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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:
- She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1989 (1988 season) for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for Cymbeline and Mountain Language.
- She was awarded the 1992 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Night of the Iguana.
- She claims to be high-maintenance
- 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.
- Won the Best Actress Award for "Honour" at the 2004 Laurence Olivier Awards.
- 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 nominated for a 1997 (1996) Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in a play for her performance in John Gabriel Borkman.
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