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'''Christopher Biggins''' is a British actor who's career has included both theatre and television roles.
Christopher Biggins was born in [[Oldham]], England in 1948 and later moved to Salisbury, where he began taking elocution lessons and joined a local theatre group. After leaving school he had small parts in a number of British sitcoms (e.g. Porridge) and later went to on to host the game show ''On Safari''. In addition he has also appeared in more serious television dramas, playing Nero in the BBC version of ''I, Claudius'' and Revd Osbourne Whitworth in the BBC adaptation of ''Poldark''. Biggins is most famous for his performances as a [[Pantomime]] dame, a role that he has filled in a variety of productions almost every year for the past 34 years. More recently he gained fame as the winner of ''I'm a Celebrity...get me out of here!'' in 2007 <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/christopher-biggins-oh-yes-he-is-518257.html</ref>.
==Personal life==
Christopher Biggins was married to the Australian actress Beatrice Norbury from 1971 until their divorce in 1974. He first openly declared that he was gay in 1998, and subsequently entered into a civil partnership with his long-term partner Neil Twimaps in 2006<ref>http://www.mirror.co.uk/sunday-mirror/2007/12/02/biggins-my-life-98487-20191538/</ref>.
==References==
1. Nick Duerden,[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/christopher-biggins-oh-yes-he-is-518257.html "Christopher Biggins: Oh yes he is!"], ''The Independent'', 4th December 2005
2. Frank Thorne and Kate Mansey, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/sunday-mirror/2007/12/02/biggins-my-life-98487-20191538/ "Biggins: my life"], ''The Sunday Mirror'', 2nd December 2007
Christopher Biggins was born in [[Oldham]], England in 1948 and later moved to Salisbury, where he began taking elocution lessons and joined a local theatre group. After leaving school he had small parts in a number of British sitcoms (e.g. Porridge) and later went to on to host the game show ''On Safari''. In addition he has also appeared in more serious television dramas, playing Nero in the BBC version of ''I, Claudius'' and Revd Osbourne Whitworth in the BBC adaptation of ''Poldark''. Biggins is most famous for his performances as a [[Pantomime]] dame, a role that he has filled in a variety of productions almost every year for the past 34 years. More recently he gained fame as the winner of ''I'm a Celebrity...get me out of here!'' in 2007 <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/christopher-biggins-oh-yes-he-is-518257.html</ref>.
==Personal life==
Christopher Biggins was married to the Australian actress Beatrice Norbury from 1971 until their divorce in 1974. He first openly declared that he was gay in 1998, and subsequently entered into a civil partnership with his long-term partner Neil Twimaps in 2006<ref>http://www.mirror.co.uk/sunday-mirror/2007/12/02/biggins-my-life-98487-20191538/</ref>.
==References==
1. Nick Duerden,[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/christopher-biggins-oh-yes-he-is-518257.html "Christopher Biggins: Oh yes he is!"], ''The Independent'', 4th December 2005
2. Frank Thorne and Kate Mansey, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/sunday-mirror/2007/12/02/biggins-my-life-98487-20191538/ "Biggins: my life"], ''The Sunday Mirror'', 2nd December 2007