Born Joyce Phipps in Montpelier Square, London. Her mother was sister to Nancy Astor, MP, so she was "well brought up". Aged 19 she married Reggie, her husband until her death.
The picture is a self portrait.
Born Joyce Phipps in Montpelier Square, London. Her mother was sister to Nancy Astor, MP, so she was "well brought up". Aged 19 she married Reggie, her husband until her death.
The picture is a self portrait.
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Joyce Grenfell
Joyce Grenfell, 1910 - 1979, entertainer and writer, lived here in flat no.8,...
Scriptwriter, playwright, film and theatre director, and author. Born Laurence Cohen and also wrote as Lesser Columbus. Born Hull, or Newcastle-upon-Tyne (sources differ). Died Hampstead. Married t...
Imperial Studios were the studios of the British and Dominions Film Corporation (B&D), a short-lived British film production company formed by Herbert Wilcox and located at Imperial Place, Elst...
Born Wisconsin, U.S.A. Film and theatre director. In 1952 he moved to England after being blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Directed three ground-breaking films, (with...
Actor. Born Eldred Gregory Peck in San Diego, California. He appeared in many major films including 'Moby Dick', 'The Guns of Navarone', 'The Omen' and 'The Boys From Brazil'. Nominated five times ...
Horologist. Born Chiswick. Has been a maker of sundials, clocks and public sculpture since 1982 and has a purpose-built studio in Bix, near Henley-on-Thames. Other work in London: a bronze armillar...
An ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, governed by an administrative vestry. The parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855 and became part ...
Historian. Born William Edward Hartpole Lecky in Newtonpark, County Dublin, Ireland. Initially he studied to be a priest in the Protestant Church of Ireland, but turned to historiography. His chief...
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