Lou Gish
Born
Louise Mikel Henrietta Marie Curram

(1967-05-27)27 May 1967
London, England
Died20 February 2006(2006-02-20) (aged 38)
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1996–2005
PartnerNicholas Rowe (2000–2006, her death)
Parents

Lou Gish (27 May 1967 20 February 2006)[1] was an English stage, film and television actress.

Biography

Grave of Lou Gish in Highgate Cemetery

She was born Louise Mikel Henrietta Marie Curram in 1967, the elder daughter of actors Sheila Gish and Roland Curram. She was raised in London and originally wanted to be an artist rather than an actor. She trained in Camberwell and earned a bachelor's degree at the Camberwell College of Arts.

A role in a play in Paddington brought her to the attention of an agent, and this convinced her to follow her family into a career in the theatre, taking roles on stage, in television series, and in film. She appeared with her sister, Kay Curram, in King Lear at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2005.

Gish was in a relationship with actor Nicholas Rowe from 2000 until her death from cancer at the age of 38 in February 2006.[1] Her death came less than a year after that of her mother, who also died of cancer.

Both she and her mother are buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

Film and television career

Theatrical career

References

  1. 1 2 "Lou Gish". The Independent. 25 February 2006. Retrieved 13 September 2020.


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