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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Jane Horrocks
Jane Horrocks (born January 18, 1964) is an English actress and singer.
Jane Horrocks’ success as the timid singer in the award winning film Little Voice demonstrated that there is more to the squeaky voiced actress than first meets the eye.
When Jane Horrocks arrived on British television screens as the loveable Bubble in the comedy show Absolutely Fabulous, she was the perfect characterisation of the successful, dizzy, 90’s media PA. She was scatter brained and yet successful, brilliant and yet balmy.
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 Family History | Who Do You Think You Are? | Jane Horrocks
Actress Jane Horrocks' family story is borne out of the Industrial Revolution in the Northwest of England, where cotton was King.
Jane was born in the Rossendale Valley Lancashire and generations of her family have lived and worked around the Northwest.
Indeed, Jane Horrocks’ family lived in a street built by the owners of the factory, and this in itself can be an important clue.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /familyhistory/bbc/jane-horrocks.asp?familylink=horrocks   (363 words)

  
  The Big Sound of Jane Horrocks | Arts and Entertainment | BBC World Service
Jane Horrocks’ success as the timid singer in the award winning film Little Voice demonstrated that there is more to the squeaky voiced actress than first meets the eye.
When Jane Horrocks arrived on British television screens as the loveable Bubble in the comedy show Absolutely Fabulous, she was the perfect characterisation of the successful, dizzy, 90’s media PA. She was scatter brained and yet successful, brilliant and yet balmy.
Jane Horrocks lives with her two children and partner in a house in north London.
www.bbc.co.uk /worldservice/arts/highlights/001027_horrocks.shtml   (800 words)

  
 Jane Horrocks - Biography - Moviefone
Perhaps best-known to international audiences for her role as Bubble, Edina Monsoon's gloriously vapid assistant on Absolutely Fabulous, Jane Horrocks is a well-established stage and screen actress in her native Britain.
Horrocks earned lavish praise for her performance; in 1998, the play was made into a well-received film, Little Voice, in which Horrocks co-starred with Ewan McGregor, Brenda Blethyn, and Michael Caine.
Horrocks also began appearing on both the big and small screens during the late '80s, doing supporting work in a number of films and television series.
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 Jane Horrocks, tous les films avec Jane Horrocks
Jane Horrocks, tous les films avec Jane Horrocks
Avec : Mel Gibson, Timothy Spall, Miranda Richardson, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks
Avec : Matthew Modine, Harry Connick Jr, Jane Horrocks, Reed Diamond
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 Horrocks Jane - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Horrocks, Jane (1964-), English character actress, who has a remarkable gift for impersonating the voices of famous singers.
Famous people from Lancashire include comedienne Victoria Wood, born in Ramsbottom; Oscar-nominated actress Jane Horrocks, from Rossendale Valley;...
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 Lycos Movies - Biography - Jane Horrocks
Instead, Horrocks continued to show her versatility on stage as Sally Bowles in Sam Mendes' landmark 1994 revisionist staging of "Cabaret" in an actual nightclub and as Lady Macbeth in a rare 1996 outing in Shakespeare.
Horrocks' refusal to go Hollywood (where she feels British actors are often oddly dropped into unsuitable films) may have hampered her career somewhat, but her uncompromising attitude has not stopped her from working in her native land.
The effect enhanced Horrock's portrayal, bringing a depth and immediacy to it and set the stage for her ascension from cult figure to international star, if she should so chose.
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 BBC - Drama Faces - Jane Horrocks
Jane's other TV credits include Never Mind The Horrocks, a one-off comedy showcasing her versatility, the drama Linda Green with Liza Tarbuck, and the Robbie the Reindeer animations Hooves of Fire and Legend of the Lost Tribe, for which she voiced Robbie's secret admirer Donner.
It was semi-biographical as the young Jane, also a shy child, entertained her peers by belting out the songs of Cilla Black, Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland and Billie Holliday*.
Jane was born in the Rossendale Valley area of Lancashire, UK, on 18th January 1964.
www.bbc.co.uk /drama/faces/jane_horrocks.shtml   (656 words)

  
 Jane Horrocks Photos - Jane Horrocks News - Jane Horrocks Information
Jane Horrocks is the star of UK drama "The Amazing Mrs Pritchard", where she portrays the new Prime Minister of England.
Jane was a voice in the 2005 movie Corpse Bride, which also featured Joanna Lumley, whom Jane starred with in "Absolutely Fabulous.
Jane Horrocks is the voice of the Black Widow in the movie Corpse Bride (2005).
www.tv.com /jane-horrocks/person/8610/summary.html   (321 words)

  
 Manchester Television Personalities, Eric Knowles, Chris Evans, Jane Horrocks, Danny Ross and Jimmy Clitheroe
Born 18th January 1964 in Rossendale, Lancashire, Jane Horrocks first came to the broader public consciousness as 'Bubbles' in the "Absolutely Fabulous" television show, although she had already been acclaimed for her role in Mike Leigh's 1990 film, "Life is Sweet".
Jane Horrocks grew up, the youngest of three children, in a working class home in Lancashire, where her mother was a ward aid in a local hospital and her father a door-to-door salesman.
Jane's success as the timid singer in the award winning film "Little Voice" demonstrated a broader range than had been hitherto realised, and on the release of her debut album, "The Further Adventures of Little Voice", she spoke publically about her lifelong love for music.
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 Amazon.ca: Little Voice (Widescreen): DVD: Mark Herman,Brenda Blethyn,Jane Horrocks,Ewan McGregor,Philip Jackson ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Horrocks is better known for her role as Bubble on Absolutely Fabulous, and her bumbling, erratic persona on that series is little preparation for her moving and triumphant work as the shy, introverted title character.
Jane Horrocks is a British comedian who amongst her many talents is a great mimic of female vocal artists.
The strikingly talented Jane Horrocks plays the strikingly talented LV, a troubled teenager who is pathologically shy and wholly closed in on herself, obsessively cherishing her dead father's memory.
www.amazon.ca /Little-Voice-Widescreen-Brenda-Blethyn/dp/6305428298   (2478 words)

  
 An audience with Jane Horrocks
Jane will be interviewed by John Drury from the Department of Journalism at UCLan.
Jane is most famous for her role as ditzy Bubbles in ‘Absolutely Fabulous’, but she is also known for her role in the award winning film ‘Little Voice’.
UCLan is inviting the general public to email any questions they would like to ask Jane to jmcneillie@uclan.ac.uk or post their question to the Events and Alumni Team, Advancement, UCLan, Preston, PR1 2HE.
www.uclan.ac.uk /news/2006/web042.htm   (248 words)

  
 Jane Horrocks News
DESPITE a string of high-profile TV and screen roles, Jane Horrocks believes she is not THAT famous.
Jane Horrocks thinks she inherited her obsessive genes from a line of tough women.
BIRTHDAY GAL: Waif-like Jane Horrocks, a British actress famous for her gift of mimicry, was born in Lancashire, England on this day in 1964.
www.topix.net /who/jane-horrocks   (303 words)

  
 Combustible Celluloid - Interview with Jane Horrocks
Actress Jane Horrocks left an indelible impression on me when I first saw her as the bespectacled anorexic in Mike Leigh's food-themed Life Is Sweet (1991).
Jane plays the title character "Little Voice," a small, shy little thing who curls up in her room and listens to her late father's record collection (Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Shirley Bassey, Billie Holiday, and the like).
Horrocks not only does the impersonations perfectly, she brings out the beautiful sorrow in each.
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Jane Horrocks the bubbly eccentric is making way for a sexy substitue with a mighty voice.
Robbie Williams had already invited Horrocks to do a duet on his own album, and was soon persuaded to join her for an up-tempo rendition of That Old Black Magic, with Horrocks doing her best to match his energy and power with her breathy Marilyn Monroe impersonation.
And people would say, 'What have they got Jane Horrocks doing that for?' It's a stupid thing to have in my head but, you know, I was never the sexy girl at school.
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 Jane Horrocks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barbara Jane Horrocks, known as Jane Horrocks, (born January 18, 1964) is an English actress.
Horrocks cohabited with singer songwriter Ian Dury for approximately two years in the 1980s.
In the 1990s Horrocks starred alongside Prunella Scales in a series of high profile adverts for Tesco, which were a hit with viewers for many years
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 Unofficial Jane Horrocks fanpage by Gidi Kroon: news
Jane is nominated for best actress, Michael Caine for best actor, Brenda Blethyn for best supporting actress, Mark Herman for best adaptation and the film Little Voice itself for 'most outstanding British film' and for best sound.
Anyway, since Jane's second baby is expected around the time of the award ceremony, it's probably best that she doesn't have to show up.
There were some doubts initially whether Jane would play in the film: she wanted to, badly, but the producers were thinking of letting the role of the Lancastrian mimic be played by an American actress.
www.tiara.demon.nl /jane-horrocks/JaneHorrocks/JHnews.html   (1413 words)

  
 Jane Horrocks
Following her education, Horrocks attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, with such luminaries as Imogen Stubbs and Ralph Fiennes.
For several years she dated Sam Mendes, the British Academy Award-winning director, but Horrocks may have made a slip in describing him as 'extremely right wing', though she claimed she was misreported.
At the end of January, 2000, Horrocks was honored at Madame Tussaud's famous wax museum when she unveiled an uncannily similar wax figure of herself as she appeared in the film Little Voice.
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 Jane Horrocks - Moviefone
Barbara Jane Horrocks, known as Jane Horrocks, (born January 18,...
Horrocks cohabited with singer songwriter Ian Dury for approximately two years in the...
Jane Horrocks' success as the timid singer in the award winning film Little Voice.
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Jane Horrocks is superb as the tight-lipped, suppressed Mrs Trevel; she looks unpredictable and completely loopy, without resorting to histrionics and wild meaningless gestures.
Among the potential obstacles would be recasting an arguably perfect cast in Lumley, Sawalha, June Whitfield, the inspired Jane Horrocks and Saunders, who, Sargent says, is a one of a kind.
Linda is worried that Jimmy is trying to become a permanent resident at her home, so she lets old friend Teresa (Jane Horrocks) move in instead.
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Horrocks is brave to compete with the originals in this way, and she is far from shamed by the comparison.
Simon Callow, Jane Horrocks and other celebrities will perform for Queen Elizabeth II at a concert marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Funeral services for Rodney B. Horrocks, 81, of Mancos, will be held Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999 at the Mancos L.D.S. Church beginning at 3 p.m.
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 Jane Horrocks @ Filmbug UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Jane Horrocks was honored with Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for her performance in the Mark Herman film Little Voice, in which she reprised the role she originated in the stage play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, directed by Sam Mendes.
Earlier in her career, she won the Los Angeles Film Critics Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for her work in Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet.
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 Jane Horrocks Biography, Photos, News for Jane Horrocks | TVGuide.com
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 Jane Horrocks - Movie Information at filmsandtv.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Jodie (Jane Horrocks) is fed up with her overpowering mother, Iris (Brenda Fricker).
One night, the ghost of Major Herbert Armstrong (Edward Woodward) visits her and gives advice on murder, for which he is an expert because he killed his own wife years ago.
"Little Voice" (Jane Horrocks) never speaks above a whisper unless she is singing a Judy Garland or Marilyn Monroe song; then she is able to perfectly mimic their voices.
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 Jane Horrocks: Possibly Red Dwarf's most vocally talented guest-star has the voices of the greats on her lips
Jane Horrocks: Possibly Red Dwarf's most vocally talented guest-star has the voices of the greats on her lips
Jane Horrocks's mimicry is almost indistinguishable from the original…
Jane Horrocks goes from being Mavis Davis to a modern pop diva…
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 Arts People H Horrocks, Jane   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Combustible Celluloid - Interview with Jane Horrocks - 'The Little Voice Speaks' by Jeffrey M. Anderson.
IMDb: Jane Horrocks - Filmography and brief biography.
BBC - The Big Sound of Jane Horrocks - Jane Horrocks' success as the timid singer in the award winning film Little Voice.
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