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Shirley Williams

Acting Born Jul 27, 1930 Chelsea, London, England, UK 10 credits

Biography

Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, CH, PC was a British politician and academic who represented the Liberal Democrats. Originally a Labour Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister, she was one of the 'Gang of Four' rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981. Her career in politics spanned more than 50 years, after she first entered Parliament as the Labour MP for Hitchin in 1964. She retired from political life in 2016, after leading the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.

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Known for

Question Time

as Self - Panellist

World in Action

1963

Full filmography

  • Question Time (1979) as Self - Panellist
  • World in Action (1963)
  • In Confidence (2010)
  • The Wilderness Years (1995) as Self
  • Edwardian Britain in Colour (2019) as Self
  • Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel (2011) as Self
  • Cabinet Confidential (2001) as Self
  • A Marriage Made In Portsmouth (2008) as Self
  • How to Be Prime Minister (1996) as Self
  • Harold Wilson: A Life (1995) as Self