Researching Helena Michell
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1426 people with the Michell surname? In that year Michell was ranked number 2227 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Helena means "Form of HELEN. bright one" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Helena Michell on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Helena Michell and the Michell Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Michell Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Michell family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Helena Michell at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Helena Michell using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Helena Michell.
Research the Michell surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Michell Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 749 people with the Michell surname in the UK? Michell is now ranked number 3335 for popularity in the UK. |
Michell Family Tree Databases
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Find Helena Michell from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Michell Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Michell surname in the USA? Michell is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Michell Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Helena Michell. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Helena Michell
Helena Michell
Helena Elizabeth Anne Michell is an Australian-born English actress.
She is the daughter of the actors Keith Michell and Jeanette Sterke. Helena was born in Australia in 1963, but moved to England at an early age.
She began her career as a child in the film drama Moments with her parents and her brother, Paul.
After three years training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School she secured a part in 1986 in the BBC television sitcom Brush Strokes.
Early film work included parts in Prick Up Your Ears, and alongside her father in The Deceivers (1988).
Television parts came with the Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple episode "At Bertram's Hotel" (1987), starring Joan Hickson, and in the LWT television series Piece of Cake the following year.
Helena Michell had numerous television roles in the 1990s, including Jeeves and Wooster and Agatha Christie's Poirot “The Theft of the Royal Ruby” (1990), a pivotal role in the television version of P.D. James' Inspector Dalgleish story Devices and Desires (1991), Sharpe's Enemy (1994) when she played the part of Sarah Dubreton, the television adaptation of Ruth Rendell's Heartstones and also in The Bill in 1996.
This was interspersed with stage parts in mainly children's theatre, and she has appeared with her parents at Chichester in 1997.
Helena Michell is married to the English playwright Simon David Eden and together they have a daughter called Millie. She continues her theatre work largely through their production company, Shiny Pin Productions, and as an acting coach. She makes occasional appearances on television. Her last notable large screen part was as Sheila in the romantic comedy Little Box of Sweets in 2007.
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