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Shirley Williams
Biography
Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, CH, PC was a British politician and academic who represented the Liberal Democrats. Originally a Labour Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister, she was one of the 'Gang of Four' rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981. Her career in politics spanned more than 50 years, after she first entered Parliament as the Labour MP for Hitchin in 1964. She retired from political life in 2016, after leading the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.
Top Filmography

5.5
Question Time
1979 // TV

10.0
Edwardian Britain in Colour
2019 // TV

7.0
World in Action
1963 // TV

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Cabinet Confidential
2001 // MOVIE

0.0
How to Be Prime Minister
1996 // MOVIE

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A Marriage Made In Portsmouth
2008 // MOVIE

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Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
2011 // MOVIE

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Harold Wilson: A Life
1995 // MOVIE

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The Wilderness Years
1995 // TV
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In Confidence
2010 // TV