We believe this group now encompasses Comic Heritage, Musical Heritage, Sports Heritage and Films and Television Heritage. Its aim is to pay tribute to Britain's entertainers and raise funds for good causes at the same time.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Heritage Foundation
Creations i
BBC Television Centre - Arthur Lowe
Arthur Lowe, 1915 - 1982. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
BBC Television Centre - Bill Owen
Bill Owen MBE, 1914 - 1999. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
BBC Television Centre - Derek Nimmo
Derek Nimmo, 1930 - 1999. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
BBC Television Centre - Dick Emery
Dick Emery, 1917 - 1983. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
Other Subjects
Donald Pleasence
Actor. Born at 62 Potter Street, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. In an extensive career on stage, television and cinema (he appeared in over 200 films), he specialised in villainous parts such as Blofeld...
1 memorial
Jean Simmons, OBE
Actor. Born Crouch Hill. Played Estelle in David Lean's 1946 Great Expectations, Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's 1948 Hamlet. Became American citizen in 1956. Died California.
1 memorial
Teddington Studios
Former film and television studios. Originally Henry Chinnery of Weir House allowed filmmakers to use his greenhouse. Dedicated studios were built in the 1910s and were expanded and renamed. By th...
1 memorial
Sir Carol Reed
Born Daisyfield, West Hill, Wandsworth. Film director, best known for The Third Man (1949), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) and Oliver! (1968). Knighted in 1953. Illegitimate son of the actor-prod...
1 memorial
Emma Thompson
Actor. Born Paddington. Her parents are the actors Eric Thompson and Scottish actor Phyllida Law. Married first Kenneth Branagh and then Greg Wise, both actors.
1 memorial