Actor, director, writer. Born Streatham.
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Simon Callow
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Charles Dickens - Cranleigh Street
In Dickens' time it was called Johnson Street. His house was number 29 though...
Film industry
Simon Callow did the unveiling honours. There seems to be a battle going on ...
Mike Leigh & Alison Steadman
Unveiled by Simon Callow who has never worked on a Leigh movie though he and ...
Mozart - WC2
Unveiled by Simon Callow, who was the first actor to play the part of Mozart ...
Other Subjects
Dame Sybil Thorndike
Born Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Actor. George Bernard Shaw wrote his play Saint Joan with her in mind. Created Dame of the British Empire in 1931. She was married to the actor Sir Lewis Casson. Di...
Jean Vigo
Film director. Born Paris to an anarchist father. Vigo's two important films are Zero for Conduct (1933) and L'Atalante (1934). Vigo's anarchism is discussed at Libcom. Died Paris.
Lilian Harvey
Film actor and singer. Born Helene Lilian Muriel Pape in Hornsey. Her father, a German businessman moved the family to Magdeburg. She studied at the dance and voice school of the Berlin Opera, taki...
Theatre Royal Marylebone
Opened as the Royal Pavilion West and subjected to many name changes over the years, including: Royal West London Theatre, Marylebone Theatre, West London Theatre. Converted to a cinema in 1932. ...