Person    | Female  Born 7/4/1903  Died 25/5/1999

Fredda Brilliant

Categories: Cinema, Sculpture, Theatre

Countries: Australia, Poland

Polish actor and sculptor. 1924 emigrated with her parents to Australia. Moved to New York and then while in Moscow in 1935 married Herbert Marshall and changed her name to his. 1937 they moved to London and co-wrote the 1940 film The Proud Valley. They went on to live in India and then the USA.

She sounds an early feminist, refusing to work with Picasso when he sexually harassed her and expressing a wish to depict more women since they also need to be remembered.

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Fredda Brilliant

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Gandhi statue - Bloomsbury

This seatless statue belongs to the select group of seated London statues - s...

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A Man in a Hurry

A Man in a Hurry

A documentary about the tenor-saxophonist Tubby Hayes.

Media, Cinema

1 memorial
Eric Sykes

Eric Sykes

Scriptwriter and actor. Born in Oldham, Lancashire. As a writer, he worked with Spike Milligan on the early scripts for the Goon Shows. He wrote for many of the major comedians of the day, includin...

Person, Cinema, Humour, Theatre, TV & Radio

1 memorial
Hattie Jacques

Hattie Jacques

Actrees, born Josephine Edwina Jacques at 125 High Street, Sandgate, Kent. She featured in some of the most successful British radio and television programmes and films. On radio she was in ITMA, E...

Person, Cinema, TV & Radio

1 memorial
Broadway Palace

Broadway Palace

From Cinema Treasures : "... built for and operated by Browning, Hillier & Batley.  The name was changed to Broadway Palace Theatre in around 1936 and the operator was given as A.H. Batley, one...

Building, Cinema

4 memorials
James Williamson

James Williamson

British film pioneer.  Born in Fife, raised in Edinburgh.  Came south as a master chemist. Became interested in photography and X-ray photography.  1896 he introduced the first programme of films t...

Person, Cinema, Scotland

1 memorial

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Eliza Eleanor Tarbox

Eliza Eleanor Tarbox

Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 64. Buried in grave 4 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Palace Theatre - SWET

Palace Theatre - SWET

W1, Shaftesbury Avenue, 109

{Above a stylized picture of two performers:} Palace Theatre Built for Richard D'Oyly Carte in 1891 by T E Colcutt and known as the 'Roya...

3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
6 Burlington Gardens - Bentham

6 Burlington Gardens - Bentham

W1, Burlington Gardens, 6

There are 22 statues on the façade of this building. Each is labelled with his (always 'his') surname. There are 12 at the top up against...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Ava Gardner - memorial

Ava Gardner - memorial

SW7, Ennismore Gardens

Ava lived in Ennismore Gardens, in the first floor apartment the windows of which can be seen in the photograph. We were told that Carmen...

3 subjects commemorated
Hippocrates

Hippocrates

Greek physician, known as the father of medicine. Born in 460 BC on the island of Cos, Greece. Died in 377 BC

Person, Medicine, Greece

2 memorials