Who made her film debut in 1985 playing the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom?
Miranda Richardson Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English stage, film and television actress. She made her film debut playing Ruth Ellis in "Dance with a Stranger" in 1985 and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for "Damage" (1992) and "Tom & Viv" (1994). For "Damage", she won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has also won Golden Globe Awards for "Enchanted April" (1992) and the TV film "Fatherland" (1994).
Florence Shoemaker Thompson Florence Katherine Shoemaker Thompson Riney (October 30, 1892 – April 13, 1961) was the first female sheriff in the United States of America to carry out a conviction. Rainey Bethea, the last man to be publicly executed in the U.S., was convicted of rape and sentenced to death by hanging in Daviess County, Kentucky.