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Early life. Atkins was born in the Mothers' Hospital in Lower Clapton, a Salvation Army maternity hospital in East London.Her mother, Annie Ellen (née Elkins), was a barmaid who was 46 when Eileen was born, and her father, Arthur Thomas Atkins, was a gas meter reader who was previously under-chauffeur to the Portuguese Ambassador.
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. Her breakthrough role in "The Killing of Sister George" took her to Broadway.
- June 16, 1934
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. Eileen grew up with an elder brother and a sister.
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Sep 26, 2021 · Atkins, left, as Virginia Woolf, with Penelope Wilton, in her own play Vita & Virginia at London’s Ambassadors theatre in 1993. Photograph: Alastair Muir/Shutterstock
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 ...
Eileen Atkins (1934-) biography on Film Reference. 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.
Atkins, Eileen 1934–PERSONALBorn 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.
