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British Film Institute

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

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British Film Institute

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Bob Hope

Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema, 1996 Bob Hope, actor and entertainer, ...

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Cecil Hepworth - NW1

Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996 Cecil Hepworth (1874 - 1953) Brit...

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Cecil Hepworth - SE13

Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996 Cecil M. Hepworth, British film p...

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Charlie Chaplin - Hanwell

The plaque is propped up behind the reception desk at Hanwell Community Centre

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Dame Barbara Windsor - Elstree and Borehamwood Station

This plaque honours Barbara Windsor MBE a comedy legend whose Borehamwood-mad...

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Other Subjects

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Dancer, singer, actor. Born and died America. Brother and sister, Frederick and Adele Austerlitz, started as children as vaudeville performers. Between 1917 and 1932 they appeared in musical shows ...

Person, Cinema, Dance, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, USA

1 memorial
Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

Written by Noel Coward this play, first performed in Manchester in 1941, moved in 1942 to The Duchess Theatre where it was performed 1997 times, a record at the time. It was filmed by David Lean i...

Fiction, Cinema, Fictional, Theatre

1 memorial
Sir Anthony Hopkins, CBE

Sir Anthony Hopkins, CBE

Actor. Born Port Talbot, Wales. Spotted by Olivier in 1965 and invited to join the National Theatre as Olivier's understudy.

Person, Cinema, Theatre, Wales

1 memorial
Greta Gynt

Greta Gynt

Actor. Born as Margrethe Woxholt in Oslo, Norway. Was in Britain aged 5 but by age 12 she was back in Oslo performing as a dancer. 1934 she returned to Britain to promote her film career. The IMDB...

Person, Cinema, Norway

1 memorial
Sir John Gielgud

Sir John Gielgud

Actor. Born 7 Gledhow Gardens, South Kensington as Arthur John Gielgud, great nephew to Ellen Terry. The name indicates his Lithuanian descent. A great Shakespearean actor, he is possibly best know...

Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre

4 memorials

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Arthur Barnes
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Hitchcock mosaics 17 - Young Alfred outside his father’s shop

Hitchcock mosaics 17 - Young Alfred outside his father’s shop

E11, Church Lane, Leytonstone tube station

The photograph on which the design of this mosaic is based is analysed in detail at The Alfred Hitchcock Wiki and the conclusion is that ...

1 subject commemorated
Wreck of the Deutschland

Wreck of the Deutschland

The Deutschland was an iron passenger steamship of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line, built by Caird & Company of Greenock, Scotland in 1866, registered in Hamburg Germany. Built as an emigrant pass...

Event, Tragedy, Germany

1 memorial
Morgan

Morgan

Ava Gardner's dog.

Animal, Animals

1 memorial
William Strahan

William Strahan

The Aldersgate printer of John Wesley's Journal. Born Edinburgh.  Also printed the works of Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Adam Smith and Edward Gibbon.

Person, Commerce, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Religion, Scotland

1 memorial