EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Bankrupt, the London Academy of Music entered receivership in 1935. Wilfrid Foulis purchased the institution for £500, and in 1938 changed the name to London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, switching primary focus to the teaching of acting. Foulis operated the academy until 1952.

Predecessor institutions of LAMDA date to 1861.

Location:
London, England

Founding Date:
1938

Official Website:
http://www.lamda.org.uk/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Colin Baker	Actor	8-Jun-1943		6th Doctor on Doctor Who
Jamie Bamber	Actor	3-Apr-1973		Battlestar Galactica
Ed Bishop	Actor	11-Jun-1932	8-Jun-2005	Cmdr. Straker on UFO
Jordan Bridges	Actor	13-Nov-1973		Frankie on Rizzoli & Isles
Jim Broadbent	Actor	24-May-1949		Oscar-winning oddball English actor
Jason Carter	Actor	23-Sep-1960		Marcus Cole on Babylon 5
Anna Chancellor	Actor	27-Apr-1965		Juliet Shaw on Spooks
Ian Charleson	Actor	11-Aug-1949	6-Jan-1990	Chariots of Fire
Lewis Collins	Actor	27-May-1946	27-Nov-2013	Bodie on The Professionals
Dominic Cooper	Actor	2-Jun-1978		The Duchess
Brian Cox	Actor	1-Jun-1946		The original Hannibal Lecter
Michael Culver	Actor	16-Jun-1938		A Passage to India
Benedict Cumberbatch	Actor	19-Jul-1976		BBC's Sherlock Holmes
James D'Arcy	Actor	24-Aug-1975		Revelation
Mark Feuerstein	Actor	8-Jun-1971		Good Morning, Miami
Jason Flemyng	Actor	25-Sep-1966		The Quatermass Experiment
Zen Gesner	Actor	23-Jun-1970		The Adventures of Sinbad
Menahem Golan	Film/TV Producer	31-May-1929	8-Aug-2014	The Cannon Group
Tony Goldwyn	Actor	20-May-1960		From the Earth to the Moon
Anastasia Griffith	Actor	23-Mar-1978		Katie Connor on Damages
David Groh	Actor	21-May-1939	12-Feb-2008	Joe Gerard on Rhoda
Edward Herrmann	Actor	21-Jul-1943	31-Dec-2014	Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls
Anne Heywood	Actor	11-Dec-1932		The Fox
Patricia Hodge	Actor	29-Sep-1946		Betrayal
Amy Irving	Actor	10-Sep-1953		Carrie and Yentl
Zeljko Ivanek	Actor	15-Aug-1957		Gov. James Devlin on Oz
Dana Ivey	Actor	12-Aug-1942		Eleanor Standard on Easy Street
Stacy Keach	Actor	2-Jun-1941		Mike Hammer, also voice narrator
Natalia Kills	Singer/Songwriter	15-Aug-1986		Perfectionist
Swoosie Kurtz	Actor	6-Sep-1944		A Shock to the System
Michael Lerner	Actor	22-Jun-1941		Barton Fink
Maureen Lipman	Actor	10-May-1946		Agony
Benito Martinez	Actor	28-Jun-1971		Capt. Aceveda on The Shield
Neal McDonough	Actor	13-Feb-1966		Medical Investigation, Boomtown
Natascha McElhone	Actor	14-Dec-1971		The Truman Show
Ian McNeice	Actor	2-Oct-1950		Bert Large on Doc Martin
Stephen Moyer	Actor	11-Oct-1969		Bill Compton on True Blood
Chris O'Dowd	Actor	9-Oct-1979		Roy on The IT Crowd
Nathaniel Parker	Actor	18-May-1962		The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Nigel Planer	Actor	22-Feb-1953		Neil on The Young Ones
James Scott	Actor	14-Jan-1979		Days of our Lives
Alexander Siddig	Actor	21-Nov-1965		Dr. Julian Bashir on DS9
Charles Siebert	Actor	9-Mar-1938		Dr. Riverside on Trapper John, M.D.
Toby Stephens	Actor	21-Apr-1969		Die Another Day
David Suchet	Actor	2-May-1946		Hercule Poirot
Donald Sutherland	Actor	17-Jul-1935		The Dirty Dozen
Janet Suzman	Actor	9-Feb-1939		Nicholas and Alexandra
Becky Wahlstrom	Actor	25-Apr-1975		Grace Polk on Joan of Arcadia

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