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Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBE (born 15 June 1934) 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 .
Instead, granted time by a seemingly never-ending pandemic, the 87-year-old Eileen Atkins wrote about a challenging and often brutal journey to stardom, recently playing Queen Mary...
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Sep 24, 2021 · Eileen Atkins interview: I realised I really didn't like my mother The acclaimed actress discusses her family, finding late success – and her bracingly honest new memoir
Eileen Atkins is a British actress, writer and co-creator of Upstairs, Downstairs and The House of Eliott. She has starred in films such as Gosford Park, Cold Mountain and The Queen, and TV shows such as Doc Martin, The Crown and Vicious.
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Learn about the life and career of Eileen Atkins, a British actress who starred in The Killing of Sister George, Upstairs, Downstairs, and Gosford Park. Find out her awards, trivia, quotes, and family background.
- June 16, 1934
Veteran British star of both stage and screen, Eileen Atkins rose from her working-class roots to become one of the most accomplished and decorated actresses to cross the Atlantic.
Jan 19, 2014 · The veteran actress talks about her life on stage, her unlikely liaisons and her one-woman show at Shakespeare’s Globe. She reveals her views on sex, ageing, gender-bending and her five best friends in New York.
