Antonia Bird Dead: British Director Dies At 54

LONDON -- LONDON (AP) -- British director Antonia Bird, known for films such as "Face," ''Priest" and "Mad Love," has died. She was 54. The BBC, citing Bird's agent, said Saturday the director had been suffering from anaplastic thyroid cancer and had died in her sleep. Bird worked for several years at the Royal Court Theater before switching to TV in the mid-1980s. She racked up a string of credits on shows such as "Spooks" and "EastEnders." Actor Robert Carlyle, who appeared in a number of Bird...