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Eileen Atkins


Born
in Lower Clapton, London, The United Kingdom
June 16, 1934


Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBE is an English actress and screenwriter. Atkins joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1957 and made her Broadway debut in the 1966 production of The Killing of Sister George, for which she received the first of four Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Play in 1967. She received subsequent nominations for, Vivat! Vivat Regina! (1972), Indiscretions (1995) and The Retreat from Moscow (2004).

Atkins co-created the television dramas Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975) and The House of Elliot (1991–1994) with Jean Marsh. She also wrote the screenplay for the 1997 film Mrs Dalloway.

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Mrs. Dalloway
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A Room of One's Own
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King Lear
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To the Lighthouse
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Twelfth Night
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The Waste Land
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Will She Do?: Act One of a ...
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Vita and Virginia: A Play
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