Acting school director. She worked with Joan Littlewood in the Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, which inspired her to found the East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex.
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Margaret Walker
Margaret Walker (1922 - 2013) founder of East 15 Acting School and Theatre Wo...
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