Image of Rochdale Famous people (Amber Class)

Rochdale Famous people

Here is our information blog about famous people from Rochdale by Afrin, Eesha, Rehan and Umair.

 

Anna Louise Friel

Anna Friel was born on the 12th July 1976 in Rochdale, Lancashire. Her profession is acting. She is an English actress. Since the age of 13,Anna has been acting. Her 1st professional acting role was  drama series for Channel 4. The University of Bolton gave Anna a award for performing arts ,in November 2006.In 2008 people said that she was one out of 100 beuatiful people in the world.She appeared in Channel 4 soap opera Brookside in 1992. She also appeared in Midsummer Night's Dream. Anna's performance led to a number of small shows including Emmerdale.Before her fame she started training at Oldham Theatre workshop,where she met her fellow actor Antony Cotton.

Gracie Fields

Gracie was born on 9th of January 1898, she died on the 27th September 1979,which means she lived till the age of 81.Gracie was an English actress ,singer and comedian.She was married on December 19th to Wally Peterson,in 1953 and got divorced in 1959. In 1939,Gracie was diagnosed with cancer of cerix.

Lisa Stansfields

Lisa is a English songwriter and actress.In 1980 was when she won the singing competition.Lisa was born on April 1966 (age 51.)She is from Rochdale and she is a very famous singer.

John Bright

He was born on the 16th of November 1811.His father was Jacob Bright.His father was a textile manufacturer.

For more information please go to 

http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/anna-friel/bio/140042/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Bright

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Bright

https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/gracie-fields.html