Kenneth Russell

Born in Southampton in 1927.

Worked as a ballet dancer, actor and photographer but came to fame as director of biographic documentaries and musicals director. He won international recognition for his film Women in Love in 1969 followed by The Devils 1971, The Rainbow 1989 and in 1993 his television production Lady Chatterley's Lover followed by The Mindbender in 1995.

In recent times he appeared on the reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother and stormed off prematurely after a row with Jade Goody.