Toby Stephens April 2018. Stephens, the younger son of actors Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Robert Stephens, was born at the Middlesex Hospital in Fitzrovia, London. He was educated at Aldro and Seaford College where he was remarkably unhappy. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Stephens began his film career with the role of Othello in 1992, in Sally Potter's "Orlando". He has since made regular appearances on television (including in "The Camomile Lawn", 1992) and on stage. He played the title role in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Coriolanus" shortly after graduation from LAMDA;
Rachel Stephens part of a cast which toured with Van Johnson in the comedy "Send Me No Flowers", in 1976. In 1980 she was featured in the Neil Simon play "The Gingerbread Lady". Stephens starred as "Toby", an aging beauty who need to be constantly reminded that she is attractive. Stephens was signed to a film contract by Twentieth Century Fox in May 1956. In her first movie she played a nurse in "Bigger Than Life" (1956). The film was a drama which starred James Mason and Barbara Rush. Stephens next appeared in "Oh, Men! Oh, Women!" (1957) directed by Nunnally Johnson