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Washington Performers

Over the years a number of people, born, lived or educated in Washington have found fame on the stage, film, TV, radio and digital streamer. Click on the names below for a pen picture of those we know about. Most of the information has come from Wikipedia, newspaper archives or IMDb (the the Internet Movie Database), where details of their performances can be found.

However we are interested in finding out about their time in Washington, such as where they lived and went to school and early appearances. And of course we would like to know of others we are not aware of.

Comedian: Bobby Thompson “The Little Waster” 1911 to 1988

Actor: Arthur Blake 1929 to 2001

Actress: Delena Kidd born 1935

Actor: George Cullen 1939 to 2019

Singer and musician: Alan Price born 1942

Singer and musician: Bryan Ferry born 1945

Musician: Martin Stephenson born 1961

TV Cook: Si King born 1966

Meteorologist and broadcaster: Dianne Clare Oxberry 1967 to 2019

Model and businesswoman: Heather Mills born 1968

Actor and musician: Peter Peverley born 1969

Architect and TV presenter: George Clarke born 1981

Singer: Jamie Lambert born 1989

Video game producer: Lucy James born 1991

Actress: Laila Zaidi born 1993