威廉·达福生于美国威斯康星一个外科医生的家庭，他是父母8个孩子中的倒数第二。虽然都被称为达福，但只有威廉·达福进了演艺圈，其他兄弟姐妹就像他父母那样成为了专业人士：律师、医生、护士，等等。虽然达福在威斯康星大学学的是戏剧专业，但书本教学却让他感觉极其沉闷，结果大学未毕业...
米兰达·理查森出生于利物浦的邻近市镇。念书时已参加校内戏剧演出，表现了演员的天份。17岁离开学校，转往志维克剧院修读戏剧，三年后毕业加入戏剧圈，首次成为舞台经理的助理。两年后才有机会在伦敦的皇后剧院登台演出。80年代活跃于英国的舞台，电视和电影界，也逐渐打开了国际知名度，演出了不少欧洲片，间中也在一些好莱坞电影中亮相。首部代表作是《与陌生人共舞》。
罗斯玛丽·哈里斯，出生于1927年9月19日，丈夫约翰·艾尔，女儿是美国演员詹妮弗·艾莉。
Chancellor was born in Richmond, London, England, the daughter of the Hon. Mary Alice Jolliffe (daughter of William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton) and John Paget Chancellor. Through her mother's mother, Lady Perdita Rose Mary Asquith, Chancellor is the great-granddaughter of Raymond Asquith and the great-great-granddaughter of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith,[1] and through her father, she is the great-great-granddaughter of the 12th Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham (a descendant of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley). She is a second cousin, once removed of actress Helena Bonham Carter, through her mother's side. Her uncle is journalist Alexander Chancellor, the father of model Cecilia Chancellor, her eight-times great-aunt was author Jane Austen, herself a great-niece of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, and her second cousin six times removed was poet Lord Byron. She is also twice a descendant of Mary Boleyn and once of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich and John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
