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- Amy Manson was born on 9 September 1985 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for The Nevers (2021), Spencer (2021) and Beats (2019).
- Scottish-born actor James Donald was born in Aberdeen on May 18, 1917, and took his first professional stage bow some time in the late 30s. He finally attained a degree of stardom in 1943 for his sterling performance in Noël Coward's "Present Laughter", which starred Coward himself. Subsequent post-war theatre work included "The Eagle with Two Heads" (1947), "You Never Can Tell" (1948) and "The Heiress" (1949) with Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and Donald Sinden.
Rather humorless in character with a gaunt, intent-looking face and no-nonsense demeanor, James made his debut in British films in 1942, fitting quite comfortably into the stoic war-era mold with roles in such noteworthy military sagas as In Which We Serve (1942) and The Way Ahead (1944). Ably supporting such top-notch actors as Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr in Edward, My Son (1949) and Elizabeth Taylor and Stewart Granger in Beau Brummell (1954), he also managed to head up a number of films including White Corridors (1951) in which he and Googie Withers play husband and wife doctors who try to balance career and marriage; Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers (1952) as "Nathaniel Winkle", and Project M7 (1953) as a scientist obsessed with his work. In addition, he earned superb marks for a number of quality films in the 1950s and 1960s. His portrayal of painter 'Vincent Van Gogh''s brother "Theo" in Lust for Life (1956) with Kirk Douglas, was quite memorable, as was his trenchant work in the WWII POW dramas The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Great Escape (1963), and King Rat (1965). Most of the men he played were intelligent, moral-minded and honorable. While continuing to perform on stage, he also gained TV exposure. James received an Emmy nomination for his role as "Prince Albert" opposite Julie Harris in Victoria Regina (1961), and performed the part of the cruel-eyed stepfather "Mr. Murdstone" in the period remake of David Copperfield (1970) toward the end of his career. Off the screen for a number of years, he died of stomach cancer on August 3, 1993 in England. He was 76. - Actress
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Sophie Kennedy Clark was born in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She is known for Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013), Philomena (2013) and Sorority (2022).- Music Artist
- Actress
- Composer
Annie Lennox was born on 25 December 1954 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She is a music artist and actress, known for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Scrooged (1988) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). She has been married to Mitch Besser since 15 September 2012. She was previously married to Uri Fruchtmann and Radha Raman.- Amy Lennox was born in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for Never Let Me Go (2010), Shetland (2013) and Holby City (1999).
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Joan Washington was born on 21 December 1946 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Red Sparrow (2018) and Crimson Peak (2015). She was married to Richard E. Grant and ??? Washington. She died on 2 September 2021 in Avening, Gloucestershire, England, UK.- Writer
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Graeme Garden was born on 18 February 1943 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for The Goodies (1970), The Imitation Game (2018) and Engelbert with the Young Generation (1972). He is married to Emma. They have one child. He was previously married to Mary Elizabeth Wheatley Grice.- Actress
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Character actress Sheila Keith was born to Scottish parents in London, England on June 9, 1920. Keith was raised since the age of two by an aunt in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Sheila trained to be an actress at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. Keith began her acting career in repertory theater at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Scotland and the Bristol Old Vic in Bristol, England. Among the West End theater productions Sheila acted in are "Present Laughter," "Mame" (with Ginger Rogers), "Deathtrap," and "Anyone for Denis?". Keith started acting in various British TV shows in the mid-1960's and acted in her first movie in the early 1970's. Sheila achieved her greatest and most enduring cult cinema popularity with her memorable portrayals of nasty middle-aged women in several horror films directed by Pete Walker; she's especially chilling as vicious prison warder Walker in House of Whipcord (1974) and likewise quite frightening as aging, but still lethal cannibal Dorothy Yates in Frightmare (1974). Keith died at age 84 on October 14, 2004 in Chertsey, Surrey, England. She was survived by a son.- Margaret Mann was born on 4 April 1868 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Four Sons (1928), Black Beauty (1921) and The Law Rides (1936). She was married to James F. Smythe. She died on 4 February 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Vincent Winter was born on 29 December 1947 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Superman (1978), The Little Kidnappers (1953) and Superman III (1983). He died on 2 November 1998 in Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK.- Actor
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Jeff Stewart was born on 28 October 1955 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and director, known for A Date with Shillelagh (2019), Under Jakob's Ladder (2011) and The Bill (1984).- Actor
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Andrew Cruickshank was born on 25 December 1907 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for El Cid (1961), Kidnapped (1960) and Murder Most Foul (1964). He was married to Curigwen Lewis. He died on 29 April 1988 in Westminster, London, England, UK.- William Gillespie was born on 24 January 1894 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Stop, Look and Listen (1926), Her Dangerous Path (1923) and The Valley of Bravery (1926). He was married to Ann Monahan. He died on 23 June 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Isobel Barnett was born on 30 June 1918 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She was a writer, known for What's My Line (1951), Leisure and Pleasure (1951) and Twice Twenty (1955). She was married to Geoffrey Barnett. She died on 20 October 1980 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England, UK.
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Dame Evelyn Glennie, who was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2007 New Year Honours List, is one of the best-known figures in contemporary British music. An extraordinarily virtuosic percussionist as well as an engaging personality, she has long been subject to considerable media interest.
Touring internationally with her huge array of instruments (the world's first full-time classical percussion soloist), she has played with all the world's major orchestras, consistently winning massive critical acclaim. Her sixteen solo albums (including twelve on the RCA/BMG label) have reached a remarkably diverse public, as have her numerous collaborations with musicians from the non-classical world.
She has performed with Indian, Indonesian and South American traditional musicians, and in the mid-'90s co-wrote and recorded several songs with the Icelandic singer Björk, including the hit single My Spine. Her 2000 solo album Shadow Behind the Iron Sun, produced by acclaimed rock music producer Michael Brauer, entirely comprises studio improvisations by Evelyn.
In addition to her life as a performer and recording artist, Evelyn has established for herself a considerable reputation as a composer for film and television. One of her earliest credits was her music for a series of Tony Kaye-directed TV commercials for Mazda Cars in the mid-'90s - which was so original that it spawned a host of imitations. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her music for the first series of Lynda La Plante's ground-breaking crime drama Trial & Retribution (La Plante Productions for ITV), and has gone on to record many subsequent series of the show. Other drama credits include two four-hour versions of Bramwell (Whitby Davison Productions for ITV); and Blind Ambition (Coastal Productions/Yorkshire Television).
Documentary credits include 3BM TV's 4-part study of the history of terrorism, The Age of Terror, produced by Oscar-winning producer Jon Blair and transmitted on the Discovery Channel to coincide with the first anniversary of the September 11th outrage. She also composed the title music for two series of the BBC's Soundbites, which she herself presented.
In 1999 Evelyn scored her first feature film, The Trench, a First World War drama written and directed by the novelist William Boyd. In 2004 Evelyn collaborated with the film-maker Thomas Riedelsheimer on his film Touch the Sound. Described as "A Sound Journey With Evelyn Glennie", the film explores the phenomenon of sound as Evelyn experiences it, in her life and work, and contains much original music by Evelyn, some co-written with the renowned guitarist Fred Frith. The soundtrack has been released by Normal Records.
Evelyn has created a number of tracks for the library music company Audio Network PLC- William Devlin was born on 5 December 1911 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Mutiny on the Elsinore (1937), Solomon and Sheba (1959) and The Mill on the Floss (1936). He was married to Meriel Moore (actress) and Mary Casson (actress/musician). He died on 25 January 1987 in Somerset, England, UK.
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Michael Clark was born on 29 May 1962 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Prospero's Books (1991) and Comrades (1986).- Writer
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Lorna Moon was born on 16 June 1886 in Strichen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She was a writer, known for Don't Tell Everything (1921), Upstage (1926) and Min and Bill (1930). She was married to William Hebditch. She died on 1 May 1930 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.- Music Department
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Ian Campbell was born on 10 June 1933 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Churchill's People (1974), The Shoals of Herring (1972) and The Big Hewer (1974). He was married to Patricia Weaver. He died on 24 November 2012.- Actor
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- Writer
Victor Carin was born in 1932 in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Doctor Who (1963), Take the High Road (1980) and The Eagle of the Ninth (1977). He died on 2 January 1981 in Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Lewis McInnes was born on 12 November 1986 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. Lewis is known for Under the Skin (2013), Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).- Ronald Ritchie was born on 5 January 1909 in Cookney, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Self Made Lady (1932), Night Journey (1938) and The Man Without a Face (1935). He died on 3 June 1966 in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK.
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George Leslie was born in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. George is known for The Towering Inferno (1974), The World According to Garp (1982) and The Swarm (1978). George was married to Betty and Betty. George died on 15 December 2011 in California, USA.- Actress
Opera soprano Mary Garden was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on February 20, 1874. Her family emigrated to the US in 1880, eventually settling in Chicago, Illinois. She showed an aptitude for music at an early age, studying the violin and piano and taking voice lessons while still a young girl. In 1895 she went to Paris, France, to further her voice training. She made her public debut five years later in Gustave Charpentier's "Louise" at the Opera-Comique in Paris. In 1902 composer Claude Debussy personally chose her to sing the female lead in his opera "Pelleas et Melisande", and this became her most famous and celebrated role. She was so highly regarded among composers that Jules Massenet specifically rewrote the lead part in his "Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame"--which he had originally written to be a man--for her.
She made her New York debut in 1907, in Massenet's "Thais". She was acclaimed by critics not only for her superb singing but for what many deemed her remarkable dramatic ability as well. She toured extensively in Europe and the US and joined the Chicago Civic Opera in 1910, being their featured singer until 1931. In addition, she served as general director of the Chicago Opera Association from 1921-1922.
Although she retired from the stage in 1934, she remained active in operatic circles, making many lecture and recital tours over the next 20 years and serving as audition judge for the National Arts Foundation.
She died in her birthplace of Aberdeen, Scotland, on January 3, 1967.- Casting Department
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Maya Kavanagh has worked in the film industry for over 8 years in a number of roles.
With a background in digital marketing, her entry into the film industry began after successfully developing and executing a number of highly successful digital marketing campaigns for Western Australian film projects.
Maya's producing credits include YouTube series The Angry Man Series written and directed by Bill Warnock Writers Initiative Participant, Aaron Moss; and short romantic comedy musical Library of Love starring Trilby Glover (Scream Queens) and Ian Brennan (creator of Glee).
Maya works at Scott Free Films as an assistant to Sir Ridley Scott- Lewis Grassic Gibbon was born on 13 February 1901 in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for Play for Today (1970), Sunset Song (2015) and Sunset Song (1971). He died on 7 February 1935 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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Bob Hird was born on 14 September 1936 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was a director and producer, known for 1990 (1977), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and The Adventures of Don Quick (1970). He died in 1991.- Actor
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Iain Sutherland was born on 17 November 1948 in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Top of the Pops (1964), The Melting Pot (1975) and Red Rose (2004). He died on 25 November 2019 in the UK.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Sandi Thom was born on 11 August 1981 in Macduff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for Not Another Happy Ending (2013), New Graceland (2020) and Stranger in the Worlde: M2M (2017).- Actor
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Andrew Bulloch was born on 28 September 1987 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for The Dying Eye (2013), Duck Dynasty (2012) and The Glasgow Story (2013).- Marsali Stewart was born on 22 December 1972 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for In Your Dreams (1996), Criminal Justice (2008) and The Vice (1999).
- Isabel Hilton was born on 25 November 1949 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She has been married to Neal Ascherson since August 1984. They have two children.
- Denis Law was born on 24 February 1940 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for The Perfect Match (1995), 3-2-1 (1978) and FA Cup Final: 1963 - Manchester United vs Leicester (1963).
- Lou Macari was born on 4 June 1949 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
- Jessie Barclay was born on 23 February 1931 in Kinellar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Delayed Flight (1964), Undermind (1965) and ITV Television Playhouse (1955). She died on 7 December 1993 in Headcorn, Kent, England, UK.
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Philip Clemo's work is "mesmerising" (The London Times), "startlingly original" (The Observer, UK) and "beautiful, transcendent" (BBC).
Clemo is a trans-disciplinary artist working across composition, sound design, film and installation. His work explores landscape, perception, ambiguity & consciousness and has been shown around the world inc. Cannes, London V&A Museum and Eden Project, UK.
Clemo joined the BBC in 1987, working as a film editor on one of its flagship programmes Panorama before leaving in 1993. He subsequently worked as a freelance editor, media consultant and director for a number of years. In 1989 he started making short films, in a collaboration with photographer and film-maker Colin Gray. The partnership took them to Asia and Scandinavia and Clemo subsequently travelled widely making films and gathering an eclectic library of sound recordings.
As a composer Clemo has released six critically acclaimed albums. He builds complex sound worlds, weaving in location recordings made on his worldwide trips. He develops pieces through a process of composition and improvisation, with contributions from a diverse group of musicians including Arve Henriksen, Byron Wallen, B J Cole, Henry Lowther, Evi Vine and Cleveland Watkiss.
Clemo's Breath Project (www.breathproject.net) is a multi-sensory, highly communicative work exploring humankind's relationship with life-cycles and the environments we inhabit. It is produced by perfectmotion, in collaboration with the V&A, Eden Project, Arri, Vision Research and 5 UK universities. Content includes imagery from a gyro-stabilised helicopter rig over Iceland, ground-based material from ultra-high speed camera technology loaned by world leaders Vision Research and petri dish shots in collaboration with Dr Jonathan Graham. Soundscapes include Malaysian rainforest insects to human & humpback whale heart rhythms. Breath has already attracted the attention of David Lynch's producer Joni Sighvatsson and Francis Ford Coppola's producer Fred Fuchs.
Selected Filmography:
Breath (in development, 2017) Water in the Flow (2016) Memory of Objects One (2014) Orchid (2013) Four Seconds to Midnight (2013) Wide-eyed (2013) Return (2013) The Mesmer vignettes (2012) Sigur Rós - Fjögur Píanó (2012) Melt (2009)
Discography:
solo works: Dream Maps (2016) Mesmer (2012) The Rooms (2008) Ambiguous Dialogues (2004)
(with Ysanne Spevack): soundzero (2009) Inhale the Colours (1997)- Producer
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Pharic Maclaren was born in 1923 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Huntingtower (1978), The Prior Commitment (1969) and Scobie in September (1969). He was married to Doris McLatchie. He died on 5 September 1980 in Kelvindale, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.- Producer
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Born in Scotland, the son of a clergyman, Thomson attended schools in Dundee and Edinburgh before the family emigrated in 1955 to the United States. High School in Maine was followed by attendance at SMU in Dallas, where off-campus jobs as diverse as managing the local art-house cinema, the Fine Arts, hosting a classsical music show on KCPA-FM and taking whatever jobs were on offer in Dallas film and television studios set the pattern for a media career. Thomson spent the sixties sybaritically in London, the seventies in Paris and moved to Germany the beginning of the eighties. Cologne is home since 1992 and the locals have had get used to the sight of a gaunt six-footer resplendent in Scottish national dress. Son Nicholas, born in 1966, and daughter Jessica, born in 1988 claim that he manages wear the kilt without looking ridiculous. Not all agree!- Composer
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Gavin Sutherland was born on 6 October 1951 in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He is a composer, known for Feuer und Eis (1986), Summer of 85 (2020) and The Match (1999).- Gordon Begg was born on 14 January 1868 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Great Expectations (1946), Elstree Calling (1930) and What Do We Do Now? (1945). He died on 4 February 1954 in Battersea, London, England, UK.
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Arnold McDonald was born in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He is known for Jack London (1943).- A.C. Fotheringham-Lysons was born on 23 May 1867 in Skene, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Elusive Pimpernel (1919), The Scourge (1922) and The Amateur Gentleman (1920). He died on 8 October 1947 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Laura Brand was born in 1933 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She died on 24 November 2020 in Milnathort, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK.
- Norman Baker was born on 26 July 1957 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
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G.S. Melvin was born on 20 February 1886 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Down Melody Lane (1943), Variety Parade (1936) and Highlights of Variety: The Bell & Howell Music Hall No. 17 (1938). He died on 2 December 1946 in Kingswood Creek, Wraysbury, Berkshire, England, UK.- Robbie Shepherd was born in 1936 in Dunecht, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was married to Esma Dickson. He died on 1 August 2023 in Scotland, UK.
- Richard Shepherd was born on 6 December 1942 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He died on 19 February 2022 in the UK.
- Cosmo Gordon Lang was born on 31 October 1864 in Fyvie Manse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He died on 5 December 1945 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.
- Neil Gibson was born in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
- Paul Sturrock was born on 10 October 1956 in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.