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Central School of Speech and Drama

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1906 by Elsie Fogerty.

Location:
London, England

Founding Date:
1906

Official Website:
http://www.cssd.ac.uk/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joss Ackland
Actor
29-Feb-1928   White Mischief
Paul Bailey
Novelist
16-Feb-1937   At The Jerusalem
Michael Beck
Actor
4-Feb-1949   The Warriors
Gael García Bernal
Actor
30-Nov-1978   The Motorcycle Diaries
Gary Bond
Actor
7-Feb-1940 12-Oct-1995 English theatre actor
Betsy Brantley
Actor
20-Sep-1955   Shock Treatment
Jeremy Brett
Actor
3-Nov-1933 12-Sep-1995 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Ben Browder
Actor
11-Dec-1962   John Crichton on Farscape
Hugh Burden
Actor
3-Apr-1913 17-May-1985 Funeral in Berlin
Pauline Collins
Actor
3-Sep-1940   Shirley Valentine
George Coulouris
Actor
1-Oct-1903 25-Apr-1989 Watch on the Rhine
Peter Davison
Actor
13-Apr-1951   5th Doctor on Doctor Who
Judi Dench
Actor
9-Dec-1934   Mrs. Brown
Lindsay Duncan
Actor
7-Nov-1950   Perfect Strangers
Christopher Eccleston
Actor
16-Feb-1964   9th Doctor on Doctor Who
Jennifer Ehle
Actor
29-Dec-1969   Sunshine
Rupert Everett
Actor
29-May-1959   My Best Friend's Wedding
Carrie Fisher
Actor
21-Oct-1956   Princess Leia in Star Wars
James Frain
Actor
14-Mar-1968   Sunshine
Martin Freeman
Actor
8-Sep-1971   Tim on The Office
Dawn French
Comic
11-Oct-1957   French and Saunders
Philip Glenister
Actor
10-Feb-1963   Gene Hunt on Life on Mars
Kit Harington
Actor
26-Dec-1986   Jon Snow on Game of Thrones
Jason Isaacs
Actor
6-Jun-1963   Black Hawk Down
Alice Krige
Actor
28-Jun-1954   Borg Queen
John Laurie
Actor
25-Mar-1897 23-Jun-1980 Pvt. James Frazer on Dad's Army
Gabriella Licudi
Actor
14-Sep-1941   Unearthly Stranger
Jon Lord
Musician
9-Jun-1941 16-Jul-2012 Founder of Deep Purple
John Lynch
Actor
26-Dec-1961   Cal
Angus Macfadyen
Actor
21-Sep-1963   Braveheart
Virginia McKenna
Actor
7-Jun-1931   Born Free
Kate Nelligan
Actor
16-Mar-1950   Frankie and Johnny
David O'Hara
Actor
9-Jul-1965   Braveheart
Laurence Olivier
Actor
22-May-1907 11-Jul-1989 Shakespearean actor
Harold Pinter
Playwright
10-Oct-1930 24-Dec-2008 The Birthday Party
James Purefoy
Actor
3-Jun-1964   Feast of July
Vanessa Redgrave
Actor
30-Jan-1937   Julia
Natasha Richardson
Actor
11-May-1963 18-Mar-2009 Widows' Peak
Tony Robinson
Actor
15-Aug-1946   Blackadder
Julian Sands
Actor
15-Jan-1958   Warlock
Jennifer Saunders
Comic
6-Jul-1958   Absolutely Fabulous
Rufus Sewell
Actor
29-Oct-1967   Dark City
Carolyn Seymour
Actor
6-Nov-1947   Abby Grant on Survivors
Catherine Tate
Actor
12-May-1968   The Catherine Tate Show
Victoria Tennant
Actor
30-Sep-1950   LA Story
Mary Ure
Actor
18-Feb-1933 3-Apr-1975 Sons and Lovers
Richard Vernon
Actor
7-Mar-1925 4-Dec-1997 Oldenshaw on The Man in Room 17
Gok Wan
TV Personality
9-Oct-1974   How to Look Good Naked
Lalla Ward
Actor
28-Jun-1951   Romana #2 from Doctor Who
Kevin Whately
Actor
6-Feb-1951   Inspector Lewis




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