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Jan 23, 2023 · Early life. Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge was born in West London, the daughter of Theresa Mary (née Clerke) and Michael Cyprian Waller-Bridge. Her father founded the electronic trading platform Tradepoint, while her mother works for the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers. The Waller-Bridge family were landed gentry of Cuckfield, Sussex.
- London, England
- yesterday
- July 14, 1985
- Alex Bickle
- Treading The Boards
- Bond, James Bond?
- A ‘Hot’ Priest in The Family Tree?
- A Life in Canada
- A Connection to The Real-Life Bridgertons?
- Scandal in Colonial America
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, ...
No Time To Die and Fleabag writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge has her own daredevil characters in her family tree. Our genealogy records reveal a World War Two spy, an actor, a scandalous colonial jurist, and even a priest or two.
Sunday August 30 2020, 12.01am, The Sunday Times. Tree Waller-Bridge and her daughter Phoebe. IONA WOLFF/BAFTA. R eunions can be tricky. This one had me eddying with curiosity and trepidation. I was reconnecting with an old friend, Teresa (Tree) Waller-Bridge, the mother of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the star and creator of the hit stage and TV show ...
Research genealogy for Horace Fitzhenry MA Waller-Bridge of Ottawa, Canada, as well as other members of the Waller-Bridge family, on Ancestry®.
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 .
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge (born July 14, 1985, London, England) is an English writer, producer, and actress whose work in television and film—including Fleabag (2016−19), Killing Eve (2018−22), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), and No Time to Die (2021)—has established her as a comedic and dramatic powerhouse, both behind the scenes and ...
