Plaque

Vivien Leigh - Elstree

Erection date: 1996

Inscription

Vivien Leigh, first starring film role Gentleman's Agreement, B. & D. Imperial Studios, Elstree 1935.
Commemorating the centenary of cinema 1996
In association with the British Film Institute.

Site: Vivien Leigh - Elstree (1 memorial)

WD6, Shenley Road, In front of 3

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

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Vivien Leigh - Elstree

Subjects commemorated i

Vivien Leigh

Born Darjeeling, India.  She and her husband Laurence Olivier, managed the St...

Read More

Imperial Studios

Imperial Studios were the studios of the British and Dominions Film Corporati...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Vivien Leigh - Elstree

Created by i

British Film Institute

In 1996 the BFI erected 126 plaques across Britain to commemorate the centena...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Verbruggen's House - 2

Verbruggen's House - 2

SE18, Plumstead Road

The plaque refers to the Verbruggens as brothers, when in fact they were father and son.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Sutton Dwellings

Sutton Dwellings

N1, Upper Street, Sutton Dwellings

This social housing was designed by E. C. P. Monson.

2 subjects commemorated
Sir William Lancaster

Sir William Lancaster

SW15, Oxford Road, Putney Art School

Sir William Lancaster, 1841 - 1929, co-founder of the Putney School of Art, Mayor of Wandsworth, 1901 - 2. The Putney Society

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Wimbledon Village Improvement 1964

Wimbledon Village Improvement 1964

SW19, Wimbledon High Street, Fire Station

This is Local London news item is useful. The LEB is mentioned on the plaque because at the time they owned the building, the former fire...

6 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
PP - GFW

PP - GFW

EC1, Edward Street

We can find no maker, nor date for the erection of this memorial, but its position (outside and to the left of the loggia), the quality o...

1 subject commemorated