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Dolly Wells was born on 5 December 1971 in Merton, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Doll & Em (2013). She has been married to Mischa Richter since 2000. They have two children.

Poppy Angela Delevingne (born 3 May 1986) is an English model and actress.

Delevingne was born on 3 May 1986, in London, one of three daughters of property developer Charles Hamar Delevingne and Pandora Anne Delevingne (née Stevens). She grew up in a Belgravia mansion and attended the independent Bedales School. She is the elder sister of model and actress Cara Delevingne.

Delevingne is a muse and friend of fashion designer Matthew Williamson, and previously shared a New York flat with actress Sienna Miller.

In October 2012, Delevingne became engaged to James Cook, a former model, who works for his family's aerospace company. They were married in May 2014.

Delevingne's maternal grandfather was publishing executive and English Heritage chairman Sir Jocelyn Stevens, the nephew of magazine publisher Sir Edward George Warris Hulton and the grandson of newspaper proprietor Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet. Her maternal grandmother Janie Sheffield, a granddaughter of the 6th Baronet Sheffield, was lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret.

Her paternal great-grandfather was the Canadian-born British politician Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood. Through one of her maternal great-great-grandfathers, Sir Lionel Lawson Faudel-Phillips, 3rd Baronet, Delevingne descends from the Anglo-Jewish Faudel-Phillips baronets; two of her ancestors on that line served as Lord Mayor of London.

Delevingne was spotted by Storm Model Management founder Sarah Doukas in 2008.

She has modelled for brands such as Shiatzy Chen, Laura Ashley, Anya Hindmarch, Alberta Ferretti, and Burberry, has walked the runway for brands including Julien Macdonald and Giles Deacon, and has worked with photographers such as Terry Richardson. Having caught the eye of designer Marc Jacobs, she became the face of the Louis Vuitton summer 2012 collection. Delevingne has graced the covers of Vogue (Turkey), Harper's Bazaar (Korea), Elle (Mexico, Ukraine, Korea, Norway) and Love.

Delevingne is a Young Ambassador for the British Fashion Council,[8] and a Chanel brand ambassador.

In 2017, Delevingne played the role of Clara Von Gluckfberg in Kingsman: The Golden Circle, and the role of Adrianna Colonna in The Aspern Papers directed by Julien Landais.

Richard Briers was born on 14 January 1934 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Watership Down (1978), Peter Pan (2003) and Much Ado About Nothing (1993). He was married to Ann Davies. He died on 17 February 2013 in London, England, UK.

Lisa Faulkner was born on 19 February 1972 in Merton, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Murder in Suburbia (2004), The Lover (1992) and EastEnders (1985). She has been married to John Torode since 24 October 2019. She was previously married to Chris Coghill.

Fay Ripley was born on 26 February 1966 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Cold Feet (1997), Reggie Perrin (2009) and Monday Monday (2009). She has been married to Daniel Lapaine since September 2001. They have two children.

Elisabeth Dermot Walsh was born on 15 September 1974 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for Doctors (2000), Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (2005) and Cleopatra (1999).

Michael McIntyre was born on 21 February 1976 in Merton, London, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Michael McIntyre's Big Show (2015), Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow (2009) and The Wheel (2022). He has been married to Kitty Ward since 2003. They have two children.

Ron Peck was born on 15 May 1948 in Merton Park, London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Nighthawks (1978), Edward Hopper (1981) and Empire State (1987). He died on 2 November 2022.

Grant Warnock was born in 1971 in Merton, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Blood Money (1981), Princess Daisy (1983) and Waterland (1992). He is married to Elizabeth A. Rose.

Alain Terzoli is an actor. He is the son of an Italian father and an Irish mother. He was born and he was raised in Wimbledon in south west London. Later he went on to train for three years on the three year Drama course at the Arts Educational School in Chiswick.

Ford Madox Ford was born on 17 December 1873 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Parade's End (2012), Monster Theory and The Road to Romance (1927). He was married to Elsie Martindale. He died on 29 June 1939 in Deauville, France.

Kornel Brzezinski was born in Merton, London, England, UK. He is known for Urban Ghost Story (1998), Avatar (2003) and Between Two Women (2003).

Oscar-winner W.P. Lipscomb (born William Percy Lipscomb in 1887 in Merton, England) was a British playwright and screenwriter who also produced and directed motion pictures. George Arliss, who played the title role in Cardinal Richelieu (1935), thought his fellow British expatriate in Hollwood was able to write good dialogue quicker than any other writer he had worked with. His sole movie directing credit was Colonel Blood (1934), which he also wrote the screenplay for.

Studio production chief Darryl F. Zanuck of Twentieth Century-Fox signed Lipscomb to a contract in the mid-1930s and brought him to Hollywood to adapt his play Clive of India (1935) as a starring vehicle for Ronald Colman. In Hollywood, he adapted Victor Hugo's Les Misérables (1935) (personally produced by Zanuck and starring Fredric March) and Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities (1935) produced by David O. Selznick and starring Colman).

In 1938, Lipscomb again adapted his play Clive of India (1938) as one of the first TV movies in history, broadcast by the BBC. That same year, on Pygmalion (1938), he and Cecil Lewis wrote the scenario along with George Bernard Shaw, who also wrote the dialogue, adapting his own play. The three won the Academy Award in the Best Writing, Screenplay category. It was his only recognition from the award-givers until he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay for A Town Like Alice (1956) in 1957, the year before his death.

W.P. Lipscomb was active as a screenwriter in the movies from 1928 to the time of his death. He died on July 25, 1958 in London.

Phyllis Relph was born on 11 June 1888 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Lights of London (1914) and Pygmalion (1954). She was married to Lionel Atwill. She died on 12 May 1969 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK.

David Aylott was born on 25 May 1914 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. He is known for Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), Decameron Nights (1953) and The Road to Hong Kong (1962). He died on 1 August 1991 in Bristol, England, UK.

Francesca Crowder was born in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. Francesca is known for Lost in Space (1998), The Batman (2022) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).

Rosie Millard was born on 17 April 1965 in Merton, London, England, UK. She has been married to Philip Clothier since 1994. They have four children.

Lauderdale Maitland was born in 1878 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Rebecca the Jewess (1913), What's Bred... Comes Out in the Flesh (1916) and The Threefold Tragedy (1922). He was married to Janet Alexander and Sarah Gertrude Tomlinson. He died on 28 February 1929 in Southwark, London, England, UK.

Nic Thorson was born on 4 May 1985 in Merton, Wisconsin, USA. Nic is a production manager, known for The Double (2011), Closure (2010) and Harper's Globe (2009).

Anthony Maddalena was born in 1971 in Merton, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Hamlet (1996) and Notting Hill (1999).

Alec Stewart was born on 8 April 1963 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK.

The English actor Bernard Ashley Price was born on March 2, 1925, in Merton, Surrey, England, the son of an egg salesman. He made his acting debut at the age of 16 in an amateur production of Dodie Smith's "Dear Octopus" in London. The play was seen by the director Barry Jackson, who hired Price for his company and engaged his services until 1944. Lewis Casson then hired Price for a tour of George Bernard Shaw revivals, "Man and Superman," "Pygmalian," and "Saint Joan," that were performed in Bristol and London before touring liberated Paris, Belgium and Germany to entertain the Allied armed forces.

Price moved to South Africa in 1947, where he helped manage the Johannesburg corps de ballet and continued acting. He played one of the homosexuals in William Douglas Home's prison play "Now Barabbas Was a Robber," and acted in the thriller "They Walk Alone."

He returned to London in 1951 and acted in a variety of shows. In 1967, he he joined the New Era Academy of Drama and Music, eventually becoming an administrator. He was a founding member of Gay Switchboard and Icebreakers.

Bernard Price died of cancer in February 2000. He was 74 years old.

Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis was born on 9 June 1909 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. He died on 29 June 1987 in Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK.

Oliver Madox Hueffer was born on 9 January 1876 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. Oliver Madox was a writer, known for His Lordship (1932). Oliver Madox died on 21 June 1931 in West Lavington, Sussex, England, UK.

Pamela Engel was born on 12 November 1934 in Merton Park, London, England, UK. Pamela was married to Robert Beeson and Andi Engel. Pamela died on 15 July 2017 in the UK.