Person    | Female  Born 27/6/1938 

Shirley Anne Field

Categories: Cinema, Theatre, TV & Radio

Actor. Born Shirley Broomfield in Bolton, Lancashire. She started her career as a glamour model. Laurence Olivier chose her to play the prime female role in the film 'The Entertainer' and she also appeared as Albert Finney's girlfriend in 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'. When her film career started to wane, she moved on to stage and television roles.

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Shirley Anne Field

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Action for Children

Plaque unveiled by actress Shirley Anne Field (who spent part of her childhoo...

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British Film Institute

British Film Institute

In 1996 the BFI erected 126 plaques across Britain to commemorate the centenary of cinema. See the pdf.

Group, Cinema, Museums / Libraries

15 memorials
Eadweard Muybridge

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...

Person, Cinema, Photography, USA

3 memorials
Equity

Equity

UK Trade Union representing professional performers and other creative workers.

Group, Cinema, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Theatre, TV & Radio

1 memorial
Professor Terry Knapp

Professor Terry Knapp

Actor, director, teacher, author. Born Hackney. Graduate of RADA. Invited by Olivier to be a founding member of the National Theatre. Professor of theatre at University of Hawaii at Manoa. Accordi...

Person, Cinema, Theatre, Hawaii

1 memorial
Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Actor. Born Ohio. Died at home in Connecticut. We are delighted, and surprised, to be adding Paul Newman to LondonRemembers. We can't pinpoint any specific, direct connection between Newman and...

Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, USA

1 memorial