Possible Clues:

• Strange Lancastrian housing name
• German politician Merkel
• Article set before a girl
• Cartwright who costarred in 'The Sound of Music'
• Jessica portrayer on "Murder She Wrote"
• Name of upper-class girl revealed in articles
• __ Rayner, deputy leader of the Labour Party
• — Merkel
• Bassett of 'Notorious'
• First name in German politics