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Eileen Atkins

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Eileen Atkins Biography

Eileen Atkins
  • Birth Name: Eileen June Atkins
  • Birth Place: London, England
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 06/16/1934, Gemini
  • Profession: Actor; screenwriter
Eileen Atkins Fast Facts:
  • At the urging of her parents, began tap-dancing and singing in bars in London's East End at the age of 7. 
  • Got her start with the Royal Shakespeare Company as an usher; made her Stratford debut as Peggy Ashcroft's understudy in As You Like It.
  • First big-screen role came with 1968 British drama Inadmissible Evidence.
  • Was co-creator, with Jean Marsh, of the landmark '70s British drama Upstairs, Downstairs, as well as the early-'90s BBC series The House of Elliott.
  • Has played author Virginia Woolf a number of times, including stage and TV adaptations of her one-woman show A Room of One's Own, as well as the play Vita and Virginia.
  • Was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2001.
  • Played Judi Dench's sister for the second time in British drama Cranford (2007); the first was in a 1959 BBC adaptation of the 1911 Arnold Bennett novel Hilda Lessways.
    Eileen Atkins Relationships:
  • Annie Ellen Elkins - Mother
  • Arthur Thomas Atkins - Father
  • Bill Shepherd - Husband
  • Julian Glover - Ex-husband

  • Eileen Atkins Awards:
  • 2008 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Winner
  • 2008 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Winner
  • 2008 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Winner
  • 1972 Tony: Actress (Dramatic) - Nominee
  • 1967 Tony: Actress (Dramatic) - Nominee
  • 2009 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
  • 1995 Tony: Actress (Play) - Nominee
  • 2004 Tony: Actress (Play) - Nominee

  • College:
  • Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, England
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