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  2. Beryl Bainbridge - Wikipedia

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    Beryl Margaret Bainbridge was born in Liverpool's Allerton suburb on 21 November 1932, [5] the daughter of Winifred Baines and Richard Bainbridge. She grew up in the nearby town of Formby . Although she often gave her date of birth as 21 November 1934, she was born in 1932 and her birth was registered in the first quarter of 1933. [ 6 ]

  3. Rudi Davies - Wikipedia

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    Ruth Emmanuella "Rudi" Davies (born 24 March 1965) is an English actress, the daughter of writer Dame Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010). ... Rudi Davies at IMDb

  4. An Awfully Big Adventure - Wikipedia

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    Meredith reveals himself to be an amoral, apathetic man who treats Stella and everyone else around him with scorn and condescension. He reserves his greatest cruelty for Dawn Allenby, a desperate actress whom he callously dismisses from the company, who later attempts suicide. Meredith also has a long history of preying upon young men.

  5. List of people from Merseyside - Wikipedia

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    Dame Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010): writer, nominated several times for the Booker Prize; James Baines (1822–1889): ship-owner founder of James Baines & Co. that operated some of the most famous clipper ships at the time; Leighton Baines (born 1984): footballer, Everton F.C. England international; Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965): suffragette

  6. An Awfully Big Adventure (novel) - Wikipedia

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    An Awfully Big Adventure is a novel written by Beryl Bainbridge.It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1990 [1] and adapted as a movie in 1995. The story was inspired by Bainbridge's own experiences working at the Liverpool Playhouse in her youth. [2]

  7. The Dressmaker (Bainbridge novel) - Wikipedia

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    The Dressmaker (US title The Secret Glass) is a gothic psychological novel written by Beryl Bainbridge. In 1973, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Like many of Bainbridge's earlier works, the novel is semi-autobiographical. In particular, the story was inspired by a relationship that she had with a soldier as a teenager.

  8. Mum and Mr. Armitage - Wikipedia

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    Mum and Mr. Armitage is the first short story collection by English author Beryl Bainbridge containing twelve stories and published in 1985 by Gerald Duckworth & Co and in 1987 by McGraw-Hill in the United States.

  9. Alan Sharp - Wikipedia

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    The actress Rudi Davies is the daughter of Sharp and novelist Beryl Bainbridge, who used Sharp as the inspiration for the main character in the novel Sweet William (1975).