Michael Starke (actor) other daughter Jamie is an actress and appeared in an episode of The Royal. In recent years, he has starred in many touring productions of West End musicals, including playing the role of Edna Turnblad in the first UK tour of Hairspray and originating the role of Monsignor Howard in the first UK tour of Sister Act the musical. He also made appearances in Anything Goes and Our Day Out. He appeared in the 2014 Kenneth Branagh directed action thriller film """". Later he starred in the soap opera "Doctors". In December 2017, he appeared at the Liverpool Playhouse in
Swan Turnblad 1890. Turnblad was very interested in new technology and was the first publisher of a Swedish language newspaper to use a Linotype machine. After acquiring a duplex rotary color printing press in 1903, Turnblad also included color illustrations. Under Turnblad's management circulation increased steadily, growing from just 1,400 in 1887 to 40,000 by 1900. In The success of "Svenska Amerikanska Posten" together with his other investments made Turnblad very wealthy. In 1903, Turnblad commissioned the building of a mansion on Park Avenue in Minneapolis. Turnblad had the Minneapolis firm of Boehme and Cordella design a Châteauesque-style 33-room mansion for him,