Eileen Atkins

...104 performances at the Biltmore Theatre, but features several future stars: Gary Beach, Kate Burton and Mark Linn-Baker. 1994 Eileen Atkins and Vanessa Redgrave star in the Zoe Caldwell-directed Vita and Virginia, which opens tonight at...

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David Suchet will return as Poirot for the 65th time Award-winning actress Dame Eileen Atkins and Barbara Hershey will star in a new TV adaption of Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express. David Suchet, who has played Hercule...

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...production, directed by Philip Martin, currently is filming in London. Along with Suchet and Smith, the all-star cast includes Dame Eileen Atkins, Barbara Hershey, David Morrissey, Toby Jones, Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Chastain, Sam Crane,...

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...etc) I was delighted to hear that plans are afoot to reanimate the series. Featuring two of the original stars, Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins, and transferred to BBC1 (no surprises there), the franchise will now move forward to 1936, which...

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A new role will be created for Cranford star Dame Eileen Atkins. Classic ITV drama Upstairs Downstairs is being brought back by the BBC. The drama, about a Belgravia family and their servants, was a worldwide hit in the 1970s. It was...

In this article: Heidi Thomas, Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs, Cranford, BBC, and Second World War

...only actor to have felt a certain chemistry with an older member of his profession. Long before he made his celebrated pass at Dame Eileen Atkins - some 42 years his senior - I hear that Robert Lindsay managed to put a sparkle into the eyes...

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...from 1971 to 1975, spanning the fictional life of the Bellamy family from 1903 to 1930, and was the brainchild of actresses Dame Eileen Atkins and Jean Marsh. The new version will be set in 1936. It will be written by Heidi Thomas, who...

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Michelle Pfeiffer seems to have the opposite problem of Dame Eileen Atkins. The Hollywood actress says she all too often finds herself paired up with increasingly youthful men by casting directiors. "The older I get, the younger the...

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Unlike Joanna Lumley, 63, who accepts that "crones" aren't going to get much work in acting, Dame Eileen Atkins, 75, says it is vital that older women - who represent a huge chunk of the population - get their share of parts. Dame Eileen...

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...for prizes at award festivals. A seven-strong contingent from the BBC1 series Cranford - including Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins and Imelda Staunton - flew business-class to lobby for nominations to the Emmys and Golden Globe awards...

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