Julian fellows biography
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Although it is not unknown for people to achieve success in both writing and acting, it is much rarer for them to change course halfway through their careers. Julian Fellowes, however, is an exception.
He was born on 17th August 1949 in Cairo to parents who had some minor aristocratic links, and, after studying at Cambridge and the Webber Douglas drama school, found himself typecast from an early stage as junior vicars or youthful dons.
Amusingly, he also had a sideline as a romantic novelist, writing under the nom de plume of Rebecca Greville; when this was exposed, it brought him more fame than anything until Gosford Park.
He made a striking impact in the controversial Alan Bennett/Lindsay Anderson collaboration The Old Crowd (LWT, 1979), but little in his early television or film work was as interesting or worthwhile.
Julian fellows biography
He had a bit part in the D.H. Lawrence film Priest Of Love (d. Christopher Miles, 1981), a more substantial appearance in the forgettable Baby: Secre