Hollywood legends

DEBORAH JANE TRIMMER was born on September 30, 1921, in Scotland. Her father had fought in WWI and lost his leg in the Battle of the Somme. Having anxiously awaited his return, her mother married him

MAE WEST was a trailblazer in more ways than one. Born in 1893, her stage career began at five years old. By the age of fourteen, academia already a distant memory, she was known as the “Baby Vamp” fo

Diane Keaton, who died at the age of 79 last week, has left the stars of Hollywood a little dimmer

Thanks to the old Sherlock Holmes films that we used to watch on TV every week after the children’s programme Crackerjack had finished, I have known about my family’s “Hollywood relative” since my chi

BORN on May 26, 1907, Marion Robert Morrison weighed in at an impressive 13lb and spent his childhood in Southern California. He received his nickname “Duke” thanks to a pet dog. They were together so

These famous actors turned down some iconic parts…