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ANNETTE CRoSBIE, 85. The Bafta-winning Scottish actress starred as Victor Meldrew’s long- suffering wife Margaret in one Foot In The Grave (pictured). She has often been ‘misrepresented’ as grumpy, when in fact it is because she has been deaf in both ears since her mid-60s. She says her campaigning for the welfare of ex-racing greyhounds ‘has become my in a way that acting has never been’. FRANCo ZEFFIRELLI, 96. The Italian director’s films include his 1990 Hamlet, starring Mel Gibson. He is the illegitimate son of a businessman and a fashion designer, who were both married to other people. His mother felt she was unable to give him his father’s surname, so chose a word from a Mozart opera meaning ‘little breeze’, or
zeffiretti. However, a mistake by the registrar meant the ts weren’t crossed.