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Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBE (born 15 June 1934) is an English actress and occasional screenwriter. She has worked in the theatre, film, and television consistently since 1953. In 2008, she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Cranford.
Eileen Atkins. Actress: Gosford Park. 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.
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Eileen Atkins. Actress: Gosford Park. 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.
- June 16, 1934
Sep 26, 2021 · Eileen Atkins: ‘There are plenty of parts if you’re willing to make yourself look lousy’. Rachel Cooke. From council estate in Tottenham to West End stage, the veteran actor and screenwriter...
Sep 24, 2021 · The acclaimed actress discusses her family, finding late success – and her bracingly honest new memoir. Mick Brown 24 September 2021 • 5:00am. Dame Eileen Atkins at home Credit: Andrew Crowley...
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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...
Veteran British star of both stage and screen, Eileen Atkins rose from her working-class roots to become one of the most accomplished and decorated actresses to cross the Atlantic.
