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Latest comment: 4 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
According to FreeBMD and the original birth index published by the GRO (General Register Office; the civil registry in the UK), the subject's name is indicated as "Mironoff, Helen L.". Her birth name should therefore be indicated as "Helen Lydia Mironoff". If anybody disagrees, know that the UK government affords you the right to order any birth certificate you please, should you need further confirmation. See the index here: https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=191028038:2940&d=bmd_1763869701
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I've been active on this site for years and years. In that time it has become common knowledge that Dame Helen prefers the title Actor rather than actress.
Hey there, I saw those edits (that luckily have been reverted) and your request for page protection. Hopefully that goes through, but I was thinking that an efn after the first mention of 'actor' in the Lead could supplement the invisible message in the editing window. I've got 'Helen Mirren prefers to call herself an actor; this article uses that term for consistency.' worked out so far for the text. If you think that's enough, I'd be happy to add it to the article. Pikkupapupata💌🌷08:30, 29 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
I wouldn't object to you adding this, but feel it would be futile against the pedants. Thank you for this suggestion. - WalterStill not in the Epstein Files Ego08:32, 29 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
You're welcome! I'll add it for now, and also add the article to my Watchlist to try to help. I know it'll probably keep happening (just scanned the talk page history too, my goodness), but I agree with consensus and her own determination to use 'actor', it's a non-issue. Pikkupapupata💌🌷08:39, 29 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
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