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Eadweard Muybridge
Photographer and motion picture pioneer. Born Edward James Muggeridge in Kingston upon Thames. He changed his name, probably inspired by the recent discovery in Kingston of a Saxon coronation stone...
Cunard / Broadwest Film Studio
The Cunard Film Company Limited moved into a purpose-built studio, close to the Precision Film Studio. It had a capacious glass-roofed daylight stage with extra lighting from 30 Westminster arc lam...
Carleton Hobbs
Hobbo (as he was known) portrayed Sherlock Holmes in 80 radio adaptations in a series of Sherlock Holmes radio dramas, 1952–69. Carleton Percy Hobbs was born in Farnborough and died in London. He ...
Joan Sims
Actor. Born Irene Joan Marion Sims in Laindon. Essex. She first appeared on stage in the early 1950s, and in 1958 was cast in 'Carry on Nurse'. She became a stalwart of this film series, initially ...
Peter Sellers
Goon and comic actor. Born Portsmouth to a couple of variety entertainers. The family moved to the N6 house when Sellers was 10. He was staying at the Dorchester Hotel when he suffered a heart atta...