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| | Kate Beckinsale Website, Biography |
 | | Born on July 26th, 1973, she was only five when he suddenly and unexpectedly passed away, leaving her to be raised by her mother, the actress Judy Loe (Kate has a half-sister, Samantha Beckinsale, herself an actress and star of London's Burning - they met when very young, but not again till 1995). |
 | | Yet, so popular was her dad, and so shocked was the nation by his untimely death, that she would for years be talked about as his tragic daughter, rather than her own person. |
 | | She was further disturbed at the age of nine when Loe began a relationship with director Roy Battersby and moved in with him - Kate now having to share her space with Battersby's daughter and four loud sons. |
| www.westlord.com /katebeckinsale/eng-bio.html (1968 words) |
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