1949

1949 in

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the DWU • vital statistics

Events

• Honoré Lechasseur was employed by Emily Blandish to find the Doctor. (PROSE: The Cabinet of Light)
• Julia Hardwick, later known as Julia Baker, died more than sixty years after being transported into the past from the early 21st century by the Weeping Angels. (WC: A Ghost Story for Christmas)
• Dorothea "Dodo" Chaplet, a future companion of the First Doctor, was born in the north of England. (PROSE: Salvation)

• 16 January - Actress Caroline Munro was born.

• 6 February - Actress Carmen Gómez was born.

• 15 March - Actor John Duttine was born.

• 14 April - Actor Christopher Whittingham was born.
• 29 April - Actress Anita Dobson was born.

• 13 May - Actress Zoë Wanamaker was born in New York City.
• 22 May - Actress Cheryl Campbell was born.
• 24 May - Actor Jim Broadbent was born.
• 24 - Actor Rob Edwards was born.

• 3 June - Actor Ian Gelder was born.
• 10 June - Actor Andrew Johns was born.
• 13 June - Actor Simon Callow was born.
• 21 June - Actress Stacey Tendeter was born.

• 3 July - Actress Susan Penhaligon was born.
• 11 July - Actor Eden Phillips was born.

• 4 August - Assistant floor manager Russ Karel was born.
• 11 August - Visual effects designer Mickey Edwards was born.
• 23 August - Actor Christopher Blake was born.

• 23 September - Actress Floella Benjamin was born.
• 26 September - Actress Anne Robinson was born.

• 14 October - Actress Katy Manning was born in Guildford, Surrey.

• 10 December - Actor Martyn Whitby was born.
• 12 December - Actor Bill Nighy was born.
• 18 December - Actress Jeananne Crowley was born.