Eileen Atkins
- Born
- 16 June 1934 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- Clapton, London, England, UK
- Birth name
- Eileen June Atkins
- Height
- 169 cm
- Known for
- Actor
Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north London. Her father was a gas meter reader; her mother, a seamstress and barmaid. A drama teacher taught her how to drop her Cockney accent, and she studied Shakespeare and Greek tragedies. Her breakthrough role in "The Killing of Sister George" took her to Broadway.
