Law -
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Melissa Winslet
1973
10/6 - Ioan Gruffudd -
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1974
Christian Bale
1975
10/5 - Kate Winslet -
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1978
Beth Winslet