Talk:Saffron Burrows

Birthday
IMDB states Oct 21/1973, another site says Oct 22/1972 and WIKI says Jan 1/1973, which one is correct? Hotwine8 20:32, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Saffron Burrows's birthday is October 22, 1972. There is discrepancy among the online sources, but the British Film Institute (an authoritative resource along the lines of an encyclopedia)  states that the correct date is October 22, 1972. http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1189097/  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.166.205.92 (talk) 09:15, 4 November 2008 (UTC)


 * IMDB and IMDBPro also now report Saffron's Birthday as October 22, 1972.
 * http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004787/
 * http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0004787/
 * Blharrison (talk) 22:41, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

New photograph
That photo doesn't look like her. Does anyone have another picture of her that more accurately shows her? -- Jophus00 (talk) 20:20, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Category
I had this comment left on my user talk, and thought here was a more appropriate plaece for the discussion so I'm pasting it below. Paul Largo (talk) 09:55, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi PaulLargo,

I was reviewing Saffron Burrows's biography page, and noticed the Categories link to "Bisexual actors". Because the topic of sexuality is such a minefield, I don't think she should be categorized this way, considering that she has never publicly confirmed this information. Blharrison (talk) 19:27, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi PaulLargo,

Thanks for opening this topic up to discussion. To follow up, the Wikipedia guide for Biographies of Living Persons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons) states that "Category tags regarding religious beliefs and sexual orientation should not be used unless two criteria are met: The subject publicly self-identifies with the belief or orientation in question; The subject's beliefs or sexual orientation are relevant to the subject's notable activities or public life, according to reliable published sources."

Since Saffron hasn't publicly confirmed herself to be bisexual, and it doesn't pertain to her professional life, I think this category should be removed. Blharrison (talk) 07:44, 5 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Feel free to remove it then, but make a note of your reasons in the edit summary. You might also consider reviewing the LGBT category. Paul Largo (talk) 20:08, 5 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the help and the suggestion. I also think that the LGBT category should be considered in the same way as the Bisexual category. Blharrison (talk) 00:08, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

IMDB link
The IMDB link used to reference her date of birth doesn't work. It's either broken or needs a subscription of some kind. Paul Largo (talk) 22:17, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Ah, it requires subscription. I think therefore we should mention this in the reference. Paul Largo (talk) 22:18, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Bisexual actor
She could not be classified as bisexual because, she's never declared her sexual orientacion. In article is the sentence: "despite her having not apparently categorized herself as either gay, straight or bisexual." - if she does not categorize herself we cannot categorize her as well. Andrew 18  @ 10:34, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * We should also remove the LGBT studies template as that also categorises her, and like you say if she doesn't categorise herself as such then neither should we. I'll do it now. Paul Largo (talk) 19:19, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Sexuality
The Alan Cumming quote needs a citation, especially as Burrows has not specifically stated her sexuality. If you Google his statement you get this article and two other entries. Not sure how encyclopedic these articles are though. Paul Largo (talk) 20:10, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, the After Ellen site can do. Seems all right to me, though I'm no expert. I tend to stick to tried and trusted news references. Paul Largo (talk) 22:21, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Trotskyist?
She is a Trotskyist? I thought she was a social democrat of some sort, at least according to the Frost interview. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.157.213.109 (talk) 19:35, 23 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I haven't found a really solid source but from interview remarks and considering that the french socialist party is only socialist in name but otherwise firmly social democrat reformist (and not that far from US democrats), I guess she's not really much of a socialist. --2A02:8071:B693:BE00:148F:56C9:652E:A301 (talk) 04:04, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Citizenship
I added Naturalized citizens of the United States because according to IMDB, Burrows became a U.S. citizen in 2009. I added, you deleted. I would like to know why.--68.199.204.195 (talk) 02:13, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

On August 22, 2011, Burrows confirmed on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson that she has become a US citizen. 85.81.82.15 (talk) 00:41, 24 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Wow, I didn't know that. Will restore deleted categories that I was going to question here. Thanks for the info. Quis separabit?  00:45, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Section on Career and Filmography
Career section says:

Burrows made her film debut in 1993 with a small role in Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father

But that film is not listed in the Filmography — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.233.249.228 (talk) 22:05, 20 February 2022 (UTC)