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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.
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
Sep 26, 2021 · Eileen Atkins, photographed in London in 1968. Photograph: Harold Clements/Getty Images. Baby Eileen, who had blond curls and an affectedly cute voice, performed at working men’s clubs for 15 ...
Sep 24, 2021 · Writing the book, Atkins found out that the council house where she grew up had been sold last year for £480,000. “Ronald said, ‘I can’t believe I’ve actually gone down in the world ...
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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.
Oct 26, 2022 · Eileen Atkins: ‘There are plenty of parts if you’re willing to make yourself look lousy’. From council estate in Tottenham to West End stage, the veteran actor and screenwriter tells her ...
