July 5

Susannah Doyle was born  5 July, 1966. She is an English actress, playwright and film director, best known for her roles in situation comedies Drop The Dead Donkey (as Joy Merryweather), and Ballykissangel (as Avril Burke).

The daughter of Irish actor Tony Doyle, she realised that she wished to follow in his footsteps when, aged about five or six, she was taken to see him work, often in tiny theatres with audience and actors close together. One of three children, she had a magical childhood, tempered by her parents' separation when their relationship cooled, when she was eleven years old. Between sixteen and seventeen years old she went through a wildly promiscuous stage, but "It ended as quickly as it began."

Her big TV break came in 1991 with the role of Joy, the intelligent, acid-tongued secretary and foil to her corporate-speak boss, in theChannel 4 comedy Drop The Dead Donkey. Other TV roles followed, including two episodes of A Touch of Frost in 1997. When her father died in 2000, the producers of Ballykissangel asked whether she would take on the role of his daughter. She had reservations over her ability to cope emotionally but took on the part of Avril Burke, saying of her father, "He would have kicked my bum if I hadn't." Fitting in with ease, already knowing many of the cast through previous visits and having co-starred with Stephen Tompkinson in Drop The Dead Donkey, she completed the final season. In 2001, she also appeared in an episode of Cold Feet and one of Pie in the Sky. In 2012 she appeared in an episode of police comedy Vexed.

Since 2001, she has been pursuing parallel careers of scriptwriting and acting.

July 4

Nicholas Robert Danenza Hissom was born on the 4 of July, 1992 in London, England). He is a British male model and recording artist.Nick Hissom was scouted by The Talent Net (a talent management company) in the summer of 2010 just before his high school graduation from the prestigious Institut Le Rosey. Within a short period of time, he was signed worldwide, boasting multiple modelling agencies throughout Europe and the United States. Since then, Hissom went on to work with famed fashion photographers such as Kai Z Feng and Greg Harris, appear in editorials for GQ Magazine, various high profile advertising campaigns, and model on numerous occasions for fashion icon Tommy Hilfiger. He also briefly enlisted the public relations services of Tia Walker, via Sfumato Artist Management, LLC. Since February 2012, Nick has consistently been featured monthly on covers and in editorials for high profile magazines, such as Interview Magazine.

In May, Hissom formally announced his move into the music industry on the white carpet at the Billboard Music Awards. Tommy Hilfiger and Berry Gordy accompanied Nick at the event. Shortly after the Billboard Music Awards, Hissom gave his debut performance of his first single "Killin' Tonight" at Tryst nightclub at the Wynn hotel in Las Vegas. "Killin' Tonight" is a collaboration between Hissom and top DJ duo Manufactured Superstars and is set for release this year. Manufactured Superstars and Nick have since performed at Lavo, NY, and on the main stage at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, NV.

July 3

Edward Young

            Edward Young (June 1681[1] – 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night Thoughts.

            His first publication was an Epistle to ... Lord Lansdoune (1713). It was followed by a Poem on the Last Day (1713), dedicated to Queen Anne; The Force of Religion: or Vanquished Love (1714), a poem on the execution of Lady Jane Grey and her husband, dedicated to the Countess of Salisbury; and an epistle to Joseph Addison, On the late Queen's Death and His Majesty's Accession to the Throne (1714), in which he rushed to praise the new king. The fulsome style of the dedications jars with the pious tone of the poems, and they are omitted from his own edition of his works.

            In 1728 Young became a royal chaplain, and in 1730 he obtained the college living of Welwyn, Hertfordshire. In 1731 he married Lady Elizabeth Lee, daughter of the 1st Earl of Lichfield. Her daughter, by a former marriage with her cousin Francis Lee, married Henry Temple, son of the 1st Viscount Palmerston. Mrs Temple died at Lyons in 1736 on her way to Nice. Her husband and Lady Elizabeth Young died in 1740. These successive deaths are supposed to be the events referred to in the Night Thoughts as taking place "ere thrice yon moon had filled her horn."

Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell

            Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) was an English film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. He attracted criticism as being obsessed with sexuality and the church. His films often dealt with the lives of famous composers or were based on other works of art which he adapted loosely. Russell began directing for the BBC, where he made creative adaptations of composers' lives which were unusual for the time. He also directed many feature films independently and for studios.

            He is best known for his Oscar-winning film Women in Love (1969), The Devils (1971), The Who's Tommy (1975), and the science fiction film Altered States (1980). Classical musicians and conductors held him in high regard for his story-driven biopics of various composers, most famously Elgar, Delius, Liszt, Mahler and Tchaikovsky.

July 2

Tom Springfield

            Tom Springfield (born Dionysius P. A. O'Brien2 July 1934, and known when young as Dion O'Brien), is the brother of Dusty Springfield and an important figure in the 1960s folk and pop music scene.

            Tom Springfield was a major figure in the 1960's folk and pop music scene, initially as a performer in The Springfields vocal group, then latterly as a producer and songwriter, most notably for The Seekers. He wrote and produced a number of top 10 hits for them in the mid 1960's.

            The author of this page was unable to find any comprehensive site on the web about Tom and his achievements, so this page has been created to help redress that balance. His contribution to British music culture should not be underestimated. He was a fine songwriter whose songs have stood the test of time, and his production skills brought out the best in other performers.

            The Springfields' song "Island of Dreams", written by Tom Springfield, has been covered by Mick Thomas, Johnny Tillotson,[11] Mary Hopkin,[12] Geraint Watkins with Martin Belmont and by the Seekers

Simone Gooden

            Simone Gooden (born 2 July 1970), better known by her stage name Monie Love, is an English emcee and radio personality in the United States. She was a well-respected figure in British hip hop, and made an impact with American hip hop audiences as a protégé of female American emcee Queen Latifah, as well as through her membership in the late 1980s/early 1990s Native Tongues. Love was one of the first BritHop artists to be signed and distributed worldwide by a major record label.

            Love began her hip hop/BritHop career as an emcee in the British Jus Bad crew, which featured DJ Pogo, Sparki, and MC Mell'O'. The group released the single "Free Style/Proud" on the independent Tuff Groove record label in 1988.

            Love's last musical release was the EP "Slice of Da Pie" in 2000.

            From 2004 until the week of 11 December 2006, Love was the morning drive host on Philadelphia's WPHI-FM 100.3. The 22 December 2006 edition of the Philadelphia Daily News confirmed that Love left WPHI-FM on amicable terms after contract negotiations stalled.Love's departure from WPHI followed soon after her December 2006 interview with Young Jeezy, where the two argued over whether hip hop is dead.

July 1

Hannah Murray (born 1 July 1989) is an English actress, best known for playing Cassie Ainsworth in the E4 teen drama Skins from 2007 to 2008.

 Murray's first television role was in Skins, playing the role of Cassie Ainsworth, a gentle, "spacey", yet self-destructive teenager with an eating disorder. At nearly 17 years old, she had learned that auditions were taking place for the series through her local youth theatre and decided to audition for the experience. She and April Pearson were the first two to get cast for the show. Murray went on to appear in the first two series which broadcast in 2007–2008 on E4. Along with the primary cast members, she left at the end of the show's second series to make way for a new generation of characters. On the decision to replace the cast, Murray has said that "it would be really silly to be in a teenage drama if you're no longer a teenager"

 

 Romola Sadie Garai is an English actress. She is known for appearing in the films Amazing Grace, Atonement, Glorious 39, and in BBC series like Emma, The Hour and The Crimson Petal and the White.

Garai guards her private life, saying, "It's too simplistic to say that people start to believe what's written about them. But what happens is that you become a certain way to please people, to be liked, to be what's expected of you, to change yourself so that you become the best possible version of yourself for people who don't know you. And I think that's a terrible, pernicious thing." She adds, "In a way, I'd rather go into an interview and be disliked, and have unpleasant things written about me, than to have a wonderful, glowing article written that is in no way a reflection of who I am."
Garai enjoys travelling and cooking in her spare time, calling it 'therapeutic' in many ways. She has visited Hong Kong, Malaysia, Italy, Austria, Morocco, Switzerland and the United States, "To be the outsider for a period of time changes you for the better. It shakes up your comfort level. You have to really make an effort to enter into other people's culture and psychology and language, which the British are very bad at doing."
She is currently expecting her first child with her boyfriend, British actor Sam Hoare