Joan Ann Plowright was born on 29 October 1929 in Brigg, Lincolnshire. Her mother, Daisy, was a keen amateur actor and by the age of three, her daughter had taken to the stage. She went to Scunthorpe ...

Theatre audiences enjoyed her versatility and good humour, and her 1961 Tony-winning Broadway role A Taste of Honey saw her play a troubled teenager, with Angela Lansbury as her mother.

Out of every category at the Oscars, Best Original Song consistently features more popular and mainstream films than other categories. Conversely, some films do not maintain this popularity, but the ...

The Olivier Award-winning actress on making the jump from the West End to primetime TV in BBC One’s new period drama, Miss ...

Bonnie Langford delighted Doctor Who fans when she returned to the series last year having originally starred as companion Mel Bush on the 1980s. This wasn't her first brush with ame though as she had ...

And she was God – in two episodes of Absolutely Fabulous. “Of course I have regrets, I’m not stupid,” she said on turning 60.

Faithfull was a beautiful pop star at the height of the ’60s rock era, known across the world for her hits (notably the classic ballad “As Tears Go By”) and her boyfriend, Rolling Stone Mick Jagger. A ...