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Eileen Atkins. Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBE (born 15 June 1934) [a] is an English actress and occasional screenwriter. She has worked in the theatre, film, and television consistently since 1953.
39 Photos. Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north London. Her father was a gas meter reader; her mother, a seamstress and barmaid. A drama teacher taught her how to drop her Cockney accent, and she studied Shakespeare and Greek tragedies. Her breakthrough role in "The Killing of Sister George" took her to Broadway.
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Learn about the life and career of Eileen Atkins, a British actress who starred in The Killing of Sister George, Upstairs, Downstairs, and Gosford Park. Find out her awards, trivia, quotes, and family background.
- June 16, 1934
Dec 29, 2021 · Instead, granted time by a seemingly never-ending pandemic, the 87-year-old Eileen Atkins wrote about a challenging and often brutal journey to stardom, recently playing Queen Mary in The Crown.
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Jun 20, 2024 · Dame Eileen Atkins tells the story of her lifelong fascination with Virginia Woolf and recalls how she took on the challenge of adapting Woolf's Mrs Dalloway for the big screen. More. 13 mins. 10 ...
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Jun 16, 2024 · She Fell Among Thieves. Dame Eileen Atkins takes us back to 1920s France and a fantastic world of foul play, chateaus, dungeons and fast cars in Tom Sharpe’s 1978 adaptation of Dornford Yates's ...
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