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Birth Name: Miranda Jane Richardson
Place of Birth: Southport, Lancashire, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 3 March, 1958
Ethnicity: English
Miranda Richardson is an English actress. Her roles include the films Dance with a Stranger , Empire of the Sun , Enchanted April , The Crying Game , Damage (1992), Tom & Viv , Kansas City , The Evening Star , The Apostle , Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang , Sleepy Hollow (1999), Chicken Run , and its sequel, both in voice performance; The Hours , Spider (2002), The Prince and Me , Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Wah-Wah , the Harry Potter franchise, Paris, je t’aime ; Southland Tales , Fred Claus , The Young Victoria , Made in Dagenham , Belle (2013), Testament of Youth , and Stronger (2017), television’s Fatherland , Blackadder , Merlin (1998), Gideon’s Daughter , Good Omens , and The Last Anniversary , and many acclaimed stage performances.
She is the daughter of Marian and William Richardson.
Miranda’s maternal grandfather was George Henry Townsend (the son of Frederick Townsend and Rose Ann Woolford). George was born in Highworth, Wiltshire, England. Frederick was the son of George Townsend and Ann Newman. Rose was the daughter of Robert Woolford.
Miranda’s maternal grandmother was Florence Gertrude Edwards (the daughter of Jesse Edwards and Ellen Green). Florence was born in Highworth, Wiltshire, England. Jesse was the son of Henry Edwards and Lucy Agg. Ellen was the daughter of Joseph Green.
Source: Genealogy of Marian’s mother – https://www.wikitree.com