Person    | Male  Born 4/12/1930  Died 31/3/2016

Ronnie Corbett

Categories: Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre, TV & Radio

Countries: Scotland

Actor and comedian. Born Ronald Balfour Corbett in Edinburgh. His career started in the theatre, particularly in cabaret with Danny La Rue. He came to national fame in BBC television's sketch show 'The Frost Report', where he was teamed up with Ronnie Barker. They eventually appeared together in the immensely popular 'The Two Ronnies', which ran for sixteen years. He had lived in Croydon for many years and died in the Shirley Oaks Hospital, Croydon.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Ronnie Corbett

Commemorated ati

Other Subjects

Shepperton and Pinewood Studios

Shepperton and Pinewood Studios

The picture source website provides a good history.

Group, Cinema

1 memorial
G.P.O. Film Unit

G.P.O. Film Unit

A subdivision of the former General Post Office, (The equivalent of the modern British Telecom/Post Office/Royal Mail). Headed by John Grierson, it was set up to produce documentary films mainly re...

Group, Cinema

1 memorial
Sands Films Studio

Sands Films Studio

A British film production company, founded by producer Richard Goodwin and director Christine Edzard in the early 1970's. The company is particularly noted for providing costumes for period dramas.

Building, Cinema

1 memorial
Jean Simmons, OBE

Jean Simmons, OBE

Actor. Born Crouch Hill. Played Estelle in David Lean's 1946 Great Expectations, Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's 1948 Hamlet. Became American citizen in 1956. Died California.

Person, Cinema, USA

1 memorial
Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace

Prolific writer: crime, novels, journalism, plays films. Born 7 Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich to an unmarried mother.  Adopted by a Billingsgate fish porter and wife.  Aged 18 joined the army medical...

Person, Cinema, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Theatre

2 memorials