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Beresford

British  
/ ˈbɛrɪsˌfəd /

noun

  1. Bruce. born 1940, Australian film director. His films include The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972), Breaker Morant (1980), Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and Evelyn (2002)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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However, I can say Josh Dylan and Antonia Thomas do justice to their modernized versions of Christie’s power couple Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

Roth was more at home with these tableaux than in grandiose projects such as the San Remo and the Beresford.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

Norman Beresford Tebbit was born on 29 March 1931 in the working-class suburb of Ponders End in north London.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2025

CHANG: So long as they don’t have him encounter Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, who, all due respect, have always bored me to tears.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2023

Beresford told me; he brought me the very document once to my house with my own signature annexed to it,—an admirable forgery as ever was, done.

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. by Charles James Lever

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