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2016
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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. 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
Oct 2, 2017 · Acting legend and star of Cranford and The Crown, Dame Eileen Atkins reveals how her Doc Martin character, Aunt Ruth, has become an unexpected role model.
- Elaine Reilly
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...
- Miranda Seymour
Sep 24, 2021 · Eileen Atkins interview: I realised I really didn't like my mother. The acclaimed actress discusses her family, finding late success – and her bracingly honest new memoir. Mick Brown 24 ...
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Dame Eileen Atkins is a guest on this week’s episode of The Graham Norton Show, which airs Friday (October 22) at 11pm EST on BBC America, and surprisingly, it’s her first ever appearance on the show. To whet your appetite, we’re making her our British Icon of the Week and celebrating some of her career highlights and interesting things ...
