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Sep 26, 2023 · The Downton Abbey star married Phoebe Waller-Bridge's brother this weekend in North London. Here, all the details of their wedding, including her dress, the star-studded guest list, and...
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Sep 25, 2023 · British and Irish acting royalty converged upon St Nicholas’ Church in Chiswick, West London, as Downton Abbey’s doyenne, Michelle Dockery, married her partner of four years, TV and film producer, and brother of Fleabag star Phoebe; Jasper Waller-Bridge.
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By using genealogy records such as births, marriages, deaths, and more, we discovered that Phoebe’s maternal grandfather led a life worthy of the movies. An actor like his granddaughter, Cyprian Chando Richard Waller-Bridge was born in East Grinstead in 1918. He’s listed in the 1939 Registeras an actor with his father Horace, mother Elsie, and sist...
Lina’s story alone is one worthy of the history books, or perhaps its own thriller movie. According to one newspaper article, she was arrested by the Italians during the Second World War, suspected of being a spy for the British. She was interrogated and later released due to a lack of evidence. But it turns out she may have been more active as a s...
Phoebe’s great-grandfather was born Horace Fitzhenry Bridge. Census records differ as to whether he was born in Canada or England. He was a theological student in Lincoln in 1901, and reportedly was later a member of the Inner Magic Circle according to his obituary. He married Elsie Noeline Waller Boughton-Leigh in 1913, and from then on, the famil...
Horace’s father, Phoebe’s 2x great-grandfather, was Henry Darley Bridge. He was also a reverend who lived in Ontario, Canadafor some years with his family. No doubt young Horace lived over there as a boy. We discovered in our newspapers that Henry’s 12-year-old daughter Henrietta Townend Bridge tragically died in 1888, after ‘years of suffering’. S...
On Elsie’s family tree, we found her as a bridesmaid to her relative Leila in 1898. Her father Theodosius gave Leila away. The wedding was officiated by Reverend Bridgeman Boughton-Leigh, and we began to wonder if Phoebe Waller-Bridge is distantly related to the real-life Bridgertons. While we haven’t yet found a connection, the name Bridgeman is c...
Perhaps the most scandalous discovery we made is that of Phoebe’s 6x great-grandfather. Sir Egerton Leigh was the sometime Attorney General of South Carolina, a British loyalist, colonial jurist, and apparently an adulterer. He fled South Carolina in 1774 following an infidelity scandal. His wife was Martha Bremar, and their son Sir Egerton Leigh, ...
Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge (born 14 July 1985) is an English actress, screenwriter and producer. As the creator, head writer, and lead star of the comedy series Fleabag (2016–2019), she won various accolades , including three Primetime Emmy Awards , two Golden Globes and a British Academy Television Award .
Throughout the series, the recent death of the main character’s mother looms large, as her wanton daughter locks horns with her passive-aggressive stepmother, played by Olivia Colman. Many viewers, and some critics, believe the intimate story was autobiographical, a lurid peepshow.
Jun 30, 2019 · Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge has admitted regret over the way her family “took the brunt” of the show’s success, as many wrongly assumed the show’s main characters were based on her...
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Jan 23, 2023 · The Waller-Bridge family were landed gentry of Cuckfield, Sussex. On her father's side, she is also a descendant of The Rev. Sir Egerton Leigh, 2nd Baronet, Conservative MP for Mid Cheshire from 1873 to his death in 1876.
