| BIRCH | Thora _, starred in American Beauty (5) |
| HIRD | Thora ___, Last of the Summer Wine actress (4) |
| DYLAN | _ O'Brien, starred in American Assassin (5) |
| THORA | _ Birch, won a BAFTA for her role in American Beauty (5) |
| LEMAT | He starred in "American Graffiti" |
| MENA | Costar of Thora and Wes in "American Beauty" |
| TORME | Dame Thora Hird was the motherin-law of which popular American singer? (3,5) |
| THIRD | A part for actress Thora (5) |
| BAFTA | Acronym's 'Best Actresses' for Thora aplenty! |
| SWANK | Hilary _ starred in new TV drama set in Alaska (5) |
| HEADS | Talking -; Alan Bennett's series of monologues originally with a cast including Julie Walters, Maggie Smith, Patricia Routledge and Thora Hird (S) |
| OKANE | Deirdre ___ starred in Paths To Freedom and Moone Boy. (5) |
| PINTO | Freida _, starred in Slumdog Millionaire (5) |
| SHEEN | Michael _, starred in 2015's Far from the Madding Crowd (5) |
| SMART | Amy _, starred in The Butterfly Effect (5) |
| HOGAN | Who (Paul ___) starred in Crocodile Dundee? (5) |
| EVANS | Luke _, starred in Fast & Furious 6 (5) |
| FRIEL | Anna _, starred in ITV's Marcella (5) |
| WEEKS | Honeysuckle _, starred in ITV's Foyle's War (5) |
| FRONT | Rebecca _, starred in The Thick Of It (5) |