Lou Gish
British actress (1967–2006)
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Lou Gish (27 May 1967 – 20 February 2006), born Louise Mikel Henrietta Marie Curramwas, was an English stage, film, and television actress.
27 May 1967
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| Born | Louise Mikel Henrietta Marie Curram 27 May 1967 London, England |
| Died | 20 February 2006 (aged 38) London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996–2005 |
| Partner | Nicholas Rowe (2000–2006, her death) |
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Early life and education
Louise Mikel Henrietta Marie Curram was born in London on 27 May 1967, the elder daughter of actors Sheila Gish and Roland Curram.[1]
She was educated at Macaulay Church of England Primary School in Clapham, Alleyns School in Dulwich, and Furzedown School in Wandsworth.[1] After finishing her schooling, she attended the Camberwell College of Arts.[1]
Career
Gish worked in various jobs until her mid-twenties, when she finally realised that what she really wanted to do was act.[1]
Over the course of her career, she played a variety of roles on the stage as well as on screen, in television series and films.[1] She appeared with her sister, Kay Curram, in King Lear at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2005.[1]
Personal life and death
Gish was in a relationship with actor Nicholas Rowe from 2000 until her death from cancer on 20 February 2006, at the age of 38.[1]
Her death came less than a year after that of her mother, who also died of cancer.[1] Both she and her mother are buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.[citation needed]
Film and television career
- Amazed – "Kara Smith" (1983)
- Game On – "Bruce Willis & Robert De Niro Holding a Fish" (1996)
- Holding the Baby (1997)
- Bent (1997)
- Microsoap (1998)
- Hope and Glory (1999)
- Casualty – "Blood Brothers" (2000)
- Without Motive (2000)
- Where the Heart Is – "Runaways" (2001)
- Coupling (2001–2002)
- The Vice – "One More Time" (2002)
- Wire in the Blood – "Shadows Rising" (2002)
- Doctors – "High Anxiety" (2004)
- Casualty – "Love's Labours ... Lost" (2004)
- EastEnders (2004–2005)
- New Tricks (2005)
Theatrical career
- Tejas Verdes (Gate Theatre 2005)
- King Lear (Chichester Festival Theatre 2005, as Goneril)
