Dame Eileen Atkins | Alec Guinness, WWII & Being a Child Performer

This is an older episode of Rosebud, available with video for the first time. Dame Eileen is a uniquely talented writer and actor, both on stage and screen - from Cranford, to the RSC, to The Killing of Sister George on Broadway, to Upstairs, Downstairs and The House of Eliot (which she co-created), to Mrs Dalloway (for which she wrote the screenplay). And this is one of our most entertaining interviews yet, with stories from Dame Eileen's long life and career . From her early years in Tottenham, when a gypsy going door-to-door prophesied that the three year-old Eileen would be a world-famous dancer, to her career as a child performer playing the working men's clubs, to her school days in Edmonton - the anecdotes from Eileen's life are brilliantly told. We then hear about her days at drama school, her friendship with Sir Alec Guinness and a couple of very funny stories from her working life. Enjoy this. Links: Rosebud Archive - https://www.rosebudpodcast.co.uk/ Instagram -   / therosebudpodcast   Rosebud Reflections - / 782397874458836 Join the Rosebud Family:   / rosebud   #gylesbrandreth #rosebudpodcast #rosebud #eileenatkins #dameeileenatkins