Alison Steadman Plessey, an electronics firm. Steadman was educated at Childwall Valley High School for Girls, a state grammar school in the Liverpool suburb of Childwall, followed by East 15 Acting School, to which she secured a place in the autumn of 1966 and where she met Mike Leigh during her second year. Having left the East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex, Steadman worked in various regional repertory theatres, starting at Lincoln in 1968, where her first role was that of the seductive schoolgirl Sandy in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". She created the role of the monstrous Beverly in
Javier Aguirre (director) currently married to actress Esperanza Roy. Javier Aguirre (director) Javier Aguirre (born 13 June 1935 in Donostia-San Sebastián), is a Spanish film director, writer and producer. Aguirre was born in Donostia-San Sebastián in Spain. He started his work as a director in 1961, and had a prolific career, directing 45 feature films, 10 short films, 2 documentaries, and 25 documentary shorts. Aguirre also wrote and produced most of his films. Aguirre developed an interest in film at an early age. When he was a teenager, he started collaborating for entertainment magazines like "Radiocinema", "Film Ideal", and others. In 1955, when