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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. 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.
Women Film & Theater Personalities. Childhood & Early Life. Eileen Atkins was born in Clapton, London, UK, on June 16, 1934. Her father Arthur Thomas Atkins worked as a gas meter reader, while her mother Annie Ellen (née Elkins) worked in a factory all day and as a barmaid in the evening.
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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Oct 29, 2020 · Atkins is the third born child of Annie Ellen (née Elkins), who was a factory worker and a night barmaid in the Elephant & Castle, and Arthur Thomas Atkins, a former gas meter reader who was previously under-chauffeur to the Portuguese Ambassador. Eileen Atkins Husband. Atkins is a widow and was married twice. She first married actor Julian Glover.
Born June 106, 1934, in London, England; daughter of Arthur Thomas (a gas meter reader) and Annie Ellen (a seamstress and barmaid; maiden name, Elkins) Atkins; married Julian Glover (an actor), 1957 (divorced, 1966); married Bill Shepherd (a television producer), February 2, 1978.
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...
Born June 16, 1934, in London, England; daughter of Arthur Thomas and Annie Ellen (maiden name, Elkins) Atkins; married Julian Glover (an actor; divorced); married Bill Shepherd (a television producer), 1977. Education: Attended Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
