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Eileen Atkins
Age: 75
Height: 5' 6 1/2"
Birth Place: Clapton, London, England, UK
Born: Jun. 16th, 1934
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BIOGRAPHY: 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.
TRIVIA:
- 2004 Tony Award nominee for Best Actress in a Play for "The Retreat from Moscow."
- She has no children. She claimed in an interview with the Radio Times that she has never had any maternal instinct and put that down to the fact that she did not get on with her mother
- She was awarded the 1992 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Night of the Iguana.
- She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1990 and awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama.
- Co-creator (with actress 'Jean Marsh' (qv)) of the classic British drama series _"Upstairs, Downstairs" (1971)_ (qv) - making her wonderful presence in the Altman upstairs-downstairs movie _Gosford Park (2001)_ (qv) particularly resonant.
- She was awarded the 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress of the 2003 season for her performance in Honour at the Royal National Theatre: Cottesloe Stage.
- Is a breast cancer survivor.
- She was nominated for a 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Honour at the Royal National Theatre: Cottesloe.
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