Individual Actors & Performers

When Jerry Grayson left the Royal Navys Search and Rescue helicopter fleet aged 25, he was the most decorated peacetime naval pilot in history. In ...

On 8 March 2008 the Italian performance artist Pippa Bacca set out to hitchhike from Milan to Jerusalem in a wedding dress, documented with a video...

As one of Britain's best known TV and radio personalities, Gloria Hunniford requires little introduction. From chat show and current affairs host t...

In October 1957 Marlon Brando married a young studio actress called Anna Kashfi. He was thirty-three and at the pinnacle of his beautiful fame havi...

Analyses what makes an acting performance excellent, through a range of examples from world cinemaWhat actors do on-screen is a fascination for aud...

Having taken on the role of Roger Moores executive assistant in 2002, Gareth Owen became the right-hand man to an icon, as well as his co-author, o...

John Barrymore's influence on screen and stage in the early twentieth century is incalculable. His performances in the theatre defined Shakespeare ...

Long before the screen placed the face of Mary Pickford before the eyes of millions of Americans, this girl, born August 13, 1860 as Phoebe Anne Oa...

An enthralling appreciation of the monumentally gifted popular artist and cultural icon who challenged Hollywoods standards of beauty and glamour B...

Elvis Presley is a giant figure in American popular culture, a man whose talent and fame were matched only by his later excesses and tragic end. A ...

Harry H. Corbett rose from the slums of Manchester to become one of the best-known television stars of the 20th century. Having left home as a 17-y...

Harry H. Corbett rose from the slums of Manchester to become one of the best-known television stars of the 20th century. Having left home as a 17-y...

Out of print for over forty years, The 007 Diaries introduces Roger Moores James Bond Diary to a new generation of fans. To tie in with the release...

ON THE TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, IESTYN EDWARDS, BASS BARITONE, BOARDED H.M.S. VICTORY TO SING AT A NAVAL SUPPER IN THE...

It was 1989 when Robert Llewellyn first had his head encased in the one-piece latex foam-rubber balaclava that is the head of Kryten in Red Dwarf s...

Meryl Streep is the most celebrated actress of our time. She's a chameleon who disappears fully into each character she plays. She never tackles th...

After Betty Grable, but before there was Marilyn, America's penchant for popcorn blondes focused on LANA, the ultimate movie star. She had it all: ...

'Entertaining...revealing, shocking' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'Sublime' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMSActor and director Zawe Ashton brings us a unique look at ...

Do You Mind If I Smoke? tells the story of Fenella Fielding''s remarkable 65-year career in theatre, radio, TV and film. Best known for her 1960s ...

Who doesnt know Paul Newman? The man with the beautiful blue eyes, the chiselled face and body, the 50-plus years of memorable acting and directing...

Tall, dark and handsome, with a manufactured name and a scrupulously designed professional image, Rock Hudson represented the Hollywood ideal of Am...

Lee Evans is one of the best-loved comedians in the country; a Hollywood star able to sell out arenas in the blink of eye. But he was not always su...

After more than five decades in Hollywood, Don Bluth, the man behind some of the most iconic animated films ever made, tells his story.Don Bluth ne...

''As brutal, withering and funny as you''d expect'' Julian Clary''A rollicking read, packed with wit and old-school glamour'' Sunday Telegraph''Fab...

Marlene Dietrich never threw away anything. She kept her good-luck rag doll (it appeared with her in The Blue Angel and followed her to dressing ta...

* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *What happens when a girl tries to grow up in a world where everyone wants her to remain a child?Hayley Mills''s te...

Say Eh-oh! to Nikky Smedley and Laa-Laa Over the Hills and Far Away follows Nikky through the Teletubbies years, from her role as a bistro table ...

The image of Jordan with her white shards of beehive and Mondrian make-up is one of the most iconic in pop culture. From the counter of Malcolm McL...

What a treat. An all-star cast with one thing in common: they worked with David Wood. And just for us hes brought them to life again and so vividl...