Editing Simon Callow (section)

==Early years==
Callow was born on 15 June 1949 in [[Streatham]], [[South London]], the son of Yvonne Mary (née Guise), a secretary and Neil Francis Callow, a businessman.<ref>{{cite web | title=Simon Callow Biography | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/69/Simon-Callow.html | work=filmreference | year=2008 | access-date=1 September 2008}}</ref> His father was of French descent and his mother was of Danish and German ancestry.<ref name=tet>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oBIzAAAAIBAJ&pg=6599,4272070&dq=owner-never-got-to-see-team-the-big-one&hl=en |title=Spending time in Africa shaped who Simon Callow is today |first=Luaine |last=Lee |date=30 October 2002 |location=Wilmington, North Carolina |page=9 |newspaper=Star News }}</ref> His father left when Simon was 18 months old, and he was brought up by his mother and grandmothers. He and his mother travelled to [[Northern Rhodesia]] (now called [[Zambia]]) when he was nine to try and reconcile with his father. This did not happen and Callow was sent for three years to boarding school in South Africa. He and his mother returned to Britain when he was twelve. He was raised as a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref name=tet/> Callow was a student at the [[London Oratory School]] in [[West Brompton]],<ref name="chicago">{{cite news |url= https://www.chicagoshakes.com/plays_and_events/beingshakespeare/Simon_Callow |title=Simon Callow in Being Shakespeare |work=chicagoshakes.com|date=18 April 2012}}</ref> and then went on to study briefly at [[Queen's University Belfast]] in [[Northern Ireland]],<ref name="queens">{{cite news |url=https://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/2016/07/16/news/simon-callow-muses-on-coffee-causes-and-life-in-belfast-605867/ |title=Simon Callow muses on coffee, causes and life in Belfast as a student |work=irishnews.com|date=16 July 2016}}</ref> where he was active in the [[gay liberation]] movement.<ref name="queens"/> He gave up his degree course after a year to take a three-year acting course at the [[Drama Centre London]].<ref name="chicago"/>