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Harwich's Electric Palace cinema visited by Sir Stephen Frears • Feb. 14, 2025, 1:14 AM ET (BBC)

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Born June 20, 1941 (age 83) • Leicester • England
Notable Works “A Very English Scandal” • “Dangerous Liaisons” • “Florence Foster Jenkins” • “Lay the Favorite” • “Mary Reilly” • “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight” • “My Beautiful Laundrette” • “Philomena” • “Prick Up Your Ears” • “Quiz” • “The Queen” • “The Snapper” • “The Van” • “Victoria and Abdul”

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Helen Mirren in The Queen
Dangerous Liaisons
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Joy Batchelor
British director and animator
Roy Ward Baker
British director
Emerald Fennell
Emerald Fennell
British actress and director
Mary Poppins
Robert Stevenson
American director
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor
Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry
British actor, writer, and director
Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance
British actor and director
High Sierra
Ida Lupino
American actress, director, and screenwriter
Ben Elton
Ben Elton
British actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and dramatist
John Boorman
John Boorman
British director
Stephen Daldry
Stephen Daldry
English film and theater director
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh
British actor, director, and writer
Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott
British director and producer
Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman
British actor and director
Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle
British filmmaker
Ken Loach
British director
Terry Gilliam
American director
Lewis Allen
British-born director
Dev Patel
Dev Patel
British actor
David Hare
David Hare
British playwright and director