Hugh Laurie

In 2004, Laurie stars in the Fox Broadcasting medical drama, House. Arthur was born in New York City and grew up in the state of Maryland. In 2003 he starred in and also directed comedy-drama series Fortysomething. in a one-woman show which opened in Broadway in 2002 as Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends. In 1996, his book The Gun Seller, a humorous novel of suspense, was published. In 1981, she appeared in Woody Allen's The Floating Lightbulb; two decades later she toured the U.S. Other film appearances include Maybe Baby and Stuart Little. On stage, her roles include Lucy Brown in the 1954 Off-Broadway premiere of The Threepenny Opera, Yente the Matchmaker in the 1964 premiere of Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway, and a 1966 Tony Award-winning portrayal of Vera Charles in Mame.

He has also had more serious roles, such as his parts in the films, Peter's Friends and Sense and Sensibility. In the latter she played the character Dorothy Zbornak, a middle-aged woman who lived in a Florida house with two room mates (Betty White and Rue McClanahan) and Dorothy's short-tempered yet hip old mother, played by Estelle Getty. However, like Fry, Laurie has branched out into a solo career as an actor in both comic roles (such as the Blackadder series with Rowan Atkinson as Prince George and Lieutenant George). In the former she played Maude Findlay, an outspoken liberal living in Westchester County, New York. Laurie played Bertie Wooster, a role for which his talent as a pianist and singer came in handy. Her notable television roles include the title role on the popular sitcom Maude in the 1970s and a co-starring role on The Golden Girls in the 1980s. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories. Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel on May 13, 1923), is an American actress and comedienne.

G. Fry and Laurie had several series of their own as a double act, as well as starring in the television series Jeeves and Wooster, an adaptation of P. It was when Footlights took their end-of-year revue to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1980 that Laurie met Stephen Fry. In his final year, he was the President of the Club, while Emma Thompson was the Vice-president.

He also joined the famous Footlights Club at Cambridge, which has been the starting point for many successful British comedians. During his first year at university, Laurie went out for a while with Emma Thompson, now a well-known actress. His father had won an Olympic gold medal in rowing, and he himself was a rower at school and university taking part in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race of 1980. He was born and raised in Oxford, where he attended the Dragon School (a famous prep school), before going on to Eton and then to Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he read Archaeology and Anthropology.

Hugh Laurie (born June 11, 1959) is a British comedian, actor, and author best known for his television work, especially his double act with Stephen Fry.