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Shirley Anne Field
Actor. Born Shirley Broomfield on 27 June 1936 in Forest Gate, Essex (now Greater London). She started her career as a glamour model. Laurence Olivier chose her to play the prime female role in the...
1 memorial
Cunard / Broadwest Film Studio
The Cunard Film Company Limited moved into a purpose-built studio, close to the Precision Film Studio. It had a capacious glass-roofed daylight stage with extra lighting from 30 Westminster arc lam...
1 memorial
Ken Russell
Film, stage and television director. Born Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell at 31 Belnont Road, Southampton. He studied photography before moving to television. Here he specialised in films about famous...
1 memorial
Stanley Kubrick
Film director who settled in outer London and made many of his films here. Born New York City. The first film made in England was Lolita in 1962. He lived close to the film studios at Elstree and...
1 memorial
Joan Sims
Actor. Born Irene Joan Marion Sims in Laindon. Essex. She first appeared on stage in the early 1950s, and in 1958 was cast in 'Carry on Nurse'. She became a stalwart of this film series, initially ...
1 memorial
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