Getty Images Jessica Gunning won a Bafta for her role in Baby Reindeer in May Baby Reindeer was one of the standout television moments of the past few years and it catapulted actress Jessica Gunning to stardom. She played the obsessive and troubled woman, Martha, who dramatically unravels onscreen. For Gunning it was the “role […]
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Oscar-nominated actress Diane Ladd dies, daughter Laura Dern confirms
Diane Ladd, the veteran, Oscar-nominated actress who starred in film classics including “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “Chinatown,” has died at age 89, her daughter, actress Laura Dern, confirmed this week. “My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother, Diane Ladd, passed with me beside her this morning, at her home in […]
Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales dies aged 93
Emma Saunders,Culture reporter and Paul Glynn,Culture reporter Prunella Scales’s memorable moments in Fawlty Towers Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales has died aged 93, her family have confirmed. Scales was best known for playing hotel manager Sybil Fawlty, the long-suffering and domineering wife of Basil – played by John Cleese – in the classic British sitcom. […]