Eileen Atkins biography and movies
Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north London. Her father was a gas meter reader; her mother, a seamstress and barmaid. A drama teacher taught her how to drop her Cockney accent, and she studied Shakespeare and Greek tragedies. Her breakthrough role in 'The Killing of Sister George' took her to Broadway.

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Rate: 6.9 Last Chance Harvey

Year: 2008

Genres: Romance, Drama

Director: Joel Hopkins

Artists: Michael Landes, Josh Hillman, Adam James, Patrick Baladi, Daniel Lapaine, Kathy Baker, Emma Thompson, Liane Balaban, Dustin Hoffman, Eileen Atkins, Jeremy Sheffield, Bronagh Gallagher, Wendy Mae Brown, Tim Howar, Richard Schiff, James Brolin


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Rate: 7.1 Ballet Shoes

Year: 2007

Genres: Drama, Family

Director: Sandra Goldbacher

Artists: Skye Bennett, Eileen Atkins, Richard Griffiths, Harriet Walter, Emilia Fox


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Rate: 6.5 Evening

Year: 2007

Genres: Romance, Drama

Director: Lajos Koltai

Artists: Peach Howze, Cheryl Lynn Bowers, Lizzie Tull, Sarah Viccellio, Ralph Haverford, David Furr, Barry Bostwick, Luc, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Eileen Atkins, Mamie Gummer, Natasha Richardson, Hugh Dancy, Patrick Wilson, Vanessa Redgrave, Toni Collette, Claire Danes


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Rate: 7.3 Cold Mountain

Year: 2003

Genres: Drama, Romance, War

Director: Anthony Minghella

Artists: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brendan Gleeson, Eileen Atkins, Nicole Kidman, Jude Law


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Rate: 7.3 Pig Hunt

Year: 1991

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Action

Director: James Isaac

Artists: Peter Jonfield, Serena Scott Thomas, Chris Craig, Paul Reynolds, Ben Brazier, Clare Holman, Edward Hardwicke, Walter Sparrow, Bret Walker, Craig Turner, Peter Eccleston, Rebecca Eccleston, Eileen Atkins, Tom Courtenay, Christopher Eccleston


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