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Shirley Stelfox

1941 - 2015

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Shirley Rosemary Stelfox (11 April 1941 – 7 December 2015) was a British 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

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Shirley Stelfox is the 7,750th most popular actor (down from 6,652nd in 2024), the 5,640th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,864th in 2019) and the 872nd most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shirley Stelfox ranks 7,750 out of 13,578. Before her are Linda Purl, Susan Oliver, Scoot McNairy, Mary Woronov, Ralph Lewis, and Matthias Brandt. After her are Eamonn Walker, Sally Rand, Shannyn Sossamon, Erika Marozsán, Charlotte Riley, and Susan Anton.

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Among people born in 1941, Shirley Stelfox ranks 594. Before her are Hugo Berly, Johnny Schuth, Earl Young, David Darling, Dipali Barthakur, and Mike Honda. After her are Edward Ferry, Teodor Meleșcanu, Ellen Geer, Twyla Tharp, Cliff Drysdale, and Ellen Willis. Among people deceased in 2015, Shirley Stelfox ranks 481. Before her are Ferenc Konrád, Asuman Baytop, Don Howe, Florența Mihai, Jeanna Friske, and Lorena Rojas. After her are Isa Munayev, Jurelang Zedkaia, Aarthi Agarwal, Eduardo Bonvallet, Sam Simon, and Peter Westbury.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Shirley Stelfox ranks 5,642 out of 8,785. Before her are Laura Donnelly (1982), Alex McLeish (1959), Jodhi May (1975), Andy Carroll (1989), Judd Trump (1989), and Jack Fairman (1913). After her are Tammy Abraham (1997), Eamonn Walker (1962), Tommy Steele (1936), Prince Louis of Cambridge (2018), Charlotte Riley (1981), and Stephen Lee (1974).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Shirley Stelfox ranks 872. Before her are Cecil Parker (1897), Carmen Ejogo (1973), Emma Samms (1960), Antonia Thomas (1986), Laura Donnelly (1982), and Jodhi May (1975). After her are Eamonn Walker (1962), Charlotte Riley (1981), Zuleikha Robinson (1977), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (1985), Ella Balinska (1996), and Edna Best (1900).

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