John Fortune

John Fortune was born on June 30, 1939 in Bristol, England as John C. Wood. He was an actor and writer, known for Match Point (2005), Rory Bremner, Who Else? (1993) and The Tailor of Panama (2001). He was married to Emma Burge and Susan Waldo. He died on December 31, 2013 in the UK.

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Calendar Girls

Middle aged Chris Harper (Dame Helen Mirren) and Annie Clarke (Dame Julie Walters) are best friends. They spend much of their time at their local Knapely, Yorkshire County chapter of the Women’s Institute (WI), whose motto is “enlightenment, fun, and friendship”. Although they like most of the women at the…

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Fun Facts

He studied at Cambridge University in England and, while there, was a member of the prestigious Cambridge University Footlights Club.

With Rory Bremner and John Bird, their show performed at the Albery Theatre in London was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Entertainment of 2002.

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Cambridge was a fairly public-school place and if you were a working-class boy and had an outside lavatory, the girls at Newnham thought that was very Lawrentian and sexy.