Not so much an actress, more a way of life

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Actress Eleanor Bron, 55, was born before the second world war into a middle-class, Jewish, London home. Her father, whose parents were poorly-educated immigrants, was a music publisher. Eleanor is introspective and maintains her privacy. She read French and German at Cambridge University, where she became involved in the Footlights revue society in the 1960s. She rose to fame in the television satirical comedy 'That Was The Week That Was.' Eleanor refuses to act in commercials and plays serious roles such as the Duchess of Malfi and Hedda Gabler.

Bron, Eleanor

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Passions of an ingenue who never grows old

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Actress Leslie Caron's first film 'An American in Paris,' which was made in 1951 when she was 19, won an Academy Award. She shared many roles with Audrey Hepburn. In 1956 she went to England to appear in 'Gigi' directed by Peter Hall and they married. He did not expect her to work. This stifled her until Rene Clair invited her to do a film in Paris. She had an affair with Warren Beatty and divorced in 1965. She married American producer Michael Laughlin but divorced after seven years.

Caron, Leslie

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A wonderful indulgence

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Actor Simon Callow has been involved in a wide range of other projects, including directing plays, operas and films, work for television and writing books. He has great energy and commitment, and there is also a certain ruthless element to his character. He has never tried to conceal his homosexuality, but is not a militant campaigner for the gay movement. However, he has sometimes clashed with people who claim that homosexuality is inherently separate.

Callow, Simon

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