Birthdays
Jenny Jay (b.November 18 1967, Birmingham), is a British actress, who played
Carmen in Carla Lane's
television series Bread. She has also appeared in such programs as Behind
The Bike Sheds, The Bill, KYTV, Alas Smith and Jones, All
Creatures Great and Small, Inspector Morse and the 80s children's
drama series, Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest. Jenny’s musical tastes cover several
genres such as R&B, Happy Hardcore, Drum & Bass, Reggae, Pop and Dance
music in general. In 1987 Jenny featured alongside Paul
McCartney, Boy George, Bananarama, Kim Wilde, Nik Kershaw and many others as
part of the line up for Ferry Aid on the charity single Let it be in aid of the
Zeebrugge Herald of Free Enterprise disaster. Jenny Jay was also part of hardcore
music group Triple J as well as having a solo career as Jenka, and also her
real name, Jennifer Bolton
Rowan Merewood was born in England in the fall of 1980; however he moved to
the US
when he was 3 years old. He returned to England in 1990 and settled in
Hampshire. It was while at college that Rowan made his feature film debut in Reckoning
Day (2002), a critically acclaimed action flick. At the age of 18 he went to
the University of
Sheffield. There he
studied Software Engineering, graduating in 2003 with a Master's Degree. Since
then Rowan has been concentrating on a career in software development, but has
not ruled out a return to the big screen in the future
Steven Moffat ( born 18 November 1961[1]) is a Scottish television writer and producer. Moffat's first television work was the teen drama series Press Gang. His first sitcom, Joking Apart, was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage; conversely, his later sitcom Coupling was based upon the development of his relationship with television producer Sue Vertue. In between the two relationship-centered shows, he wrote Chalk, a sitcom set in a comprehensive school inspired by his own experience as an English teacher.
ReplyDeleteKim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart New Wave classic "Kids in America". In 1983, Wilde received the Brit Award for Best British Female. In 1987 she had a major hit in the US when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On" topped the charts. Starting in 1998, while still active in music, she has branched into an alternative career as a landscape gardener.
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert(18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as the Savoy operas) produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. The most famous of these are H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado.These, as well as several of the other Savoy operas, continue to be frequently performed in the English-speaking world and beyond by opera companies, repertory companies, schools and community theatre groups. Lines from these works have become part of the English language, such as "short, sharp shock", "What, never? Well, hardly ever!", and "Let the punishment fit the crime".
ReplyDeleteGilbert also wrote the Bab Ballads, an extensive collection of light verse accompanied by his own comical drawings. His creative output included over 75 plays and libretti, numerous stories, poems, lyrics and various other comic and serious pieces. His plays and realistic style of stage direction inspired other dramatists, including Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw.[5] According to The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Gilbert's "lyrical facility and his mastery of metre raised the poetical quality of comic opera to a position that it had never reached before and has not reached since"
Alan Oswald Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including 'Watchmen', 'V for Vendetta', and 'From Hell'. Frequently described as the best graphic novel writer in history, he has also been described as "one of the most important British writers of the last fifty years". He has occasionally used such pseudonyms as Curt Vile, Jill de Ray, and Translucia Baboon.
ReplyDeleteMoore is a Neopagan, occultist, ceremonial magician, wizard, vegetarian and anarchist and has featured such themes in works including 'Promethea', 'From Hell' and 'V for Vendetta', as well as performing avant-garde spoken word occult "workings" with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD.
Despite his own personal objection to them, his books have provided the basis for a number of Hollywood films, including 'From Hell' (2001), 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' (2003), 'V for Vendetta' (2005) and 'Watchmen' (2009). Moore has also been referenced in popular culture, and has been recognised as an influence on a variety of literary and television figures including Neil Gaiman,Joss Whedon, and Damon Lindelof.
Jenny Bolton aka Jenny Jay has been involved in the music business and performing since a very early age - entering talent contest at Butlins Holiday Camps and winning several holidays for the family.
ReplyDeleteJenny's passion for singing and performing began at an early age; she won her first competition when she was 5 years old as well as appearing on Opportunity Knocks. At 7 years of age she sang at the London Hilton Cabaret Spot. Moving to London at this time made it possible for Jenny to go to the prestigious Italia Conti drama school and later attend the Sylvia Young Theatre School.
During her teens she appeared in two ITV dramas, Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest and two series of Behind The Bike Sheds. She also appeared on the Russell Harty Show performing an act with a ventriloquist doll of then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
An appearance in controversial BBC gay-themed drama, Two of Us led to musician Morrissey casting Jenny in the video for his single Dagenham Dave.
Many television roles followed, most prominently two series as Carmen in Carla Lane's Liverpool sitcom Bread.
During 1996 Jenny spent a year on L!VE TV's low budget series Canary Wharf.
She is also a full time mum.