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Donald Moffat
Donald Moffat (1930–2018) was a British-born American character actor known for playing Garry in The Thing (1982) and Lyndon B. Johnson in The Right Stuff (1983).
Donald Sumpter
Donald Sumpter is an English actor, born in 1943, known for playing Maester Luwin in Game of Thrones and Detective Inspector Morell in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Doreen Mantle
Doreen Mantle (1926-2023), South African-born British actress, won a 1979 Olivier Award as Linda in Death of a Salesman and played Mrs Warboys in One Foot in the Grave, plus roles in Jam & Jerusalem and Coronation Street.
Dudley Moore
Dudley Moore (1935-2002), English actor, comedian, jazz pianist, and composer; star of Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Not Only... But Also, 10, and Oscar-nominated Arthur; CBE 2001; died of progressive supranuclear palsy.
Dudley Sutton
Dudley Sutton (1933-2018), English character actor; Tinker the tout in BBC's Lovejoy (1986-94), gay biker in The Leather Boys (1964), Baron de Laubardemont in Ken Russell's The Devils (1971); Joan Littlewood Theatre Workshop alumnus.
Edward Fox (actor)
Edward Fox (Edward Charles Morrice Fox, born 1937) is an English actor, OBE, famous as the assassin in The Day of the Jackal; brother of James Fox, husband of Joanna David, father of Emilia and Freddie Fox.
Edward Hardwicke
Edward Cedric Hardwicke (1932-2011), English actor, son of Sir Cedric Hardwicke; played Dr Watson opposite Jeremy Brett in Granada's Sherlock Holmes (1986-1994) and Captain Pat Grant in Colditz.
Edward Hibbert
Edward Hibbert (born 1955) is an American-born English actor and literary agent, best known as food critic Gil Chesterton on Frasier (1994-2004, 29 episodes) and the 2024 revival, and an agent at Donadio & Olsen.
Edward Tudor-Pole
Edward Tudor-Pole (Eddie Tenpole), English punk musician, actor and TV presenter born 1954; fronted Tenpole Tudor (Stiff Records, "Swords of a Thousand Men", UK No. 6), sang "Who Killed Bambi?" for the Sex Pistols, and hosted The Crystal Maze 1993-1995.
Edward Woodward
Edward Woodward (1930–2009), English actor and singer; star of Callan (1967–72), The Wicker Man (1973), Breaker Morant (1980), and The Equalizer (1985–89); BAFTA 1970, Golden Globe 1986, OBE 1978.
Eileen Atkins
Dame Eileen Atkins (born 16 June 1934, London) is an English stage, film and television actress and screenwriter, co-creator with Jean Marsh of Upstairs, Downstairs and The House of Eliott, winner of three Olivier Awards, a 2008 Emmy for Cranford, and four-time Tony nominee.
Elisabeth Sladen
Elisabeth Sladen, also known as Liz Sladen, was an English actress best known as Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who, who later starred in The Sarah Jane Adventures.
Elizabeth Berrington
Elizabeth Berrington (born 1970, Wallasey) is an English actress, Webber Douglas Academy graduate, known for Waterloo Road, Stella, Mike Leigh films (Naked, Secrets & Lies), Abigail's Party, Good Omens, and ITV's Frauds.
Elizabeth Carling
Elizabeth Carling (Liz Carling), English actress and singer born 1967 in Middlesbrough; known for Phoebe in Goodnight Sweetheart, Selena Donovan in Casualty, Betty Scanlon in Hotel Portofino.
Elizabeth Spriggs
Elizabeth Spriggs (1929–2008), English character actress; RSC and National Theatre member, Olivier Award 1978 for Love Letters on Blue Paper, Nan in Shine on Harvey Moon, Mrs Jennings in Sense and Sensibility, the Fat Lady in Harry Potter.
Emily Lloyd
Emily Lloyd (Emily Lloyd-Pack, born 1970), English actress; debut in Wish You Were Here (1987) earned a BAFTA nomination; later films include A River Runs Through It; distinct from Emily Ann Lloyd and Emily Lloyd-Saini.
Emma Chambers
Emma Chambers (1964-2018), English actress, played Alice Tinker in The Vicar of Dibley (1994-2007) and Honey Thacker in Notting Hill; won the 1998 British Comedy Award for best actress.
Emma Kennedy
Emma Kennedy (born 1967, Corby, England) is an English actress, comedy writer, and author; former lawyer, Seven Raymonds comedian, creator of BBC1's The Kennedys, memoirist of The Tent, the Bucket and Me, and Celebrity Masterchef 2012 winner.
Emma Samms
Emma Samms (Emma Elizabeth Wylie Samuelson, born 1960) is a British actress known as Holly Sutton on General Hospital and the second Fallon on Dynasty and The Colbys, and co-founder (1986, with Peter Samuelson) of the Starlight Children's Foundation; MBE 2016.
Eric Sykes
Eric Sykes (1923–2012), English comedy writer and performer: Goon Show co-writer, star of Sykes and a... and Sykes with Hattie Jacques, creator of the near-silent film The Plank (1967), OBE and CBE honours.
Felicity Kendal
Felicity Kendal (born 1946, Olton, Warwickshire) is a British actress raised in India with her family's Shakespeareana troupe, star of Shakespeare-Wallah and The Good Life, and a longtime Tom Stoppard stage collaborator.
Finola Hughes
Finola Hughes (born 1959, Kensington, London) is an English actress and director, Daytime Emmy winner of 1991, best known as Anna Devane on General Hospital since 1985, originating Victoria the White Cat in Cats, starring in Staying Alive (1983), and playing Anna's twin Alex on All My Children.
Fiona Fullerton
Fiona Elizabeth Fullerton (born 1956, Kaduna, Nigeria), British actress and singer, known as Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972) and Bond girl Pola Ivanova in A View to a Kill (1985); later a property investor and Strictly contestant.
Floella Benjamin
Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham (born 1949), Trinidadian-British Play School presenter, author of Coming to England, Liberal Democrat peer since 2010, Windrush campaigner, DBE and Order of Merit recipient.
Frances Barber
Frances Barber (born 1958, Wolverhampton) is an English actress of stage and screen: Olivier-winning RSC debut in Camille, Billie Trix in Pet Shop Boys' Closer to Heaven, Silk, Doctor Who, and the 2026 premiere of The Psychic.
Frances de la Tour
Frances de la Tour (born 1944) is an English stage, television and film actress known for Miss Ruth Jones in Rising Damp, Madame Olympe Maxime in the Harry Potter films, and Mrs Lintott in The History Boys; she has won three Olivier Awards and a Tony Award.
Francesca Annis
Francesca Annis, English actress born in London (sources give 1944 or 1945), trained in ballet at Corona. Known for Lady Macbeth in Polanski's Macbeth (1971), Lady Jessica in Dune (1984), and the BAFTA-winning Lillie (1978), through The Forsytes (2025).
Francesca Gonshaw
Francesca Gonshaw (born 1959, Marylebone, London) is an English actress who played Maria Recamier in 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1987, 21 episodes) and Marie in Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986).
Françoise Pascal
Françoise Pascal names two documented figures: a 17th-century Lyon playwright, author of Agathonphile martyr (1655) and Sésostris (1661), and a Mauritius-born actress (born 1949) known for Mind Your Language and The Iron Rose.
Frank Thornton
Frank Thornton (Frank Thornton Ball, 1921-2013), English comedy actor, Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served? (1972-1985) and Truly in Last of the Summer Wine (1997-2010); also stage farceur and film character actor.