Largs<\/a>-born actor Daniela Nardini, now working as a psychotherapist in Glasgow, got her big break in 90s show This Life about a group of insufferable young lawyers trying to reach the top while negotiating love, drugs and excess. In January 2004, she appeared at the Citizens [[Theatre]] in Top Girls.\n<\/p>\n\n ![\"Jonathan]()
Jonathan Hyde (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n Australian actor Jonathan Hyde\u00a0played Lady Bracknell in the Citizens Theatre production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde in 1977.\n<\/p>\n
\n ![\"Jonathan]()
Jonathan Hyde in Jumanji (Image: Newsquest) He went on to have a string of starring roles in Hollywood movies such as Richie Rich with Macaulay Culkin, Jumanji with Robin Williams and Titanic.\n<\/p>\n
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John Fraser, Roddy McMillan and Ronald Fraser (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n The Christmas show at the Citizens has always been a much-loved part of the city\u2019s festive calendar. In 1953 esteemed movie actor John Fraser, known for the films The Trials of Oscar Wilde, The Dam Busters and Tunes of Glory, appeared\u00a0alongside Roddy McMillan, who played Para Handy in The Vital Spark, and English actor Ronald Fraser, in Tapsalteerie-o.\n<\/p>\n
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Siobhan Redmond (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n Most recently spotted as a distillery boss implicated in a poisoning on BBC crime drama Death in Paradise, and famous for her roles in Between the Lines, The High Life, Holby City and Unforgotten, Siobhan Redmond is a fan of the Citizens.\n<\/p>\n
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(Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n She played Queen Elizabeth I in Mary Stuart, among many other roles.\n<\/p>\n
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Fulton McKay with Valerie Miller and Jimmy Stuart (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n Best known as the dour prison warder in Porridge, Fulton McKay starred in the 1954 Christmas show, Whigmaleeries, pictured here with Valerie Miller and Jimmy Stuart.\n<\/p>\n
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Una McLean (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n In 1960, Una McLean, much-loved star of stage and screen, most recently seen in River City, was delighting audiences in the Citizens Christmas show, Gaggiegalorum.\n<\/p>\n
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Glenda Jackson at the Citizens (Image: Newsquest) ![\"Glenda]()
Glenda Jackson at the Citizens (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n Oscar-winning actor Glenda Jackson, who later became a politician, appeared in Brecht\u2019s Mother Courage at the Citizens in 1990.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
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Craig Ferguson, Grant Smeaton and Ross Stenhouse (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n Actor, comedian, and former host of US talk show The Late Late Show Craig Ferguson starred in Dario Fo\u2019s The Accidental Death of an Anarchist. He is pictured with Grant Smeaton and Ross Stenhouse, who went on to set up Hopscotch Theatre Co.\n<\/p>\n
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Constance Cummings (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n Hollywood and West End star Constance Cummings was known for her appearances in the likes of Long Day’s Journey into Night and Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? When she appeared on the Glasgow stage, in The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, in September 1969.\n<\/p>\n
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Caroline Paterson (Image: Angela Catlin\/Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n Soap star Caroline Paterson, best known for playing troubled Ruth Fowler in EastEnders in the 90s,\u00a0directed plays at the Citizens in the early 2000s.\n<\/p>\n
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Rupert Everett (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n Other big names appearing at the Gorbals venue include Wolf Hall\u2019s Mark Rylance; and a young Albert Finney (Henry IV) in 1963.\n<\/p>\n
\n Harry Potter and Die Hard star Alan Rickman (Fear and Misery of the Third Reich) was at the venue in 1980; and The Musketeers and My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding actor Rupert Everett,\u00a0performed several times at the Citizens, notably in The Vortex, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Heartbreak House.\n<\/p>\n
\n Which famous face did you see at the Citizens Theatre? Email ann.fotheringham@glasgowtimes.co.uk to share your memories and photos,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pierce Brosnan (Image: Newsquest) JAMES Bond himself, the Hollywood star Pierce Brosnan was captured backstage by in his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-340789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115020750113137571","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}