Andrew Dunbar
Actor

Andrew Dunbar Net Worth

He is also a sound department professional, having worked on projects such as The 100 (2014) and The Killing (2011). Andrew Dunbar is a multi-talented professional in the entertainment industry. Born on May 22, 1961, he is an actor, assistant director, and sound department professional. His acting credits include Dragged Across Concrete (2018), Arrow (2012), and Leprechaun: Origins (2014). He has also worked on sound department projects such as The 100 (2014) and The Killing (2011).
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Assistant Director, Sound Department
Birth Day May 22, 1961
Age 59 YEARS OLD
Died On 20 December 1990(1990-12-20) (aged 29)\nBradford, West Yorkshire, England
Occupation Playwright
Literary movement Realism

💰 Net worth

Andrew Dunbar is a multi-talented individual known for his work as an actor, assistant director, and sound department in the entertainment industry. Born in 1961, his contributions have garnered him a respectable net worth estimated to be between $100,000 and $1 million by the year 2024. With a diverse range of skills, Dunbar has likely amassed his wealth through his remarkable performances and expertise behind the scenes, making him a prominent figure in the industry.

Biography/Timeline

1979

Andrea Dunbar first became pregnant at age 15; the baby was stillborn at 6 months. She later had three children by three different fathers. The first, Lorraine, was born in 1979. A year later, in 1980, Lisa was born, again while Andrea was still a teenager.

1980

Dunbar began her first play The Arbor in 1977 at the age of 15, writing it as a classroom assignment for CSE English. Encouraged by her Teacher, she was helped to develop the play to performance standard. It was premiered in 1980 at London's Royal Court Theatre, directed by Max Stafford-Clark. Alongside an entry by Lucy Anderson Jones, It jointly won the Young Writers' Festival, and was later extended and performed in New York. The play described the experiences of a pregnant teenager with an abusive drunken father. On 26 March 1980, she was featured in the BBC's Arena arts' documentary series.

1982

Dunbar was quickly commissioned to write a follow-up work, creating Rita, Sue and Bob Too, first performed in 1982. The play explored similar themes to The Arbor, in this case depicting the lives of two teenage girls who are both having an affair with the same married man. Dunbar's third play, Shirley (1986), placed greater emphasis on the central character.

1987

The film version of Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987) was adapted for the cinema by Dunbar and directed by Alan Clarke. The film created considerable controversy on the Buttershaw estate because of its negative portrayal of the area. Dunbar was threatened by several residents, but nevertheless stayed living on the estate.

1990

As a single mother, Dunbar spent 18 months in a Women's Aid refuge and became an increasingly heavy drinker. In 1990 she died of a brain haemorrhage at the age of 29 after becoming ill in the Beacon pub on Reevy Road, the same location seen in the opening shot of Rita, Sue and Bob Too.

2000

In 2000, Dunbar's life and her surroundings were revisited in the play A State Affair by Robin Soans.

2007

In 2007 her eldest daughter Lorraine, a heroin addict at the time, was convicted of manslaughter for causing the death of her child by gross neglect after the child ingested a lethal dose of methadone.

2010

A film about her life, The Arbor, directed by Clio Barnard, was released in 2010. The film uses actors lip-synching to interviews with Dunbar and her family, and concentrates on the strained relationship between Dunbar and her daughter Lorraine. The film was nominated for a BAFTA award for Outstanding Debut by a British Director, and won the Sutherland Trophy, at the 2010 London Film Festival Awards. It also won the Sheffield Innovation Award at the 2010 Sheffield Doc/Fest.

2017

A novel inspired by Dunbar's life and work, Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, by Adelle Stripe, was published by Wrecking Ball Press in 2017.

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