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Died	December 1627 • London • England

John Heminge

English actor

William Kempe

British actor

Robert Armin

English actor

Joseph Taylor

British actor

Burbage, oil painting by an unknown artist

Richard Burbage

English actor

Nathan Field.

Nathan Field

English actor

Phelps, Samuel

Samuel Phelps

British actor and manager

Bloke Modisane

South African author

Lupino Lane

English actor

Cedric Webster Hardwicke

English actor

Robert Donat

British actor

Jill Haworth

British-born actress

Natasha Richardson

British actress

Sydney Greenstreet

British actor

Dame Margaret Kendal

British actress and manager

William Hunter Kendal

British actor and manager

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

English author

David Garrick as Richard III

David Garrick

English actor, poet, and producer

Steele, detail of an oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1711; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Richard Steele

British author and politician

Sir Henry Irving, c. 1900.

Sir Henry Irving

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