ACTOR

Shirley Stelfox

1941 - 2015

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Shirley Rosemary Stelfox (11 April 1941 – 7 December 2015) was an English actress, known for her portrayal of the character Edna Birch, a moralising busybody in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, and as Rose, the vampy sister of the snobby and overbearing Hyacinth Bucket in the first series of the comedy series Keeping Up Appearances. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shirley Stelfox has received more than 1,758,147 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Shirley Stelfox is the 6,657th most popular actor, the 4,864th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 749th most popular British Actor.

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  • 1.8M

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  • 43.88

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shirley Stelfox ranks 6,657 out of 13,578. Before her are Michael Horse, Julianne Nicholson, Magnus Samuelsson, William Kircher, Chris Klein, and Johnny Lever. After her are Angie Harmon, Kwon Yu-ri, Sherry Stringfield, Gia Scala, Meltem Cumbul, and Nikolay Okhlopkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Shirley Stelfox ranks 550. Before her are Nelson López, Takao Sakurai, Mário da Graça Machungo, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Faith Leech, and Magne Thomassen. After her are Neal Adams, Antonina Lazareva, Jacques Cheminade, Chuck McKinley, Pepi Bader, and Erhard Busek. Among people deceased in 2015, Shirley Stelfox ranks 410. Before her are Paride Tumburus, Lyubov Kozyreva, Joan Leslie, Haskell Wexler, Alberto Nisman, and Zhivko Gospodinov. After her are Andy Fraser, Patricia Canning Todd, Anatoly Logunov, Thelma Coyne Long, R. K. Laxman, and Alan Hodgkinson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Shirley Stelfox ranks 4,864 out of 8,785. Before her are Guy Berryman (1978), Derek Kevan (1935), Richard Ashcroft (1971), David Storey (1933), Stuart Baird (1947), and Phil Anderson (1958). After her are Danny Ward (1993), Gia Scala (1934), Anthony de la Roché (1700), Sarah Waters (1966), Taylor Wane (1968), and The Proclaimers (1962).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Shirley Stelfox ranks 749. Before her are Geoffrey Hughes (1944), Lynne Frederick (1954), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983), Anna Friel (1976), Peter Sallis (1921), and Dawn French (1957). After her are Gia Scala (1934), Diana Wynyard (1906), John Barrowman (1967), Robin Sachs (1951), Judy Parfitt (1935), and Ralph Ineson (1969).

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Television and Movie Roles

Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Whore
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Nov 9th 19846.816 / 10
Personal Services
Shirley
The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne. The story follows Christine Painter as the down-at-heel waitress who, with the help of prostitute Shirley and cross-dressing Wing Commander Morten, seeks to up her earnings by turning her suburban home into a brothel. Before long she and her girls are chaining up judges, spanking Generals and attending to the needs of Honourable Members. Christine sees herself as providing a vital service to these harmless pervs and when finally the house is busted and the case comes to court, it's fair to say that the presiding judge isn't unfamiliar with her work.
Feb 12th 19876.05 / 10
Keeping Up Appearances
Rose
Hyacinth Bucket (whose name, she insists, is pronounced "Bouquet") is a suburban housewife in the West Midlands. She would be the first to tell you that she is a gracious hostess, a respected citizen, and a well-connected member of high society. If you don't believe that, just ask her best friend Elizabeth, held captive in Hyacinth's kitchen; or the postmen and neighbours who bristle at the sound of her voice; or Richard, her weary and compliant husband. In fact, Hyacinth's reputation could be as perfect as her new lounge set, if not for her senile father's love of running wild in the nip. Oh, and she would prefer it if her brother-in-law was a sharper dresser. And that her husband was more ambitious. And that her sisters were more presentable. And do take your shoes off before you come in the house, dear. Mind that you don't brush against the wallpaper.
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