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Known for:	Vera Drake, Secrets & Lies, Topsy-Turvy
Birthday:	20 February 1943, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Height:	5' 7" (1.70 m)

Happy Birthday to NBA star Stephon Marbury (1977), The Darkness drummer Ed Graham (1976), Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell (1975), late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain (1967; d. 1994), supermodel Cindy Crawford (1966), socialite Patty Hearst (1954), English actor Anthony Stewart Head (1954), actress/model Jennifer O'Neill (1948), "Peter Pan" actress Sandy Duncan (1946), English actress Brenda Blethyn (1946), "The Fifth Element" actor Brion James (1945; d. 1999), film director Mike Leigh (1943), songwriter/artist Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941), jazz singer Nancy Wilson (1937), soap opera actress Marj Dusay (1936), "Gunsmoke" actress Amanda Blake (1929; d. 1989), prolific screen actor Sidney Poitier (1927), Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer (1927; d. 2005), and film director Robert Altman (1925).
Director MIKE LEIGH was forced to relax his rules of total secrecy on all his films when he made abortion drama VERA DRAKE as he felt compelled to inform star IMELDA STAUNTON of the sensitive subject matter.The British moviemaker has a strict policy of never letting his castmembers know the overview of the film -
British director MIKE LEIGH has launched a $14 million (£7 million) fundraising appeal to expand the London Film School.The Vera Drake filmmaker, a graduate of the school, is now chairman of its governors, and he is seeking money so the establishment can move from its current Covent Garden location to a new building in the

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